PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR PRODUCERS
Practical guides, expert conversations, and ideas to help you make informed decisions for your sheep or goat operation.
Explore feeding, animal health, flock and herd management, and lessons from producers working in the industry.
FEEDING & NUTRITION
From Episode 51 with Jeff Hunter
Hunter Nutrition
Explore ingredient value, sulfur, feed quality, and practical ration questions from our conversation with Jeff Hunter.
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By Barbie Casey-Booth, M.S.
Small Ruminant Consulting LLC
Learn how lick feeders work, what to consider when choosing a feeder, and how feeding routines fit your operation.
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Join Leon Gehman and Matt Nolt for conversations with producers, veterinarians, nutritionists, and others working in the sheep and goat industry.
Explore the podcastFind educational information, industry organizations, and nutrition services for your sheep or goat operation.
An introduction to sheep, breeds, feeding, and raising sheep, with additional management topics in Sheep 201.
Articles, fact sheets, infographics, and other sheep and goat information maintained by Susan Schoenian, retired University of Maryland Extension sheep and goat specialist.
Sheep and Goat Herd Health and Production information from Dr. Rosie Busch’s UC Cooperative Extension program, focused on animal health, welfare, and productivity.
Producer education, classes, industry events, and resources supporting sheep and goat production in Kentucky.
Genetic evaluation, Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs), and tools to help sheep producers make informed breeding decisions.
Fact sheets, webinars, and producer education focused on productive Katahdin sheep and genetic selection.
Education, producer events, wool marketing, and industry information supporting Pennsylvania sheep, lamb, and wool producers.
National sheep industry news, producer education, and information on animal health, wool, production, and industry issues.
Lamb industry research, promotion programs, producer news, and resources supporting demand for American lamb.
Sheep and goat feeds, supplements, and feeding program information from Hunter Nutrition, featured on the RamQuip podcast.
Nutrition and management consulting, forage assessments, and diet formulation from Barbie Casey-Booth, M.S., owner of Small Ruminant Consulting.
We’re building a growing collection of resources around the questions sheep and goat producers face every day.
Disease awareness, biosecurity, and conversations with animal health professionals.
Feeding methods, feed management, and practical nutrition considerations.
Breeding, lambing, kidding, pasture, and day-to-day management.
Ideas for livestock flow, working facilities, and efficient handling.
Have a question or a topic you’d like to hear discussed? Let us know what would be useful for your operation.
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