Introduction to Sheep Management

Introduction to Sheep Management
Introduction to Sheep Management - Home Study is our most popular course. It provides an overview of year-long sheep management and includes the philosophy of sheep management and its relationship to business goals. This one-credit home study course includes fourteen self-paced lessons with continuous enrollment. It is also available online.

Required textbook:  None, lesson materials provided.

Lesson topics

1. Getting Started in the Sheep Business
2. Sheep Nutrition, Feeds, and Feeding
3. Reproduction & Breeding Strategies
4. Caring for Your Sheep & Grazing Management
5. Sheep Health & Disease
6. Lamb Feeding
7. Facilities & Equipment
8. Ewe Flock Economics & Record Keeping
9. Wool
10. Pre-Lambing Management
11. Lambing Time Management
12. Artificial Rearing & Grafting
13. Creeps and Creep Feeding
14. Weaning Time Management
15. Raising vs. Buying Replacement Ewes

To enroll, print and complete the registration form or contact Sue Lovell.

Register

North Dakota and Wisconsin residents will be charged a higher tuition cost unless a reciprocity form is completed. A copy of the completed reciprocity form must accompany the registration form. See reciprocity information for more details and the application form for your state. Follow the instructions on how to print and complete the form. Contact the Lamb and Wool program if you need help completing the reciprocity form. Reciprocity forms must be completed online.

North Dakota Reciprocity   Wisconsin Reciprocity

South Dakota students should contact Minnesota West directly. South Dakota residents don’t need to send a form to their home state.

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