{"id":639,"date":"2016-03-14T16:53:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T16:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/?p=639"},"modified":"2023-05-17T20:56:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T20:56:24","slug":"webinar-producer-groups-what-are-these-about-how-do-they-work-and-why-can-they-be-so-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/webinars\/webinar-producer-groups-what-are-these-about-how-do-they-work-and-why-can-they-be-so-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar &#8211; Producer Groups: What Are These About, How Do They Work, And Why Can They Be So Successful?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 165px;\" width=\"1388\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thumbnailCAJZKRN31.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128\" src=\"http:\/\/optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thumbnailCAJZKRN31.jpg\" alt=\"American Sheep Industry logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"160\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-374 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/logo_0-300x70.png\" alt=\"logo_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe title=\"Sheep Producer Groups (15)\" width=\"605\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ztZdHWpwTSU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Presenters:<br \/>\nDr. Woody Lane<br \/>\nLivestock Nutritionist &amp; Forage Specialist<br \/>\nLane Livestock Services, Roseburg, Oregon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dave Ollila<br \/>\nExtension Sheep Field Specialist<br \/>\nSouth Dakota State University, Rapid City, South Dakota<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Host: Dr. Jay Parsons, University of Nebraska-Lincoln<br \/>\nTime:\u00a01 hour 15 minutes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Description:<br \/>\nThere is nothing else like them: producer groups. New Zealand, Australia, England, South America \u2013 shepherds in these areas regularly join and attend producer groups, often for many years. Why? Because producer groups work. Sheep producers and other farmers and ranchers meet on a regular basis, share knowledge and experience, gain up-to-date information from guest speakers and other resources, evaluate their own operations, try new techniques, improve productivity, and gain immeasurable knowledge to help their operations expand and be profitable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">How do these groups work and what are the results? This session will focus on the nuts and bolts of producer groups. We will discuss how groups are organized, what they do, how shepherds benefit from being members, how groups can be financed, and the critical role of the facilitator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For the past 20 years, Woody Lane has organized and facilitated three successful producer groups in western Oregon, in more than 500 meetings. In addition, Dave Ollila will share his experiences working with a sheep producer group in western South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This webinar is made possible with funding support from the <a href=\"http:\/\/sheepusa.org\/Growourflock_Home\">Let&#8217;s Grow Committee<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheepusa.org\">American Sheep Industry Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Downloads', 'PDF', 'Groups');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.optimalag.com\/webinars\/2016-03-29_ProducerGroups.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Slides<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenters: Dr. Woody Lane Livestock Nutritionist &amp; Forage Specialist Lane Livestock Services, Roseburg, Oregon Dave Ollila Extension Sheep Field Specialist South Dakota State University, Rapid City, South Dakota Host: Dr. Jay Parsons, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Time:\u00a01 hour 15 minutes Description: &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/webinars\/webinar-producer-groups-what-are-these-about-how-do-they-work-and-why-can-they-be-so-successful\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Webinar &#8211; Producer Groups: What Are These About, How Do They Work, And Why Can They Be So Successful?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-webinars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Webinar - Producer Groups: What Are These About, How Do They Work, And Why Can They Be So Successful? - Sheep Agriculture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/webinars\/webinar-producer-groups-what-are-these-about-how-do-they-work-and-why-can-they-be-so-successful\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Webinar - Producer Groups: What Are These About, How Do They Work, And Why Can They Be So Successful? - Sheep Agriculture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Presenters: Dr. Woody Lane Livestock Nutritionist &amp; Forage Specialist Lane Livestock Services, Roseburg, Oregon Dave Ollila Extension Sheep Field Specialist South Dakota State University, Rapid City, South Dakota Host: Dr. Jay Parsons, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Time:\u00a01 hour 15 minutes Description: &hellip; Webinar &#8211; Producer Groups: What Are These About, How Do They Work, And Why Can They Be So Successful? 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