November 1 - 3, 2007, Ramada Inn, Guelph, Ontario
| Thurs Nov 1 | |
| 10:30am-1:00 | Registration & Welcome |
| 1:00 pm | Cost of Starting a Dairy Sheep Operation – Producer panel from Ontario: Liz Livingstone, Axel Meister and Joseph Regli |
| 2:00 | Dairy Sheep Cost of Production – Dan Guertin, MN, and Tom Kieffer, WI, Dairy Sheep Producers |
| 3:00 | Break |
| 3:15 | Production Yields and Price Expectations – Yves Berger, University of Wisconsin |
| 4:00 | Nutrition for Optimum Sheep Milk Production – Christoph Wand, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs |
| 4:45 | Successful Sheep Milk Product Marketing Strategies: - Stew Cardiff, Shepherd’s Gourmet - Elizabeth Bzikot, Ewenity Dairy Co-operative - Stephanie Diamant, Milky Way Farm - Petra Cooper, Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co. |
| 5:45 | Sheep Cheese Presentation & Wine Pairing – Ontario Cheese Society |
| Fri Nov 2 | |
| 8:00 am | Board Buses for the Farm Tour - Keith Todd, Todd Sheep Company Inc., Lucknow - Elizabeth & Eric Bzikot, Best Baa Farm, Conn - Best Baa Dairy Ltd. & Ewenity Dairy Co-operative, Fergus |
| 6:15 pm | Dairy Sheep Association of North America – Annual General Meeting |
| 7:00 pm | Banquet & Speaker: Rebuilding the Middle — the Challenges and Opportunities in Local Food Markets – Elbert van Donkersgoed, Executive Director, Greater Toronto Area Agricultural Action Committee |
| Sat Nov 3 | |
| 8:00 am | Parlour Hygiene; Sanitation & Cleaning – Mike Foran and Phil Wilman, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs |
| 8:45 | What’s New in Milking Equipment – Gerald Golem, Sales and Technical Support, Penner Farm Services |
| 9:30 | Break |
| 9:45 | Lamb Health Management – Dr. Paula Menzies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph |
| 10:30 | Managing Udder Health in Dairy Sheep – Dr. George Fthenakis, DVM, University of Thessaly, Greece |
| 12 Noon | Lunch & Speaker Sardinian Cheese Production & Review of Sheep Milk Research – Claire Mikolayunas, University of Wisconsin |
| 1:30 pm | Managing Udder Health (cont’d) – Dr. George Fthenakis, University of Thessaly, Greece |
| 3:00 | Conference concludes |