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January 2013
Technology Sharing Session: American Forage & Grassland Council
Annual Conference: American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC). "Technology Tips for Agricultural Workers: A Sharing Session". I will lead a "Technology Sharing Session" -- a facilitated workshop where attendees share their latest technology tips with everyone in the room. Particularly on new things and tools on the Internet, apps, other computer software, techniques for security and backup, accepting credit cards, etc. Wherever the conversation goes -- this can be very exciting and informative.
Find out more »Technology Sharing Session: ASI Convention
Annual Convention: American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) "Technology Tips for The Sheep Industry: A Sharing Session". I will lead a "Technology Sharing Session" -- a facilitated workshop where attendees share their latest technology tips with everyone in the room. Particularly on new things and tools on the Internet, apps, other computer software, techniques for security and backup, accepting credit cards, etc. Wherever the conversation goes -- this can be very exciting and informative.
Find out more »February 2013
Indianhead Shephard’s Clinic
Indianhead Sheep Breeders Association Featured Speaker
Find out more »April 2014
Course: Forage & Pasture Management, Coquille OR
This course meets once each week on Wednesday evenings, 6-9 pm in downtown Coquille. This 7-week course will give you a solid knowledge framework in how to manage your forages and pastures. Some of the topics we cover are forage identification, plant growth, soil fertility, soil tests, management intensive grazing, practical grazing techniques, fencing, nutritional value of forages, hay, silage, weed control, riparian areas, and much more. This course is open to all producers – beef cattle, dairymen, sheep, goats,…
Find out more »Webinar: Managing Your Pastures Better: Management Intensive Grazing 101
Sheep are magnificent animals that evolved to eat grass. A sheep’s rumen allows it thrive on high-fiber forage and effectively convert sunlight and atmospheric nitrogen (nitrogen “fixed” into forage protein by legumes like clovers and alfalfa) into valuable human products like meat and wool and milk. But how can shepherds use sheep to harvest this forage in a profitable and sustainable way? By grazing. But good grazing is not just opening the gate and putting sheep into a pasture. Good…
Find out more »June 2014
Workshop: 2014 Black Sheep Gathering: Vitamins & Minerals
A very practical workshop on sheep and goat nutrition: minerals and vitamins that animals need, the best ways to feed them, how to read feed tags, and what to do about some of the most common nutritional problems. I will cover each mineral and vitamin, including recommendations on what to feed. We’ll also discuss the rules of feed labeling, examine some feed tags, and show what each term means. We will also review the most common nutritional problems -- such…
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