Success StorySmall Ruminant Production



Small Ruminant Production

Author: Gary Stockton

Planning Unit: Boone County CES

Major Program: Small Ruminants (includes sheep, goats) and Exotic animals

Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work

Outcome: Initial Outcome

There are several people in the county raising a few goats and sheep without much prior knowledge or experience. I had several request to put together a basic program on small ruminant production. The program consisted of basic monthly management necessary to be successful with small ruminants and was marketed to producers with little experience with raising small ruminants. A second presented on predator control was also present to this group. Many of the participants had no knowledge of how to protect the sheep or goats from predators. After the program there were many comments that now they felt like they could successfully keep the livestock protected from predators. There will be follow up visits to the participants farms to see if they have been successful in raising their sheep and goats successfully.







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