I did it!!!

[charliep]

My brother has moved from grain farming to a market garden/community supported agriculture business. A steep learning but something he is really enjoying/a new challenge. The old guy may have to bend down and pull few weeds. I suspect the demand side (a segment of consumers want food that they know more about) and in your case, new Canadians who want access to meat they are familiar with will be drivers of success. Good luck with your venture.

[charliep]

The old guy by the way is me.

[hedgehog]

freewheat, i got into sheep in 1998 when the bottom dropped out the wheat market and my farm turned to swamp.
i wouldnt be without them now, although they occupy only a quarter of the farm, the wettest bits, down from a third.
i was brought up around sheep, so just had to do a bit of remembering. i was buying 5yr old ewes for £2 at auction to get started. did 20 miles of fencing .

[parsley]

We drove to Missouri in our younger years,
loaded up the half-ton with Registered polled
Dorsets we bought at a production sale, and
lambed them out until one day the University
made a good offer to buy them. So we sold and
concentrated on our registered cattle. It was a
good experience. pars.

[rook]

I enjoy reading Boyd Anderson's columns in Grainews about his shepherding as a young boy/man. I've always wondered why there wasn't more sheep in western Canada, the best answer I've heard was we have a bias towards cattle...