Kyle Govin

Nutrient Advisors Area Manager serving WI. UW River Falls and Alpha Gamma Rho- Alpha Psi alumni. Views and opinions expressed are my own.

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@hjosh00 @AaronFintel If it’s just in the hoof they can over come it at least well enough to not get completely hosed on a gimpy cull ewe. Trim aggressively and spray with screwworm bomb

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@Bkitch1Bodie Needs 60 degree soil temp. 4-6 weeks until first cutting can go from 4’ to 6’ tall in a hurry with heat and moisture. Needs higher stubble height at cutting want to leave 4-5 nodes for best regrowth. Likes N and S after cutting harvest again in 30-35 days for best quality.

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@blakealbers The role of a house mother is very much under appreciated but they leave a lasting impact on many men who they made better. Alpha Psi’s house mother of 25 years retired in ‘21 leaving big shoes to fill.

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@blueheeler96 Neil Govin Sherburne Prairie Farms

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@GGunthorp @silvopasturist Without a doubt the overhead would be less annual lambing if the pasture base was available for it. Local solar projects may allow us to look that route at least on a portion of an expansion while using the current flock to build replacements and stocker lambs for spring flush.

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@GGunthorp @silvopasturist I’m in the lambing barn currently 6 weeks into lambing thanks to the “open” ewes we bought last fall 3/4 turning out to be an unplanned Feb lambing group that was supposed to be our off month. Accelerated leverages out land base with hay only rented land that can’t be grazed.

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@GGunthorp I wouldn’t think the current land use would limit utility scale for sure.

Speculation is never a bad thing.

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@GGunthorp I see the tract of thinking for sure lbs of lamb sold pays the bills on that side. Solar grazing aside as I suspect that’s what sparked the thought and location. My opinion is the sheep should be able to stand without getting paid for the veg management side.

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@GGunthorp Yes we are cold here in west central WI but not UP cold think kat based would handle better than dorper. They would eat less for sure but smaller framed Kat ewes might offset the extra intake in lambing% increase. Not sure if there would be a premium or not.

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@GGunthorp I would fully suspect you’re right on harvest numbers. Why wool over hair? I know a lot of people think they need wool to out winter further north but I’m not afraid to out winter our hair ewes. Especially to loose money on shearing vs wool check, LDP might break it even

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@GGunthorp In our case lambing is done confinement utilizing existing facilities as well as available labor. But land use also plays a factor. We are accelerated lambing with 4 lambing’s a year. Many people question why one is in July but it’s a slow month for our other enterprises.

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@tmonteIH Melted the pistons in ours a couple summers ago on them irrigation out of frame OH rebuilt front end since it was already on a pallet to get out of the way. Pulled the planetarys last winter for brake seals. Spends the winter on TMR. summer on the chopper and big square baler.

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@cjschlaudy MAC in Menomonie has a system that’s newer to the market but I’m hearing good things on with plenty of interest in them by clients

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@GGunthorp We at one time grazed and hayed US Fish and Wildlife waterfowl production ground that couldn’t be burned due to proximity of highways. Local Management changed and they no longer would allow us saying it will have go out on bids and never does. They had to spray all the trees now

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@MattHintz3 @TheGrainiac We always try to line up the dogs vaccinations with a farm call do it all while they’re in the yard. Helps they know they’re livestock guardian dogs that haven’t been in a vehicle since we got them as pups.

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@rhofford Labor cost per cwt marketed will be higher then cattle but you will see income generated faster then cattle. I prefer sheep over cattle from an infrastructure and working with them stand point especially with kids around. Wool is an expense not an income stream, prefer hair sheep

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@JimSmith87 @the_birdfarmer As for worms it took running fecals to get a head of it in the spring lambs since my dad struggles to not turn them out to the exercise lot then wonders why he get behind.

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@JimSmith87 @the_birdfarmer We battle it in our spring group every year. Decox in TMR for the ewes and in creep. The biggest thing has been sulfa thru a dosatron. In confinement it will always be a battle to stay ahead of. Our winter summer and fall groups are easier to stay ahead of than spring.