Get the Small Ruminant Toolbox to go! This collection is also available on a USB flash drive. It’s easily portable and all the content is readily available even when you don’t have internet access.

Price: $6.50 each (plus $3 shipping & handling)
Contact debbier@ncat.org or call 1-800-346-9140 for information on bulk pricing.

Contents and Instructions

• Overall Table of Contents [PDF]
• How to Use the Toolbox
• Especially for Agents
• Powerpoint Library
• Small Ruminant Resource Manual
• Sheep and Goat FAQ
• Further Information

How to Use the Toolbox

ATTRA materials may be browsed and then ordered by calling 800-346-9140, by accessing the livestock section of the ATTRA website, or by printing from the PDF Small Ruminant Resource Manual. Be careful; the Manual is very large (56MB) and you need to select only the pages you want to print. You will find page numbers in the Table of Contents document in that section of the website. It’s best to open and view the Manual with Adobe Reader. If you don’t have it, the program is available for free, here: www.adobe.com/products/reader.html. Materials are also available at www.sare.org/Learning-Center.

Materials may also be used during trainings, with the following stipulations: please do not alter or clip the Tennessee materials. You are welcome to show presentations in their entirety or use them for self-study.

Having presentations available may encourage those producers who want to present a topic, but do not want to create a presentation. They may choose slides and modify to fit their experience (except as stated before; do not modify slides from the Tennessee Master Meat Goat Producer Program). Producers make great teachers, and perhaps these materials will expand the list of available trainers in your area.

These materials may also serve as a tutorial for producers or for educators who want to learn more about a topic. The “Building a Workshop” presentation can give reminders to anyone planning to host a workshop on any subject; it can be used to trigger discussion during in-service trainings for agents as well. It is not specific to sheep and goat producer education.

Many topics are not covered in this Toolbox. Some topics are covered in multiple presentations. Use what is useful to you, and please give feedback to the project leader, Linda Coffey at lindac@ncat.org.

Especially for Agents

Powerpoint Presentations
• Using the Toolbox
• Checksheet Overview and Whole Farm Planning
• Building a Workshop
• Jeopardy for Sheep and Goats Game
  …with instructions.

ATTRA Publications
• Small Ruminant Sustainability Checksheet (60 pages)
Includes the following:
• Quickstart
• Checksheet
• Small Ruminant Resource List

Powerpoint Library

• Descriptions of all presentations in the Powerpoint Library

NCAT Toolbox Presentations

Use freely as needed; please give NCAT credit.
A description of each presentation is here.

• Body Condition Score, Goats
• Building a Workshop
• Checksheet Overview and Whole Farm Planning ~ Don’t Miss the Target: Planning for Farm Success
• Controlling Internal Parasites in Small Ruminants
• Getting Started with Meat Goats
• Grazing Goats
• Health
• Introduction to ATTRA, Sheep and Goats, Whole Farm Plan
• Introduction to Organic Meat Goats and Lambs
• Jeopardy for Sheep and Goats
• Marketing Strategies for Sheep and Goat Producers
• Multispecies Grazing, Fencing, and Housing
• Organic Production
• Pasture Finishing Lambs or Kids
• Recordkeeping, Marketing and Economics
• Small Ruminant Production—An Overview
• Using the Toolbox
• What Sheep and Goats Can Do For You

Presentations created by Susan Schoenian

Use as needed; please credit Susan.
A description of each presentation is here.

• Breeding Better Sheep
• Income Opportunities with Sheep and Goats
• Integrated Parasite Management in Small Ruminants
• Nutrition of the Ewe and Lamb
• Small Ruminant Health
• Targeted Grazing
• Teeth, Tags, and a TSE

(Additional presentations are available at www.slideshare.net/schoenian/presentations)

Tennessee Master Meat Goat Producers Program

The Tennessee Master Meat Goat Producers Program is generously shared here by Dr. An Peischel. It consists of two main components: a large manual and a number of powerpoint presentations. These complement each other.

Manual

• Tennessee Master Meat Goat Producers Manual [PDF]

  The chapters of the manual correspond to the chapters noted on the powerpoint presentations; look in the manual for expanded information to supplement the presentations. The contents of the manual are listed in the same document as the presentation list (below). This manual includes information on topics not included in the NCAT manual, and we are pleased to be able to provide it to you here.

Presentations

Tennessee Master Meat Goat Producers
DO NOT MODIFY; use as needed, please give credit. Listed below are chapters as the presentation is named, and the title of the presentation. These presentations may be used in their entirety, and may be shared as a tutorial; they may not be modified.)

A description of each presentation is here.

• Chapter 1: Marketing
• Chapter 2: Business and Financial Planning and Management for Meat Goat Operations
• Chapter 2: Goats: Value-Added Products
• Chapter 2: Introduction to Value-Added Goat Products
• Chapter 3: Health
• Chapter 4: Nutrient Management in Mixed Specie Pastures for Goats
• Chapter 4: Forages
• Chapter 4: Forage Considerations for the Goat Herd
• Chapter 5: Silvopasture in Southeast
• Chapter 5: Introduction to Silvopasture
• Chapter 6: Understanding Genetics for Use in Goat Production
• Chapter 7: Reproductive Management of Meat Goat Operations
• Chapter 8: Nutrition
• Chapter 9: Part 1: Meat Goat Carcass Merit
• Chapter 9: Part 2: Meat Goat Carcass Fabrication
• Chapter 10: Environmental Factors Affect Nutrient Requirements for Goats
• Chapter 11: Meat Goat Structures/Equipment
• Chapter 12: Predators and Predation

The chapters of the manual correspond to the chapters noted on the powerpoint presentations; look in the manual for expanded information to supplement the presentations.

Small Ruminant Resource Manual

At 978 pages, the Small Ruminant Resource Manual is a very large PDF. (56MB) It’s best to open and view the Manual with Abobe Reader. If you don’t have it, the program is available for free, here: www.adobe.com/products/reader.html. It is navigated with bookmarks and arranged by chapters. Click on the “+” sign beside chapter name to show all the articles within the chapter; then click on the article title to jump directly to that article. Each chapter opens with a list of contents and closes with a list of additional resources. Page numbers of the PDF are provided beside each title in the table of contents to assist you in finding and printing a particular article. ATTRA publications are also available by calling 800-346-9140 or by using the site search function to find the publication you’re looking for.

• Table of Contents for Small Ruminant Resource Manual 2014
• The Small Ruminant Resource Manual [PDF/56MB]
• Small Ruminant Sustainability Checksheet

Sheep and Goat FAQ

Here is a collection of some of the most commonly asked questions about sheep and goat production. We’ve provided general answers and resources for additional information. Educators will find it helpful to maintain a list of additional information to assist producers in their location.

• Frequently Asked Questions

Further Information

In addition to the Small Ruminant Resource Manual provided in this Toolbox, see:

• ATTRA’s Small Ruminant Course consisting of narrated powerpoints, short video clips, including one on hoof trimming, and tipsheets on marketing sheep and goats. Business planning resources are also found on this page.
• ATTRA’s Business, Livestock, and Pasture information.
• www.sheepandgoat.com for a comprehensive collection of articles to help with any question you may have.
• The Small Ruminant Resource List on this site.