Ewetopia Farms: Can You Make A Living Sheep Farming In Canada? |May 2022

So many people dream of living and working on a farm or in our case, a sheep farm. But is this a dream that people can achieve in these days of soaring prices? Ewetopia Farms is a working sheep farm in Canada. We sell sheep mainly as breeding stock. A common question from our customers is "Can you make a living sheep farming?" Making money in sheep depends on many factors. We can tell you what it is like for us sheep farming in Canada - other countries may be different but I'm guessing it is getting to be the same around the world.
Aside from talking about sheep farming viability, we go through our daily chores as usual and broach such topics as safety around rams especially breeding rams; the friendly gene in sheep; as well as getting out to the fields to discuss planting barley.
With sheep farming, there is always something new to learn. At Ewetopia Farms, we try to incorporate learning opportunities when we encounter them as we go through daily life on our sheep farm. From lambing to breeding to selecting quality replacement lambs to removing manure to relaxing with the sheep - it is all part of our lives as Canadian sheep farmers!
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[@susanmarsh4351]

The days of being a butcher or teacher or soldier or railway worker with no farming background and no financial backing and taking out a loan to own a farm, to work all the hours in a day and then some seven days a week using family as labour to build a successful business are gone. My father was a self made man. He worked hard, very hard. But we had a good life-a life I do not regret and a life I would have loved for family if I had been blessed that way. Farming is the ultimate gamble against all the world can throw at you. It can be pure heaven as long as you can ride the waves and endure the lows.

[@cindyboard7816]

You have a beautiful farm!! It was great to see the rams enjoying the new grass!!! They looked so happy grazing!!! I agree with everything you said about farming!!! I grew up on a dairy farm and besides the corn and hay we grew thousands of pounds of tobacco every year. I learned so much at a young age about growing, harvesting and just being responsible for something other than myself. All things that I so wish my two boys could have the experiences of but just wasn't possible. Due to health problems we left dairy farming and tobacco farming is all but nonexistent anymore. Family farms have fed the world for generations and it's so sad to see what the changes have created!!! I guess that's one of the reasons I enjoy your channel so much. You guys are continuing to live and work on a successful farm and reaping a rewarding life with your hard work and dedication!!!! Thanks for allowing us to be a part of your journey!!! Stay safe!!

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thanks for letting us learn about your background as well! It is sad how the family farms are slowly disappearing. Unfortunately in farming today, you need to be large to move ahead.

[@lisahatchett6125]

You guys do a great job. Your flock is amazing and look really nice based on other channels I watch. Your lambs look so good. GREAT JOB ON YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thank you so much! After all, it is not so much about us as about the sheep1

[@syedadnanshah9927]

Please give me jobs I have experience goat warming

[@michaelwalsh648]

Good morning and wonderful video. I grew up on family farm as well. As you mentioned it's always a gamble each year especially with Mother Nature. Prices vary with supply and demand. When prices were higher usually because crop yield was down. Farming is one business where all your supplies, equipment, etc you purchase at retail and you sell your products at wholesale. I grew up in Indiana and most farmers now have off farm job in addition to Farming. I retired last December and I always said I wanted to have a sheep farm when I retired. I raised sheep on very small scale growing up but they were more lawn mowers around the barn lots 😉. I want to do it right this time. So, we are getting the land ready with barn and fencing, etc and the sheep arrive next June. We will have white Dorpers and a few Kiko goats as well. Our goal is to be profitable. We are exploring solar grazing opportunities (solar farms pay you for vegetation control Good opportunity for additional grazing land). In the meantime I continue to get my sheep "fix" through your channel and a few others. Thanks again for another interesting vlog. Stay safe.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

So true about farming! Good luck with your farm! Dorpers ate very easy keepers I found from having them in the past. I know quite a few people around here who do solar grazing and swear by it. I think with good management and reasonable expectations, you can make anything work!

[@sweethome9993]

wonderful sheep farming i like it to much your farm is truely good

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thank you!

[@scootytamra]

awww Glad, he looks so awesome!

[@abuskeleke3378]

You guys are definitely going to be my go-to consultants, I just love it

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thank you.

[@monikaschneeberger4642]

Beautiful your farm. I can't believe how green your grass is already. Here in Manitoba we still have snow on the ground. It will take at least three more weeks until we can work our fields. Your sheep look great!!

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thanks Monika. Our grass is not growing tall yet but it certainly is green. I see your temperatures out there and I don't know how you do it sometimes. It sure can be brutal. But I suppose spring will eventually even show up in Manitoba! Lol! Fingers crossed it comes soon

[@amylittrell1337]

So true about farming It's very hard to make it sometimes.You really have to love it. And I do 🥰

[@hoangnnguyen93]

Love how you care for them lambs!

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thanks 😊

[@danielcollins7588]

Beutiful view for the rams, but they like the rear end view of the Ewes. 😂😂😂alot better and more interesting too

[@heatherd212]

🇨🇦I just found you channel. I enjoy the quiet on your farm. It’s neat and tidy and looks great. I will be subscribing, to check in on you again. Do the rams ever fight in the large group? Do they have a seniority ?

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thanks and welcome! I find it funny when you say it's quiet here when we are so busy, it can be overwhelming some days lol! Funny how perspective makes all the difference!🙂 Rams tend to get along better in large groups so there is never fighting going on except when we reintroduce them together after breeding. Then they have to reestablish their pecking order again.

[@heatherd212]

Hahaha when I said quiet I meant in a volume sort of way, peaceful , I know farming is never quiet, as in not busy 😊

[@EwetopiaFarms]

@@heatherd212 so true!😁

[@abuskeleke3378]

Thanks

[@justinanovak8040]

Oh I do similar gradual increase on spring grass my horses. They are on hay all winter, currently transitioning they are still just on pasture for only 4 hours per day.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Yes, I think it is a wise thing to do with most grazing animals!

[@FarmFreshIB]

Do you ever graze your grain crops? I know here some farmers will plant wheat in the fall and the graze it once in spring before letting it go to grain for harvest. They also sometimes graze stubble after harvest.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

No, we never do. We have lots of pasture so don't need to.

[@audreymcmillan8365]

How were the rams today? Could they tolerate the grass? Hopefully so.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Rams were just fine. Not enough grass in that paddock to cause bloat.

[@paulyeoman3167]

Great start to the day! How many ewes per ram do you have in your breeding groups?

[@EwetopiaFarms]

We usually have between 30-35 ewes/ram

[@merwan45]

Very nice. Is there room to work on your farm? I love working on farms

[@EwetopiaFarms]

No, sorry

[@marylfab]

Why did you have to pay above market value?? And how are you making up the difference? What steps do you take to save on costs?

[@EwetopiaFarms]

We paid above market value due to a dispute with Arnie's parents. We have another video you may be interested in which describes the "14 things you need to start your own sheep farm". I think it will answer all your questions.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Here's the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKGbZIVmor50odU

[@b.995]

We are thinking of starting a goat, sheep, and bird farm (and bees, orchard, produce +flowers overtime) in Ontario. Where do you find your livestock? How do you rotate the breeding males? Thanks!!

[@EwetopiaFarms]

We've been in it so long that we know most of the breeders by now. Check farm magazines, online searches, Canadian Livestock Records Corporation (CLRC)

[@EwetopiaFarms]

We use unrelated males in each breeding group

[@raeesqazi5199]

Nice farem

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Thank you!

[@amjed7125]

I confirm that I am ready to travel immediately to work on the farm raising sheep. Is there anyone connected?

[@carlosdelpuerto8224]

I want to work with us!

[@earthgraduate726]

What's the main cost of a sheep farm ?

[@EwetopiaFarms]

@@earthgraduate726 the actual farm itself

[@earthgraduate726]

@EwetopiaFarms i thought it's the food , specially in countries with a harsh winter.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

The infrastructure is always the most expensive. Feed isn't too bad because Canada has very good crop land in most areas which means you get high yields so either you grow your own winter feed or buy it at fairly good prices​@@earthgraduate726

[@earthgraduate726]

I wish you would post a video to explain what would you do and you wouldn't do if you would ever want to start the sheep farm all over again , i mean from the beginning. By the way ,I like your videos very much . Thanks

[@EwetopiaFarms]

We are just starting lambing season so will be busy with that until spring but that is a great idea so we will do a video on that in the future! Thanks for the suggestion 🙂

[@TB-vf1vm]

👋 How’s Angel? Tell me what’s going up with her? 😃 Is she a mother now?

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Yes, we did a video awhile ago with her in it. She had a beautiful ram lamb who will probably end up in the keeper group!

[@konalis808]

Let’s see, you have 3 right ear spotted sheep with similar temperaments named Angel, Big Betty and… how about a ‘C’ name like Cutie or Cindy? She’s so very sweet, I figure she needs a name. Just a suggestion, of course.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

She is a cutie of course but because she is a registered ewe, we need an "F" name for her!

[@hossanmiahmiah2048]

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh this is the how much one piece please tell me

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Assalamu alaikum! Pricing is all different. We only sell in Canada

[@wendyrowland7787]

My advice to anyone wanting to start up and buy a farm is, do’t do it if it involves mortgages and loans.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

It's all mortgages and loans if it is not passed down - which you'd think families would do. But greed plays a big part in that nowadays too. I always think that if you had several million dollars, why would you farm when you could do something much easier and more appreciated.

[@theedisaputra]

Hello..I'm beginer for lambing. I say hi from Indonesia

[@EwetopiaFarms]

Hi from Canada to Indonesia!

[@amirkhuroo6478]

Can u export ewes to india

[@EwetopiaFarms]

No

[@zrealproperties9293]

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[@EwetopiaFarms]

we have no jobs available

[@rasheedhanbali1262]

🇨🇦👍👍👍OK🇺🇸

[@belindareitz9873]

Just remembered another “F” name. Flag… like in the movie”the yearling.

[@EwetopiaFarms]

This is the L-year now 🙂

[@franzvil5050]

Do you need a worker ma'am?

[@EwetopiaFarms]

No we don't

[@hossanmiahmiah2048]

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[@syedadnanshah9927]

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[@syedadnanshah9927]

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