2021 Wool Pool
See the attached flyer for more information regarding the 2021 Wool Pool and proper wool handling prior to delivery. …
Animal Agriculture
North Carolina Small Ruminant Summit
Join us on July 24, 2021, at the E. Carroll Joyner Beef Education Unit (Raleigh, NC) for the North …
2021 Southeast Ram Sales
Ram buying season is just around the corner. To help locate available rams, a list of sales in the …
2021 Piedmont Sheep and Goat Conference Webinar Series
Registration is now open for the 2021 Piedmont Sheep and Goat Conference! This 4-part webinar series will cover mineral …
Goat Artificial Insemination Short Course
Registration is now open! Goat AI Short Course June 7–9, 2021, in Raleigh, NC. This short course will include …
Small Ruminant Reproductive Management Webinar
Join us on March 11, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. for a free webinar on reproduction management of small ruminants. …
Sheep Genomics Webinar Series
Sheep Genomics Webinar Series With the introduction of genomic-enhanced estimated breeding values (GEBVs), 2021 will be the dawn of a …
Dr. Andrew Weaver Named New Extension Small Ruminant Specialist
The NC State University Department of Animal Science has hired Dr. Andrew Weaver as an Assistant Professor and Extension …
BioWorma®, an Alternative to Traditional Anthelmintics
This webinar presentation is about BioWorma®, a fungus (Duddingtonia flagrans) that traps and kills roundworm larvae in the manure …
Goat Science
Open access peer-reviewed volume Edited by Sándor Kukovics Széchenyi István University of Sciences Goat science covers quite a wide …
How Goats Helped Save the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Before fires surrounded the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 500 goats helped to clear brush and created a fire break. This …
3rd National Goat Conference Proceedings
The Proceedings of the 3rd National Goat Conference that took place on September 16–18, 2018, at Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, …
The FAMACHA History
The FAMACHA charts are named after Faffa Malan from South Africa. Check the following YouTube informative …
Small Ruminant Internal Parasite Management Workshop
Managing internal parasites on a small ruminant farm can be challenging. Join us for an informative evening (free of …
Training - Forage Recovery Plan 2019
A wet fall 2018 not only delayed, and in some cases completely prevented, timely fall-plantings of cool-season annual and …
Alfalfa-Bermudagrass Hayfield Conference
WHERE: Harnett County Commons Area, 309 W. Harnett Cornelius Blvd. Lillington, NC 27546 WHEN: August 23, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. DETAILS: This conference will …
Small Ruminant Workshop
On Saturday, May 19, a Small Ruminant Workshop will take place at the Western NC Regional Livestock Center, 474 …
From Japan: An Alternative to Guard Dogs
By News from Elsewhere, as found by BBC Monitoring… A robot wolf designed to protect farms has proved to be such …
Regional Sheep & Goat Producer Training
Due to inclement weather, the training has been rescheduled for SATURDAY MARCH 24, 2018 – Guilford County Extension Office, 3309 …
Famacha Training & Certification
Due to overwhelming requests, Sara Beth Routh, Livestock Agent – Small Ruminants, Equines & Forages from Randolph County, will …
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