Sheep & Goat School, September 9-10, 2005

Join us for our first hair sheep and goat school September 9-10, 2005 in Vinita, Oklahoma. We will cover a wide range of sheep and goat management techniques from breeds for your management system to grazing to parasites to predator control to stockmanship.

The fee of $450 per person is for two full days of instruction, written materials, and lunch both days. Our schools all carry a full, money-back guarantee.

Click here for a form to fill out and mail with your registration fee. Please register by September 1.

Following is an approximate agenda of that meeting:

Friday 9/9/05

9:00am Welcome and rationale for adding sheep and/or goats to cattle operation. Monetary and ecological benefits of multiple species grazing—Wally Olson

9:50 break

10:00 Breeds of sheep and goats and sources of supply—Bob Steger

10:45 Health considerations of sheep and goats—Ann Wells

12:00 Lunch

12:45 Sheep and goat management in humid areas—Walt Davis

1:45 The business side of multi-species grazing—Wally Olson

2:45 break

3:00 Fencing for sheep and goats—Bob Steger

4:00 Coping with sheep and goat parasitism—Ann Wells

5:00 break for supper

7:00 Round table discussion and questions

9:00 break

Saturday 9/10/05

8:00 Guard dogs for predator control—Wally Olson

8:45 Direct marketing—Ann Wells

9:45 break

10:00 Low stress handling—Bob Steger

11:00 Browse and weeds as resources—Walt Davis

12:00 lunch

12:45 Trading opportunities with sheep and goats—Wally Olson

1:30 Nutrition and supplementation—Ann Wells

2:15 Breeding and reproduction—Bob Steger

3:00 Break

3:15 The value of biological capital—Walt Davis

4:00 Questions and discussion.

5:00 break