 | Oklahoma Meat Goat Boot Camp October 17-19, 2011 Ada, Oklahoma |
| Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 | Workshop | Instructor(s) |
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 | |
Limited to the first 50 registrants
For information or to register, contact J.J. Jones or Diane Huff at 580-332-7011