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Lamb Birth Weights in Relation to Lamb Survivability
To increase survival, lamb birth weights cannot be overlooked. Learn some key management factors for optimizing birth weights this lambing season.
Direct Marketing Lamb: Selling to the Ethnic Market
The ethnic market plays a big role in the lamb industry. Learn some keys to success for taking advantage of seasonal demand and price fluctuations in this growing market, including when and where to sell.
Direct Marketing Lamb: Selling Direct to Consumer
The growing interest in food chain transparency has fostered the growth of direct marketing meat to consumers. Learn some of the challenges and opportunities this style of marketing offers lamb producers.
How to Trim Sheep and Goat Hooves
Guide on how to trim sheet and goat hooves
2024 4-H Camp Policies and Releases
View Policies and Releases for 2024 4-H camps and conferences.
Investigate Pollinators
Lesson about the importance of pollinators and the plants they interact with.
Eat What You Grow
Youth will learn the different parts of plants that we eat, and how to use drying and freezing techniques to preserve foods for later use.
Getting the Garden Growing
Introductory gardening lesson where youth will learn what plants need to grow and what fruits and vegetables grow in different seasons in South Dakota.
2022-2023 Dakota Performance Ram Test results available
April 18, 2023
The results of the 2022-2023 Dakota Performance Ram Test are now available online for sheep producers.
Navel Dips for Lambs and Kids
Treating umbilical cords with a navel dip at birth is recommended to ensure a healthy start for lambs and kids and preventing the occurrence of navel (joint) ill.