Producer Ryan McGlynn, UW Arlington Sheep Unit Director Todd Taylor and UW-Madison student Mara Quarne tell Mid-West Farm Report the first-ever Badger Lambing School was a success.

The inaugural Badger Lambing School at the UW Sheep Unit gave beginning and experienced producers a lesson in best lambing practices. Ryan McGlynn is based out of rural Reedsburg rotational grazes about 40-head of sheep and their lambs on about 20 acres. He says he attended the school to gain critical information ahead of the busy lambing season. 

Director Todd Taylor was very happy about the turnout. He says lambing season will continue beyond the weekend at operations across Wisconsin. At the unit, roughly 100 ewes are expected to lamb in the next three weeks. And another 60 in March and April. Taylor expects to have about 400 baby lambs on the ground by the end of spring.

A student who benefits from her work at the UW Arlington Sheep Unit is Mara Quarne, one of the two student workers at the farm. She’s a junior at UW-Madison studying animal science. She hopes to pursue a veterinary technician position following graduation. But she’s also a sheep producer out of Blair.