Paul Luimes

[Grey Bruce Farmers Week @GBFarmersWeek]

#Virtual #GBFW22 #Sheep Day - Jan 8th, in an on demand presentation, Dr. Paul Luimes @SheepProf will provide an engaging chat about #minerals. Watch on Sheep Day/30 day encore access. @OntarioSheep @LambCaucus
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[Paul Luimes @SheepProf]

@realloudlyndsey @DrewTyler_ @kinburnsheep I would not trust a free choice vitamin mineral premix to provide that much calcium. I think it has to be mixed with the brewers grains. I should have noted as well that small grains also have a poor calcium to phosphorus ratio so if you are feeding other grains be aware.

[Paul Luimes @SheepProf]

@DrewTyler_ @realloudlyndsey @kinburnsheep It is best to do the calculations on your own source but you would need to add approximately 3.5 kg of limestone for every 96.5 kg of brewers grain to correct for the calcium to phosphorus ratio for the brewers grain alone. Note: feeding corn would increase that even more.

[Paul Luimes @SheepProf]

@DrewTyler_ @realloudlyndsey @kinburnsheep Roughly…26-28% CP (medium), 66% TDN (lowish), 0.19-0.29% Ca (low), 0.57-0.68% P (high).

[Paul Luimes @SheepProf]

Congratulations Katie. You did great today presenting and defending your hard work. I look forward to seeing your future contributions to the sheep industry.

[Katie Wood @GotAgResearch]

Congrats Katie Trottier on defending your MSc on Ideal forage to concentrate ratios & rumen health for lambs! @SheepProf @OntarioSheep

[Paul Luimes @SheepProf]

Hosted 4H sheep clubs from Chatham-Kent, Comber and Elgin at Ridgetown Campus tonight. Great night to learn about ruminant nutrition and sheep parasites (fecal floats).

[Paul Luimes @SheepProf]

@modernsheeper @hawkhillfarm @Anne_Verhallen I wouldn’t dispute that except last time I checked at the cost for 50 ewes it was a tough one to pencil out.

[Paul Luimes @SheepProf]

I came up with a potential cull list and then went out to the barn to take a look at them. Five of them on the list came right up to me for a scratch under their chins.

[Paul Luimes @SheepProf]

@Anne_Verhallen @hawkhillfarm The things I plan to cull on in the long term are not getting pregnant on first service, low total kg lamb weaned, udder conformation to name a few. That is not to mention the ones that have other reproductive problems.

[Paul Luimes @SheepProf]

@Anne_Verhallen @hawkhillfarm I was planning on getting rid of the ewes that struggled but they actually came around decently. I’ll see how they do after one more litter.

[Paul Luimes @SheepProf]

@sandibrock @modernsheeper @JimBenn71220505 @YoungBuckFarms @realloudlyndsey @MidpointMeadows @KetchesonDale @CedarGroveFarm @DrewTyler_ @derehamsheep @RSHFarms @ColleenAcres Another thing that impacts how much protein a ruminant needs is whether the protein provided is rumen degradable or rumen escape. Rumen escape is usually more expensive but it is more efficient as well.

[Paul Luimes @SheepProf]

@sandibrock @modernsheeper @JimBenn71220505 @YoungBuckFarms @realloudlyndsey @MidpointMeadows @KetchesonDale @CedarGroveFarm @DrewTyler_ @derehamsheep @RSHFarms @ColleenAcres I think a good approach is to target around 2% more crude protein than the tables suggest, watch your animals and get good data on their performance and then try increasing or decreasing the protein to see if you get a better response production wise and economically wise.

[Paul Luimes @SheepProf]

Spring Expo 2019 @RidgetownCampus