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More Grass, More Trees, More Lamb. Jennifer Cunningham, Jay Springs Lamb Co., Pinantan Lake, BC Canada. Outline. Who we are. Where we are going and why Marketing, value chain How are we making it happen Grazing Take home messages. Who we are. Where we are. Private land - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Jennifer Cunningham, Jay Springs Lamb Co., Pinantan Lake, BC

Canada

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Who we are.Where we are going and why

Marketing, value chain How are we making it happen

GrazingTake home messages

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-Private land

-Woodlot licence

-Grazing lease

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- 7 km east of Pinantan Lake, 34 km north east of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

- 4 hours & 20 minutes from Vancouver, BC

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10 years of grazing on cut blocks

Vegetation control and site prep for plantation management

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Entered markets - conventional approaches

Too much work not enough payQuality attributes embedded in animals by

enhanced management not supported by the markets we were entering.

Annual sheep sales in Kamloops and area

Breeding and selling purebreds

Selling commercial breeding stock

• Local auction yards• Breeding for wool• Ethnic markets• Provincial lamb

retail promotions/commodity market sales

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Generation management – Considerations: Parents retiring, management of

landbase for 3 families, assorted skill sets and knowledge bases, courses, estate and business planning, marketing……….

Our mission statement:

Our main goal: Develop a viable operation selling and producing lambs to a market that will support a small scale sustainable farm.

Woodlot license 311 will be a viable and sustainable operation meeting the family partner’s social, financial and environmental objectives.

Our want of a sustainable lifestyle motivates our business.

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Cost based pricing systems Much more responsive to your farm management and your skills

Result Each lamb needs to sell for

more!!!

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What is in a name?Can you live up to that

name?Will that name hinder or

grow with you?Are you the real thing?

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Management of farm and woodlot together.Need more grass, more lamb, more trees.

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1. Improve production costs expand grazing season to cut down on hay bill increase production per ewe increase gains on lambs

2. Increase flock to level of sustainability – financial, produce more

lamb3. Increase tree inventory on ranch to increase woodlot

AAC while protecting wildlife and ecological values and creating an multi-aged tree diversity

This is what we had at the time to work with: 100 – 105 lb lamb finished on grass at 3-5 months

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Agroforestry system – silvopastureBlends management of trees, forages and

livestock – interactions are planned and managed

System is operated for and evaluated as a single enterprise rather than as separate parts

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Agroforestry Forest 2020 project

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Competitive Advantage

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