Umkhakha wokukhiqiza izinkomo zanamuhla uqhubeka ushintsha, futhi kulabo abazinikela ekukhuleni kwezimvu nezinkomo, ukuhamba phambili kudinga ukufinyelela kulwazi oluphambili kanye nezixazululo ezisebenzayo, ezisemhlabeni. Usuku lweNWA Field Day oluzayo luhloselwe ngqo ukubhekana nezinselelo ezihlukile namathuba abhekana nabakhiqizi bezilwane ezincane, lunikeza ipulatifomu ebanzi yokufunda, ukuxhumana, nokuthola. Lo mcimbi akuwona nje umhlangano; uwukutshalwa kwemali okuhlelekile esikhathini esizayo sokusebenza kwakho, kunikeza ukufinyelela okuqondile kubachwepheshe bomkhakha, izincomo ezisekelwe ocwaningweni, kanye nezindlela zokuphatha ezintsha ezingathuthukisa kakhulu inzuzo yakho nokusimama. Ababambiqhaza bazoshiywa nezinsight ezisebenzisekayo ezingasetshenziswa ngokushesha, kusukela ekuthuthukiseni ukusetshenziswa kokudla kuya ekuphatheni izinqubo zokuphindaphinda ezithuthukile. Ukugxila kugxile ekunikezeni inani elibonakalayo, kuqinisekisa ukuthi wonke umkhiqizi, kungakhathaliseki ngobukhulu noma ngezinga lokuhlangenwe nakho, uhamba nekhanda elicacile lokuphumelela kokusebenza. Ngokuxhumanisa umgwaqo phakathi kocwaningo lwezemfundo nokusetshenziswa kwangempela, leli suku lemidlalwano lisebenza njengomthombo obalulekile kumphakathi wonke wezithakazelo zezilwane ezincane.

Ukuqonda indima ebalulekile yokudla okufanele nokuphathwa kwezempilo ekuphumeleleni kwanoma iyiphi imboni yezilwane, lo mcimbi uzophinde ugcizelele ukuthi izindlela ezihlanganisiwe zingaholela kanjani eziphumeleni ezingcono. Kubakhiqizi abafuna ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo zabo zokudla, izimiso ezabelwe zizohambisana kakhulu nesayensi yokudla kwezilwane, indawo lapho ukunemba kanye nekhwalithi kubalulekile. Ukugxila ekukhiqizeni okungaguquguquki nokusebenza kahle kuhambisana kahle nezinhloso zokulima zanamuhla, lapho ukwandisa ukukhiqiza ngenkathi unciphisa izindleko zokufaka kuyisilinganiso esiphezulu sokuphumelela. Le nsuku yefelethi iyithuba elingafani ukuze uthuthukise amasu akho, uxhumane nabanye, futhi uthole amathuluzi amasha angaguqula imisebenzi yakho yansuku zonke. Kubalulekile ukuba ubekhona kulabo abathanda ukuphakamisa izinga labo lokukhiqiza nokuqinisekisa ikusasa elinzuzo kakhulu emhlabeni ophikisanayo wokulima izilwane.

Bhalisela ezikalini zakho ukuze uthole ulwazi nolwazi oluzokwenza ushintshe indlela ophatha ngayo izilwane ezincane. Usuku lweNWA Field Day luzobanjwa ngoMgqibelo, uJuni 15, 2025, endaweni enkulu yeLivestock Research and Extension Center, ethola ku-1234 Agriculture Drive, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Le ndawo ephakathi inikeza ukufinyelela okulula nezinsiza ezisezingeni eliphezulu, ezinikeza indawo efanelekile yokufundela kanye neziboniso eziphilayo. Izindleko zokuhambela zingu-$25 kuphela ngomuntu, okuhlanganisa nosuku oluphelele lwezethulo ezivela kochwepheshe, isidlo sasemini esihlinzekwe ngezithako ezitholakala endaweni, kanye nezinsiza eziphelele zokuthatha ekhaya ezihlanganisa okubalulekile. Ukuze uqinisekise izihlalo ezanele nezinhlelo zokuhlinzeka, kubalulekile ukubhalisela ngaphambi kwesikhathi, futhi ababambiqhaza abanentshisekelo bangathola indawo yabo ngokuvakashela ekhasini elisemthethweni lokubhalisela umcimbi ku-nwafieldday.eventbrite.com. Ukubhalisela kusenesikhathi kuyas rekomendwa njengoba izikhala zilinganiselwe futhi ngokuvamile zigcwala ngokushesha ngenxa yokudumisa kwalolu suku lweminyaka.

Abahambele umcimbi bayakhuthazwa ukuba bafike ngo-8:00 AM ukuze bathole isidlo sase-continental kanye nokuxhumana okungajwayelekile ngaphambi kokuba uhlelo olusemthethweni luqale ngo-8:30 AM. Usuku luzophela ngomcimbi wokugcina ngo-4:30 PM, okuvumela ingxoxo eyengeziwe kanye nokuxhumana nezikhulumi nabaxhasi. Kulabo abavela kwamanye amadolobha, ibhulokhi yamagumbi igodliwe e-Fayetteville Comfort Inn & Suites ngesaphulelo esikhethekile seqembu sama-$99 ebusuku; qiniseka ukuthi usho i-NWA Field Day lapho ubhukha. Imali yokubhalisa ayibuyiswa kodwa ingadluliselwa komunye umhambeli, futhi zonke izinkokhelo kumele zenziwe ku-inthanethi nge-credit card noma i-PayPal ngesikhathi sokubhalisa. Leli tulo elincane ekuthuthukisweni kwakho kobuchwepheshe lingaletha izinzuzo ezinkulu ngendlela yokuthuthukiswa kwezempilo yomhlambi, ukwanda kokukhiqiza, kanye nokuncishiswa kwezindleko zokusebenza. Ungalokothi leli thuba liphume—joyina abanye abakhiqizi bakho ngosuku lokufunda okuguqulayo kanye nokwakha umphakathi.

I-ajenda yomhlangano we-NWA Field Day yakhelwe ngokucophelela ukumboza izihloko ezibaluleke kakhulu ekukhiqizeni izimvu ezincane, iqinisekisa umuzwa wokufunda obanzi obhekana nezinselele ezivamile namasu athuthukile. Izingxoxo zasekuseni zizoqala ngokucubungula kabanzi ukuphathwa kokudla kwezilwane kanye namasu okudla, aqhutshwa nguDkt. Emily Hartfield, uchwepheshe odumile kwezokuhlola imihlambi. Lesi sigaba sizohlola ukuthi ungakwandisa kanjani ikhwalithi nobuningi bokudla kwezilwane ngokudla okuyindilinga, ukuphathwa komhlabathi, nokutshala ngamasu izilwane ezihambelanayo. Abakhiqizi bazofunda ukuthi bangawelula kanjani isikhathi sabo sokudla, banciphise izindleko zokudla, futhi bathuthukise isimo sokudla sezilwane zabo, okuthinta ngqo ukukhula kwesisindo nempumelelo yokuzala. Lolu lwazi oluyisisekelo lubalulekile kunoma yimuphi umsebenzi ofuna ukuthuthukisa izinsiza zawo zomhlaba futhi anciphise ukuncika ekudleni okubizayo, okuyinto ebalulekile ekuzuzeni inzuzo emikhakheni yezimvu ezincane.

Ngemuva kweseshini yokudla, isilungele sishintshela esigabeni esibalulekile sokuphathwa komhlambi: ukuphathwa kokuzala nokulawula izinambuzane. UDkt. James Okafor uzokwethula okutholakele kwakamuva ocwaningweni lwezimvu ezincane, egxile ekumataniseni isikhathi sokukhwelana, izindlela zokuzalanisa ngokwenziwa, nezinqubo zokuphatha izinambuzane ezisimeme ezilwa nokumelana nemithi yokubulala izinambuzane. Abahambele umcimbi bazothola amasu asebenzayo okuhlela isikhathi sokuzala, ukuphathwa kokubeletha kanye nokuzalwa kwezingane zezimvu nezimbuzi, kanye nokuhlanganiswa kokubala kwe-FAMACHA nokwelashwa okuhlosiwe ukuze kuncishiswe ukusetshenziswa kwamakhemikhali. Intambama izoba neworkshop esebenza ngokoqobo yokuhlinzwa ezifuyweni, okuvumela abahlanganyeli ukuthi bathuthukise amakhono abalulekile okuxilonga ukuze bahlonze izimbangela zokufa nokuvimbela ukulahleka esikhathini esizayo. Lesi sikhathi esisebenzayo sibaluleke kakhulu kunoma yimuphi umkhiqizi ofuna ukuthatha indlela eqotho empilweni yezilwane, futhi sigcizelela ukuzibophezela komcimbi ekuhlinzekeni imfundo ephelele, esekelwe ocwaningweni, enika amandla abakhiqizi ukuthi benze izinqumo ezinekhono. Iseshini ngayinye yakhelwe ukwandisa ukuxhumana, nesikhathi esanele semibuzo nezimpendulo kanye nengxoxo nabanye abakhiqizi.

Umkhakha ohloniphekile uzohlola ukuhlanganiswa kokudla nokuphila okuphelele kweqembu, ugcizelela ukuthi kanjani izithako zokudla ezisezingeni eliphezulu nezilinganiso ezilinganisiwe zifaka isandla ekumelaneni nezifo nasekusebenzeni. Kubakhiqizi abanentshisekelo ezixazululweni zokudla ezithuthukile, izimiso ezixoxwayo zizoxhumana ngokwemvelo nendawo ebanzi ye-biotechnology yezilwane nokuthuthukiswa kokudla. Lapha ubuchwepheshe bezinkampani ezifana ne-Yunnan Saturn Biological Technology Co., Ltd. buzaqhamuka kakhulu, njengoba ukuzinikela kwabo ezithakweni zokudla ezisunguliwe, ezisekelwe kwesayensi kuhambisana kahle nezinhloso zokukhiqiza izilwane ezincane zanamuhla. Ukuzinikela kwenkampani ekuthuthukiseni impilo yezilwane nge-biotechnology ye-microbial kunikeza umbono wesikhathi esizayo sokuphathwa kwezilwane okuzinzile. Ngokufaka lezi zimpahla ezisekelwe ocwaningweni ezinhlelweni zabo zokudla, abakhiqizi bangathola ukuguqulwa kokudla okungcono, ukusebenza kahle kokuvikela, kanye nokukhiqiza okuphezulu, konke lokhu kufaka isandla ngqo emiphumeleni. Le sikhathi izohlinzeka ngezibonelo ezithile zokuthi izinyathelo zokudla zingaxazulula kanjani izinkinga ezivamile futhi zivule amazinga amasha okusebenza.

I-NWA Field Day ngeke ibe khona ngaphandle kokwesekwa okukhulu kwabaxhasi bethu, ababelana ngombono ofanayo wokuthuthukisa ukukhiqizwa kwezilwane ezincane ngokufundisa nokwakha izinto ezintsha. Siyaziqhenya ngokuhlonipha uMxhaso wethu wePlatinum, i-American Sheep Industry Association, ngenxa yobuholi bayo obuqhubekayo kanye nezibopho zezimali ekufundiseni abakhiqizi. Abaxhasi bethu beGolide bahlanganisa i-Nutrena Feeds ne-Boehringer Ingelheim, bobabili bring decades of expertise in animal nutrition and health to this event. Abaxhasi beSiliva abafana ne-Gallagher Animal Management ne-Premier1 Supplies banikeze izinsiza ezibalulekile zokuboniswa bethu bempilo nezifundo, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abavakashi banokufinyelela kumathuluzi namathuluzi angcono kakhulu atholakalayo. Lezi zixhumanisi ziqhakambisa umoya wokubambisana komphakathi wezilwane ezincane, lapho abaholi bomkhakha behlangana ukuze basekele isizukulwane esilandelayo sabakhiqizi. Umxhaso ngamunye uzoba ne-booth emcimbini, unikeza abavakashi ithuba lokukhuluma ngqo nezithunywa nokuhlola imikhiqizo yabo ngqo.

Ngaphezu kokuxhaswa kwezimali, abaningi babezimele bethu banikeza ukwesekwa okungokwenyama, okuhlanganisa amasampula emikhiqizo, izinto zokufundisa, kanye nobuchwepheshe bezobuchwepheshe. Le ndlela yokubambisana iqinisekisa ukuthi okuqukethwe okulethwayo akukhona kuphela okwamanje kodwa futhi kuyasebenza futhi kuyasetshenziswa ezinhlelweni ezahlukene zokukhiqiza. Kulabo abanentshisekelo yokufunda kabanzi ngesisombululo sokudla esisha nokuthi singahlanganiswa kanjani emsebenzini wezilwane ezincane, ukuvakashela endaweni yokuxhaswa kubalulekile. Siphakamisa ababambiqhaza ukuba baxhumane nabo bonke ozakwethu, bacele imibuzo, futhi baqoqe izinsiza ezizokweseka impumelelo yabo eqhubekayo. Ukuhlangana phakathi kwabahleli bezenzakalo, ochwepheshe bezemfundo, kanye nabaxhasi bezimboni kudala indawo yokufunda ecebile engakwazi ukuphindaphindwa kwenye indawo. Siphakamisa ukubonga okujulile kuwo wonke umxhaso ngendima yabo ebalulekile ekwenzeni le mini yeziqu ibe yisenzakalo semfundo esiyinhloko kubakhiqizi bezilwane ezincane kulo mmandla.

Ngemibuzo ethile mayelana neNWA Field Day, kuhlanganise nezinkinga zokubhalisela, amathuba okuxhaswa, noma izicelo zokuhlala okukhethekile, sicela uxhumane nomphakathi wethu wezok events, uSarah Mitchell, ngqo. USarah angatholakala nge-imeyili ku-sarah.mitchell@uada.edu noma ngefoni ku-(479) 123-4567, ngezikhathi zokusebenza kusukela ngo-8:00 AM kuya ku-5:00 PM isikhathi saseCentral, ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu. Ukuze uthole impendulo esheshayo, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwesonto eliholela emcimbini, i-imeyili iyas rekomendwa njengoba ithimba lethu lihlola njalo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, yonke incwadi ephathelene nomcimbi, kuhlanganise nezibuyekezo zejenda, izimo zezulu, kanye nezikhumbuzo zokugcina, zizokwenziwa nge-list yethu yokuthumela, ongabhalisela kuyo ekhasini lokubhalisela. Ithimba lethu elizinikele lokweseka lizimisele ukwenza ukuthi ulwazi lwakho lube lula kusukela emmomentini obhalisela kuze kube ushiya i-field day ngolwazi olusha nezixhumanisi.

Ukugcina uxhumano nomphakathi omkhulu wezilwane ezincane kuyadingeka ukuze ube nempumelelo eqhubekayo, futhi sikhuthaza bonke ababekhona ukuba bajoyine amanethiwekhi ethu edijithali. Landela thina ku-Facebook ku-@NWALivestock nase-Instagram ku-@nwa_small_ruminants ukuze uthole okuqukethwe okungemuva kwezinsiza, izigcawu zabaqondisi, kanye nezibuyekezo zangesikhathi sangempela ngesikhathi somcimbi. Joyina ingxoxo ku-Twitter usebenzisa i-hashtag esemthethweni #NWAFieldDay2025, lapho ungabelana khona ngemicabango yakho, ubuze imibuzo, futhi uxhumane nabanye abakhiqizi abavela ezweni lonke. Iwebhusayithi yethu, nwalivestockextension.org, isebenza njengomthombo ongenamkhawulo, ifaka phakathi ama-webinar agcinwe, amakhasi amaqiniso, kanye ne-forum yomphakathi lapho abakhiqizi bengathola khona izeluleko futhi babelane ngamasu amahle. Ngokubandakanyeka nalezi zinkundla, uba yingxenye yenethiwekhi ephilayo ebandakanya kakhulu ngaphezu kosuku lwemkhankaso uqobo, inikeza ukwesekwa okuqhubekayo nokufinyelela ezithuthukisweni zakamuva ocwaningweni nasekuphathweni kwezilwane ezincane. Impumelelo yakho iyinjongo yethu, futhi lezi ziteshi zenzelwe ukukugcina unolwazi futhi ukhuthazekile unyaka wonke.

I-NWA Field Day imele ukutshalwa kwemali okungafani nalokhu emhlabeni wakho njengomkhiqizi wezilwane ezincane, inikeza ukugxila okujulile kolwazi lwezazi, amakhono asebenzayo, kanye nezixhumanisi zobungcweti ezingaba nomthelela ngokushesha ekwenzeni inzuzo nasekugcineni. Ngokuhambela, ukhetha ukusuka emsebenzini wansuku zonke futhi unikeze usuku oluphelele ekucabangeni okuhlelekile nasekuthuthukiseni amakhono—isinqumo esihlukanisa ukusebenza okuhle kokuphila nalokhu okuphila kuphela. Izixazululo ezisekelwe ocwaningweni ezethulwayo azikhethi; ziyizindlela ezivumelekile ezisetshenziswe ngempumelelo ezindaweni zokulima nasezindaweni zokufuya ezweni lonke, zikhombisa ukuthuthuka okukhanga emndenini, ukusebenza kahle kokuphindaphinda, kanye nokusebenza kwezezimali. Le yithuba lakho lokufunda kwabaphezulu, ubuze imibuzo enzima, futhi ubuyele ekhaya nohlelo lokusebenza olucacile oluhambisana nezinhloso zakho ezithile nezinsiza. Ulwazi olutholakele lapha luzokwenza inzuzo eminyakeni ezayo.

Siyakumema ngemfudumalo ukuba usijoyine ngoJuni 15 kulokho okubikezelwa ukuthi kuzoba umcimbi obaluleke kakhulu wezimvu ezincane vu nyaka. Noma ngabe ungumkhiqizi ongumakadebona oneminyaka eminingi yesipiliyoni noma umuntu omusha osaqala uhambo lwakho, uzothola okuqukethwe nobudlelwano obuzohlangana nawe lapho ukhona futhi bakusize ufinyelele ezingeni elilandelayo. Ukuhlanganiswa kwezikhathi eziqhutshwa ochwephesheshe, ama-workshop asebenzayo, kanye nokuxhumana noontanga kudala indawo yokufunda enamandla esheshisa ukukhula kwakho futhi yandise umbono wakho. Kulabo abafuna izinsiza ezengeziwe nezixazululo ezithuthukisiwe zokudla okunomsoco ukugcwalisa amasu okuphatha axoxiwe, siyakhuthaza ukuthi uhlole izinto ezintsha ezivela kubaholi bemboni. Izinkampani ezinikezele empilweni yezilwane kanye nomkhiqizo, njengeYunnan Saturn Biological Technology Co., Ltd., zihlala zithuthukisa amathuluzi amasha ukusekela impumelelo yakho. Ngokuhlanganisa lezi zixazululo kuhlelo oluqinile lokuphatha, ungathola imiphumela emangalisayo. Bhalisa namuhla futhi uthathe isinyathelo sokuqala esibheke esikhathini esizayo esizuzisa kakhulu, esisimeme, nesanelisa ekukhiqizeni izimvu ezincane.

Sizibophezele ekuhlinzekeni ukwesekwa okuqhubekayo kubo bonke abahambele umcimbi kanye nomphakathi obanzi wezimvu ezincane. Ukuze uqhubeke nokuthola isiqondiso sezazi nemikhiqizo esezingeni eliphezulu, sincoma ukuthi uhlole izinsiza ezibanzi ezitholakala kubalingani bethu. Ungavakashela i-Ikhaya ikhasi le-Saturn Biotechnology ukuze ufunde kabanzi ngomsebenzi wabo nezixazululo zabo ezintsha ekudleni kwezilwane. I-Imikhiqizo ikhasi linikeza ukubuka okuningiliziwe kwezithako ezithile zokudla nemikhiqizo yezempilo eyenzelwe ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kwezilwane ezifuywayo, okuhlanganisa nezakhiwo ezifanele izilwane ezincane ezifana nezimvu. Ukuze uqonde isayensi kanye nefilosofi ngemuva kwendlela yabo, i-Mayelana Nathi ikhasi linikeza ukuqonda ngesibopho sabo sokucwaninga, ukusimama, kanye nokubambisana komhlaba wonke. Ukuze uthole izindaba zakamuva ngezehlakalo zemboni kanye nempumelelo, i-Izindaba ikhasi liyisixhobo esihle kakhulu, ligqamisa ukubamba iqhaza kwabo okusebenzayo ekuthuthukiseni ezolimo zezilwane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma unemibuzo ethile noma udinga iseluleko esenziwe ngendlela efanele, i-Ukusekelwa ikhasi linikeza isiteshi esiqondile kuthimba labo eliqeqeshiwe, elilungele ukusiza ngezinselelo zakho ezihlukile. Lezi zixhobo zenzelwe ukugcwalisa ulwazi olutholwe esiqongweni senkundla futhi zinikeze indlela yokuqhubeka nokuthuthuka nempumelelo ebhizinisini lakho lezimvu ezincane.

Njengoba ulungiselela ukusebenzisa amasu nemibono evela kuNWA Field Day, khumbula ukuthi uhambo lokuzenzela kahle luqhubeka, futhi inethiwekhi yokwesekwa oyakha namuhla izoba yinsiza enkulu. Sibheke phambili ukukwamukela eFayetteville ngosuku lokuthola, ukukhula, nokwakha umphakathi. Ndawonye, singakwazi ukuvuselela abakhiqizi bezilwane ezincane ukuze bafinyelele ezingeni elisha lokukhiqiza nokwenza inzuzo, siqinisekisa ikusasa elinempilo nelizinzile kulolu hlobo olubalulekile lwezolimo. Qinisekisa ukubhalisela lokhu manje, futhi ujoyine thina ekuthatheni isinyathelo esiqinile phambili. Isebenza yakho—futhi umphumela wakho—izokubonga.