Sheep dairy producers will be exhibiting their varieties of dairy sheep and showing guests how to milk sheep. Producer and processor members will be helping staff the booth. They will be offering samples and selling the delicious sheep milk cheeses from Carr Valley Cheese, Cedar Grove Cheese, Hidden Springs Creamery, Hook’s Cheese and Landmark Creamery, as well as Maple Hill Farm sheep milk soaps and gift boxes.
Also, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor, Dr. Sarah Adcock, and her graduate student, Andre Aguiar Zambon, will provide a presentation about mastitis research they conducted on our members’ farms and will provide the results of a survey they conducted about dairy sheep operations.
Where? The festival is located at: Jefferson County Fair Park, 503 N. Jackson Ave, Jefferson, WI 53549. The Sheep Dairy Association of Wisconsin Booth: The West Country Store #214
When? The Country Store Vendor booths at the festival are open:
Friday, Sept 5 – 9 AM to 6 PM
Saturday, Sept 6 – 9 AM to 6 PM
Sunday, Sept 7 – 9 AM to 3 PM
Presentation: Subclinical Mastitis: From Symptoms to Solutions & Dairy Sheep Survey Results – Friday, September 5, 9-10 AM; Building 3; Dr. Sarah Adcock & Andre Aguiar Zambon, Dept. of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
We’ll also share insights from a recent survey on udder health in U.S. dairy sheep farms. Sheep milking demonstrations – Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept 5, 6, 7 – 1 PM, Hall of Breeds
They are not able to accept credit cards or electronic payments, so guests are encouraged to bring cash to purchase artisan sheep milk cheese! Sheep cheese is great in everything from mac and cheese to charcuterie! Karen Nielsen, the Organizational Manager of the Sheep Dairy Association of Wisconsin, shares the health and flavor benefits of sheep cheese.
