COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Sheep and Goat Webinar series co-sponsored by Ohio State University Extension, the Ohio Sheep Improvement Assoc. (OSIA) and the Ohio University Sheep Team will take place on Monday evenings in February from 7 to 9 p.m. 

Sheep and goat producers and anyone who is interested can gather in the remote webinar locations listed here. They will watch the speakers on computer screens and have a chance to ask them questions about the topic being discussed. “It gives them a little bit of back and forth as far as questions, but we don’t have all of the expenses of mileage,” said Roger High, OSIA director. “We can get good information out to our producers. This year we have three speakers from Ohio State University, and one of our speakers is from the University of Maryland.”

The first speaker, on Feb. 2, is Clif Little, Guernsey County extension agent. Little will talk about tips for fine tuning a producer’s flock and herd FAMACHA (FAffaa MAlan CHArt – a deworming program).

On Feb. 9, Dr. Eric Gordon, associate professor of veterinary clinical medicine at Ohio State, will talk about managing major sheep and goat diseases.

On Feb. 16, Dr. Bill Weiss, Ohio State animal sciences, will give tips for reducing feed losses from silage and hay. 

On Feb. 23, Susan Schoenian, University of Maryland small ruminant specialist, will discuss improving lambing and kidding percentages: management, genetics, and selection.

“During or after the program, there is usually some participant discussion about the issue in the discussion,” High said.

“That is what is nice about getting a group together. They can discuss issues they’ve had with these topics, or they can get a little more extensive into the discussion. 

“We’ve got a good program, and hopefully everybody gets to take part in our program this year and see,” he said.

Viewing locations include:

•Carroll County, Carroll County Extension Office, 613 North High Street, Carrollton, OH 44620; Site Coordinator, Sandy Smith, 330-627-4310, smith.10015@osu.edu

•Coshocton County, Coshocton County Extension Office, 724 South 7th St., Coshocton, OH 43812; Site Coordinator, Emily Adams, 740-622-2265, adams.661@osu.edu

•Coshocton County, TMK — New Bedford Store, 33874 St. Rt. 643, Fresno, OH 43824; Site Coordinator, Don Brown, 330-897-4320, don.pllc@gmail.com

•Hancock County, Hancock County Extension Office, 7868 County Rd. 140, Findlay, OH 45840; Site Coordinator, Ed Lentz, 419-422-3851, lentz.38@osu.edu

•Hardin County, Hardin County Extension Office, 1021 W. Lima St., Kenton, OH 43326; Site Coordinator, Mark Badertscher, 419-674-2297, badertscher.4@osu.edu

•Knox County, Knox County Extension Office, 160 Columbus Rd. Mt. Vernon, OH 43050; Site Coordinator, Sabrina Schirtzinger, 740-397-0401, schirtzinger.55@osu.edu

•Morrow County, Morrow County Extension Office, 871 W. Marion Rd., Mt. Gilead, OH 43338; Site Coordinator, Jeff McCutcheon, 419-947-1070, mccutcheon.30@osu.edu

•OSU Extension Regional Office and ERS Center, 16714 St. Rt. 215, Caldwell, OH 43724; Site Coordinator, Clif Little, Guernsey County, 740-489-5300, little.16@osu.edu; Site Coordinator, Mark Landefeld, Monroe County, 740- 472-0810, landefeld.6@osu.edu; Site Coordinator, Bre Pye, Noble County, 740-732-5681, pye.13@osu.edu; Site Coordinator, Levi Morrow, Washington County, 740-376-7431, morrow.169@osu.edu; Site Coordinator, Chris Penrose, Morgan Co., 740-962-4854, penrose.1@osu.edu

•Wayne County, OARDC, Room 130 Research Services, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691; Site Coordinator, Rory Lewandowski, 330-264-8722, lewandowski.11@osu.edu

•Williams County, Williams County Extension Office, 1425 East High St. Bryan, OH 43506; Site Coordinator, Flo Chirra, 419-636-5608, chirra.1@osu.edu.

For updates or more sites, visit www.ohiosheep.org or www.sheep.osu.edu