Virginia winter-lambing budget

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dc.contributorVirginia Cooperative Extensionen
dc.contributor.authorUmberger, Steven H.en
dc.contributor.authorMcKinnon, Bill R.en
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.stateVirginiaen
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-30T16:37:49Zen
dc.date.available2013-07-30T16:37:49Zen
dc.date.issued2000en
dc.description.abstractWinter lambing is used on farms where adequate winter feed supplies, experienced labor, and covered facilities for lambing are available. In the Southern Piedmont and Southeastern Virginia, where summer temperatures and humidity are high and the quality of summer pastures is low, winter lambing is considered the best option for market lamb production. Winter lambing occurs during the months of December, January, and February. It is more labor intensive than spring lambing and requires a higher level of management for breeding, lambing, and feeding. The profitability of winter lambing is tied closely to the price of grain and the number of lambs marketed per ewe annually. Winter-born lambs must be weaned at two to two and one-half months of age and fed a high concentrate diet to reach market weight before the precipitous drop in market prices that typically occurs in the late spring.en
dc.description.notesReprinted 2000en
dc.description.statementofresponsibilitySteven H. Umberger and Bill R. McKinnonen
dc.format.extent2 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/23470en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Cooperative Extensionen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPublication (Virginia Cooperative Extension) ; 410-012en
dc.rightsVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.en
dc.subject.lccLD5655 .A762 no.410en
dc.subject.lcshLambs -- Virginiaen
dc.subject.lcshSheep industry -- Virginia -- Financeen
dc.titleVirginia winter-lambing budgeten
dc.title.alternativeSheepen
dc.typeExtension publicationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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