8:00 to 8:15

Welcome 

Claude Bess

SE District Director 

8:15 to 8:45

Oklahoma Meat Goat Educational Workshops

Pretest & Industry Overview

Jones 

8:45 to 12:00

Participants -

split into 3 groups for the

workshops and rotate

every 60 minutes

Workshop 1

    Tattooing, Tagging and Castrating

Workshop 2

    Hay Evaluation

Workshop 3

    Hoof Trimming and Aging 

McDaniel & Jones

Freking & Rice

Parker

12:00 to 1:00

Lunch Provided 

1:00 to 2:00

Workshop 4

    Parasite Life Cycle and Management 

Hanks

2:00 to 3:00

Workshop 5

    Parasite De-Wormers Resistance and 

       Eye Scores

 Sparks

3:00 to 3:15

Break 

3:15 to 4:45

Participants -

split into 2 groups and

rotate through workshops

at 30 minutes

Workshop 6

    FAMACHA, Fecal Egg Count Demo and

    Fecal Egg Count Lab

Workshop 7

    Fecal Egg Count Demo and Fecal Egg

    Count Lab, FAMACHA

Hanks & Parker

Sparks & Parker

4:45 to 5:30

Goat Marketing 

Jones 

6:30 to 7:30

Get Acquainted Dinner

Provided @ Agri-Plex

Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011

8:00 to 12:00

Participants -

split into 2 groups and

rotate Workshop 8 & 9

as one group and Work-

shop 10 as the other

Workshop 8

    Goat Selection

Workshop 9

    Goat Health and Vaccination Program

Workshop 10

    Forage Production and Exercise

Sparks

Parker

Rice

12:00 to 1:00

Lunch on your own 

1:00 to 5:00

Participants -

split into 2 groups and

rotate workshops

Workshop 11

    Goat Nutrition and Exercise

Workshop 12

    Farm Business Planning and Exercise

Freking

Jones

5:00 to 6:00

Dinner on your own 

6:30 to 8:00

Producer Panel Discussion -

    Predator Control and Guardian Animals 

Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011

8:00 to 9:15

Workshop 13

    Reproduction 

Sparks

9:15 to 10:00

Workshop 14

    Birthing and Neonatal Care 

Parker

10:00 to 10:30

Travel to Farm Tour 

Rocking Double J

Goat Ranch, Roff, OK

10:30 to 12:30

Participants -

split into 2 groups

Group 1 - Farm Tour

Group 2 - Pasture Tour

Jones

Rice

12:30 to 1:00

Lunch at the Ranch 

1:00 to 3:00

Participants -

split into 2 groups and

rotate between workshops

after one hour

Group 1 - Workshop 16

    Reproduction and Pregnancy Testing Lab

Group 2 - Workshop 17

    Fencing

Dr. Pitts & Parker

Freking, McKovy &

Hanks

3:15 to 3:45

Return to Agri-Plex 

3:45 to 4:15

Post-Test, Evaluation &General Discussion

Jones & McDaniel

4:15 to 4:45

Graduation