Small Ruminant Toolbox
Toolbox for Small Ruminant Educators Building on the Small Ruminant Resource Manual
Sheep and goat enterprises offer diversification opportunities for small and limited-resource farmers. This Small Ruminant Toolbox was developed in order to provide a collection of information for small ruminant producers and educators. The Small Ruminant Toolbox includes many publications, presentations, and other resources that will be helpful to small ruminant producers. These include annotated presentations from NCAT, several informative presentations shared by Susan Schoenian of University of Maryland Extension, and the entire course for the Tennessee Master Meat Goat Producer Program. We appreciate our collaborators sharing their expertise.
Funding source for project: USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
Lead Organization: National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
Project Leaders: Linda Coffey and Margo Hale, NCAT Agriculture Specialists
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) |
Contents and Instructions |
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How to Use the ToolboxATTRA 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 |
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Small Ruminant Resource Manual |
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Sheep and Goat FAQ |
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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.
Further Information |
In addition to the Small Ruminant Resource Manual provided in this Toolbox, see:
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Project Leaders:
Linda Coffey and Margo Hale
NCAT
PO Box 3657
Fayetteville AR 72702
479-442-9824
lindac@ncat.org and margoh@ncat.org
Collaborating Partners:
Dr. An Peischel, Tennessee State University and University of Tennessee
Dr. Will R. Getz, Fort Valley State University
Dr. Steve Hart, Langston University
Dr. Dianne Hellwig, Kentucky
Dr. Ken Andries, Kentucky State University
Dr. Steve Jones, University of Arkansas
Susan Schoenian, Maryland Cooperative Extension Service