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Management Education Programs

Lamb and Wool Management: Instructors

 


philip bergPhilip Berg
507-825-6799
philip.berg@mnwest.edu

Philip Berg was born and raised on a Pipestone area sheep farm and continues to work with his family’s sheep operation. He graduated with an Animal Science degree from South Dakota State University and also received a Master's Degree in Animal and Range Science from North Dakota State University. After receiving his Master's Degree, Philip worked for the North Dakota State University Research Center in Hettinger, ND. After six years with the NDSU Research Center, he returned to Pipestone where he was employed by the University of Minnesota Extension Service in Pipestone County for eleven years. 

Philip began his role as a Lamb and Wool Instructor in June of 2005.


Ryan Knuth Lamb Wool BWRyan Knuth
507 825-6815
ryan.knuth@mnwest.edu

Ryan Knuth grew up in South Central Wisconsin on a small commercial Polypay operation learning early in life how to care for animals in profitable ways. He received his B.S. in Animal Science (2017) at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, M.S. in Animal and Range Sciences at Montana State University (2019), and Doctor of Philosophy in Animal and Veterinary Science at the University of Wyoming (2022). Throughout his collegiate education, he has had a breadth of research experience related to sheep and beef cattle production systems and looks forward to using that knowledge to build a highly impactful applied, and translatable teaching and outreach program focused on animal health and management to improve sheep production.