Projects and Publications

A youth llama project requires a commitment from you. Your llama will be learning and so will you. You will learn responsibility in feeding and caring for your llama, and discipline and patience in yo ...

By providing instruction outlines for adults, this 263-page curriculum delivers animal science education to youth, particularly 4-H members working with beef, sheep, swine, and goats. The thirty-eight downloadable and research-based lesson plans, which follow an experiential learning model, thoroughly cover the subject matter, whose sections include facilities management; livestock breed selection, reproduction, nutrition, and health and diseases; the showring; advocacy and marketing; recordkeeping; and quality assurance.

With great photos and descriptions of lamb industry standards, yield grades, and quality grades, this publication outlines steps to producing a market-ready lamb.