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 15 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, please contact Sue Lovell.

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. 

North Dakota Reciprocity   Wisconsin Reciprocity

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