2025 Presenters and Demonstrations

Janet McNally

Useful Numbers for Sheep Producers

Want to know how many days of grazing you are going to get out of that paddock?

Or how many sheep you should put in that pasture?

Or what is the carrying capacity of your farm?

How to balance your hay that was not as great as you hoped it to be? 

Useful Numbers for Sheep Producers will go into how to measure, calculate, and more.  

Janet McNally was the Lamb and Wool instructor at Pine Technical College for 14 years, then spent the next 20 years full time as a sheep and beef producer near Hinckley Minnesota. Forty-two cent lambs in the 90s made Janet take a hard look at input costs and was what pushed her into a grass based production system long before 'grassfed' was cool. 

Then in 1999 a large wolf pack of wolves forced her to into a mob stock grazing system. Over the years Janet has worked through the challenges that rapid rank grass growth poses to producing finished lambs on pasture. Being grass based and often grazing as far as 7 miles from home Janet has also faced many predator challenges.

Janet will share her knowledge gained on producing a grass fed/finished lamb all three days of this year’s NAHSS.

janet@tamaracksheep.com 320 336 9071 www.tamaracksheep.com @tamarack_sheep on tik tok.

  • Hedge Laying 101

    An introduction to hedge laying, come hear Mr. Steven Forsyth, holder of the 30 year Guinness Book of World Records hedge laying record from Wales!

  • From Hired Shepherd to Attonburn

    Mr. Charles Symons is bringing along with him his vast knowledge of both Scottish Blackface and North Country Cheviot sheep, as well as priceless farming experiences which he will share with all in September.

  • Butchering Demonstration

    Frustrated when it comes to home-butchering?

    Cuts of meat not quite right?

    Join us for a simple demonstration this year, and take home some pointers from a local butcher for the next time you want to home-process your hard work.

  • Q&A with a Derbyshire Farmer

    Mr. James Metcalfe raises over a thousand lambs a year on his Derbyshire farm in the beautiful Peak District in the north of England.

    He’s going to open the floor up for your questions, let’s see what we can throw at him!

  • The UK Sheep Industry

    Not only has Mr. Steven Forsyth from Wales been raising sheep for over 30 years, as well as judging shows all over the UK-including all three of the Royal Shows-but he also won the National Flock Competition in the UK with his Black Welsh Mountains this past year.

    What better man to take us on a stroll through the UK sheep industry?

  • Shropshire Royalty?

    We will be graced with the presence of such an epitome of an Englishman who is Mr. Richard Spencer,

    who at one time had England’s largest flock of Shropshires.

    With the challenge of raising fifteen different groups of purebred sheep at once during his agritourism days, Mr. Spencer has his share of stories!

    He will speak on whatever he wants to during his time, because, well…He’s Mr. Richard Spencer!