The Small Ruminant Toolbox

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.

PowerPoint Presentations

• Using the Toolbox
• Checksheet Overview and Whole Farm Planning
• Building a Workshop
• Jeopardy for Sheep and Goats Game (instructions)

ATTRA Publications

• Small Ruminant Sustainability Checksheet (60 pages), includes:
  • Quickstart
  • Checksheet
  • Small Ruminant Resource List

• 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 (instructions)
• 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.

• Integrated Parasite Management in Small Ruminants
• Nutrition of the Ewe and Lamb
• 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 NCAT is pleased to be able to provide it to you here.

Presentations

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.

At 978 pages, the Small Ruminant Resource Manual is a very large PDF. It's best to open and view the Manual with Adobe Reader, version 6 or later. 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 1 (800) 346-9140 or online at www.attra.ncat.org.

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

• Frequently Asked Questions

Additional educational resources include:

SARE

• In the video Direct Marketing for Farmers and Ranchers, Oregon rancher Jeanne Carver describes how she launched what has become a highly successful yarn business.
• The Guide to Designing a Small Red Meat Plant includes plans to help you construct, expand or upgrade a locker-type meat plant.
• The Livestock Mortality Composting Manual provides information for producers in the semi-arid West on composting livestock, including small ruminants.
• For training sheep to graze vineyard floors, fact sheets on the aversion training process and finding the correct dose of LiCl for aversion training.

ATTRA

• Collected information on Business, Livestock, and Pasture topics.
• A Small Ruminant Resource List.

Other Resources

• FAMACHA is an easy-to-use diagnostic tool for identifying parasite infections in sheep and goats.
• www.sheepandgoat.com for a comprehensive collection of articles to help with any question you may have.
• The sheep and goat communities of practice on eXtension.org.