Small-Scale Sheep and Goat Production Curriculum Materials – Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Community

Sheep and goats are an excellent way for new and beginning farmers to enter livestock production. They are also especially well-suited to small farms. A profitable sheep and goat business will consider many different aspects including marketing, stewardship, animal care and production.

Materials for Teachers and Extension Staff

The following materials were developed for teachers and educators to use in their classrooms and programs. The target age range is high school, jr. college and beginning farmer groups.

Instruction Guide (Lesson Plan): Includes links to additional information, connections to national agriculture education standards (AFNR Career Content Cluster Standards), application to Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects, activity and science fair ideas, sample quiz/review questions, and enrichment activities. PDF format (0.2 MB; best if you want to use it as-is) | RTF format (.5 MB; best if you want to modify the file)

Presentation – 43 slides, .pptx format. Preview in Slideshare | Download (8 MB)
Fact Sheet (required reading) 9 pages; “Raising Sheep and Goats for Profit: Small-Scale Livestock Production” or RTF format (best if you want to edit the file)
Additional Materials Glossary | Animal Certification Programs | Sample quiz questions | Homework questions (some of the question pertain to the related small scale poultry module)

Download a .zip file containing all of the above materials (videos need to be downloaded separately due to file size restrictions)

Video: Raising Sheep and Goats for Profit, Small-Scale Production

19:58 minutes

If you prefer shorter clips, this video has also been released as four separate parts:

Part 1: Watch on YouTube (3:30 minutes) Download a copy (.mp4)
Part 2: Watch on YouTube (8:35 minutes) Download a copy (.mp4)
Part 3: Watch on YouTube (6:30 minutes) Download a copy (.mp4)
Part 4: Watch on YouTube (5:26 minutes) Download a copy (.mp4)

Preview Presentation Slides – Small Scale Sheep & Goat Production

Small scale sheep & goat production from LPE Learning Center

Acknowledgements

Contact Person for this Module: Martha Sullins, Colorado State University martha.sullins@colostate.edu

Authors and Reviewers:

•Blake Angelo, Colorado State University Extension, Urban Agriculture

•Thomas Bass, Montana State University Extension, Livestock Environment

•Dr. Marisa Bunning, CSU Food Science and Human Nutrition

•Emily Lockard, CSU Extension, Livestock

•Dea Sloan, CSU Agricultural and Resource Economics

•Martha Sullins, CSU Extension, Agriculture and Business Management

•Dr. Dawn Thilmany, CSU Agricultural and Resource Economics

•Heather Watts, CSU Agricultural and Resource Economics

•Wendy White, Colorado Department of Agriculture

•David Weiss, CSU Agricultural and Resource Economics

Building Environmental Leaders in Animal Agriculture (BELAA) is a collaborative effort of the National Young Farmers Educational Association, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Montana State University. It was funded by the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under award #2009-49400-05871. This project would not be possible without the Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center and the National eXtension Initiative, National Association of County Ag Agents (NACAA), National Association of Agriculture Education (NAAE), Farm Credit Services of America, American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS), and Montana FFA Association.