HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-03-19, Page 37Occupational change find..; the
Marirlyul Arscott
t has been said the average
person, wilt change ocoupar
. tions, many times.ii their
lives. For Kurt and Christi.
Rohner,, the change has been a
return totheir agricultural roots.
The forrowners of, ata suc
cessful ,carr dealership in
Austria, the Robners moved to
Nigeria ..where Kurt was.
employed byan investment
company. After three years in
Africa, the Rohners moved oh:
this time ta'Bruce County.
it was 'in Canada. that .Kurt
and Christi felt the inspiration' to
return to their agricultural her-
itage, While farming.was in the
couple's familybackground,
neither diad:, been involved in : it
'since they. were •children..
However, Kurt always had an
interest in farming and this was
a natural extension, of his child-,
hood dream.
After thoroughly researching
the sheep dairying industry in
Canada, Kurt felt that in order
t4make their 100 acre
Kincardine Township farm prof-
itable, he'eould either double
the size of his flock or realize
the same .profit by milking his
present flock of 100 ewes. This
would give him .the advantage
of three crops a .year; milk,
fleece and meat. Another factor
in his decision was the farm's
limited land base, which would
make the increase difficult with-
out the pur"chasee of more laird,
A• sheep dairy operation lends.
itself to starting out on a small
scale; with opportunity for
expanding after gaining experi-
ence. At present, the Rohners
are milking about 14 ewes, but
as more lambs are born, this
will. increase. Kurt says that it is
best to start gradually, as both
he and thesheep are new to this.
"The lambs etre left ' on the ewes
for 33,days,. (40 for twins), until
they are well started oncreep
feed, and then they are
weaned'," said Kurt. The ewes
then become part of the milking
flock for 130 days at which time
they are rebre, .
Milk production of available
milk breeds is very lowDt`n
Canada comparted ' with
European breeds.The average
ewe on the Rohner Farm gives
up to a litre a day at present,
though Kurt is .trying to increase
that by crossbreeding with a
dairy brand of sheep.
In Europe;the predominant
milk producing breed (East
Friesen) can produce about 200.
to 600 titres ;per lactation fn,.,
France alone,. 800,00.0 ewes pro-
duce more than 16,000 tons of
cheese annually. Unfortunately
these breeds are not • available
outside of Europe. .
However, in° Canada, there is
a newly developed breed. The
RideaulArcott has a promising
•
Farm
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kirig'sleep
future in the dairying industry
and Kurt hopes to acquirea rains
in the spring to upgrade his pre-
sent flock of crossbred ewes,
in lurope,sheep milk has
been, used for centuries for the
production of Roquefort, Feta,
Pecorino, Romano • and
Manchega. in Canada, sheep
milk .cheese is a gourmet prod-.
uct , and priced. accordingly,,
Currently some of these cheeses .
sell - for. $10 to S20 a ;.
guru to page 73
Kurt Rohner. •a retum> to his agriculturai roots' operating
a sheep dairy herd. (Arnott photo)
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