Resource List
Husbandry
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Last Side Shearing https://sheepshearing.ca/
Garrett’s Shearing Services
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Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers
https://lethbridge.ccwg.ca/category/Management-Tags/management-tags
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Top Shelf Feeds
https://topshelffeeds.ca/Buckerfields
https://www.buckerfields.ca/Shar Kare
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Metchosin Meats
https://www.metchosinmeats.com/Lesters Butchery
https://www.lestersbutchery.ca/Gunter Brothers Meat Co
https://www.gunterbros.com/Salt Spring Abattoir
https://saltspringabattoir.ca/Somerset Farm
250-247-9202
Gabriola IslandCampbell Farm
250-539-2470
Saturna Island -
Vancouver Island Fibreshed
https://vancouverislandfibreshed.ca/Vancouver Island Wool Pellets
https://www.viwoolpellets.ca/Not on the island:
Shelterwood Fibre Co
https://shelterwoodfibre.com/That Darn Yarn Shop
https://www.thatdarnyarnshop.ca/Custom Woolen Mills
https://www.customwoolenmills.com/
Industry
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This Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Sheep replaces its
predecessor developed in 1995 and published by the Canadian Agri-Food Research Council. Read it here -
Canadian Sheep Identification Program (CSIP)
About the program
The Canadian Sheep Identification Program (CSIP) is a mandatory, industry-led initiative to develop a traceback system that will lead to a full-scale traceability system and the capacity to address producer concerns about sheep health, provide valuable management feedback to producers, and meet consumer expectations for quality assurance and food safety. Read more…
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The goal of this manual is to provide basic information on sheep production to producers interested
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