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OSU Extension Offers Cow Calf Camp in April
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:46:55 CDT
As every rancher, large or small, eventually learns, there's a lot more to the cattle business than just looking good in a big hat. A few of the required disciplines would include, reproductive efficiency, nutrition, herd health, forage management, marketing, calving, handling stock, parasitology, and making good business decisions to maximize profitability and protect your sizable investment. Where can you go to get it all covered and tied together? If you don't have time to go back to school for 4 years to get an Animal Science degree you might want to look into the OSU Cow Calf Boot Camp to be held April 25, 26, and 27th in Ada, Oklahoma.
Unlike similar programs, this camp gives you real live cattle handling and lots of small group problem solving experience. Instead of just listening to lectures you will work through the exorcizes so you can go home and apply your new found skills to your herd. Although this will be the first cow/calf camp, the format has been used in other livestock species by OSU Extension educators and in 2008 won the award for the best livestock education program in the nation. The class size is limited to 50 and the program will provide a minimum of 30 hours of sessions during the 3 days, conducted by approximately 20 educators.
The cost of the camp is $100 which covers the cost of all educational materials and meals for the three days. For more information contact your County Extension Office. You can also click here for the OSU Cattle Boot Camp website.
Enrollment deadline is April 4, or when 50 students are enrolled so get you name in the hat now.
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