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Focuses on developing management skills and concepts that beginning agri-business professionals’ need in today’s changing workplace.  Emphasis is given to designing and interpreting agriculture production spreadsheets, interpreting agri-business records, and preparing business and family goals.  Complete business management plans will be created.

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Covers the basic principles of agribusiness sales. Topics include recognizing potential customers, building a positive customer relationship, designing sales plans, and using market and sales databases. The concepts will be presented using hands-on activities. Students will complete a sales project and presentation.

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Examines animal health by studying disease etiology, symptoms, transmission, diagnosis, prevention and control. Learners will focus on a variety of species while using proper veterinary terminology as it relates to disease. Additionally, learners will develop a comprehensive preventative medicine plan for a species of interest.

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Provides fundamental knowledge of the animal science field. Topics include animal health, animal environments, anatomy and physiology, genetics and reproduction, animal feedstuffs, and job-related safety. Students will experience animal concepts through the completion of hands-on activities.

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Spend a morning on the farm!  In this course, you’ll learn about keeping chickens, ducks and turkeys.  Topics covered will include benefits of raising backyard poultry, legal considerations, basic care, and health and biosecurity.  You’ll also observe a demonstration of safe poultry handling, feeding and watering routines, and observing for illness.

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Provides intermediate beekeeping instruction and is intended for those who have been keeping bees for at least a year; the course builds upon content from our Beginning Beekeeping class.  Students in this course will learn about colony management in year two and beyond, including various ways to do a split, requeening, swarming, conducting an autopsy on a dead hive, varroa mite monitoring, mite management including treatment options, and overwintering of bees.

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Provides fundamental knowledge of the major crops grown in Wisconsin. Topics include crop growth and development, physiology, and nutrition; seed germination and selection; environmental factors and agronomic problems that affect crop development.

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Teaches students about the anatomy and physiology of cattle reproduction and artificial insemination of the bovine species. Topics include estrous cycle and reproductive records management, nutrition, animal fertility, herd health and sire selection. Site visits will be used to practice estrous detection, insemination techniques and computer analysis. Hands-on computer training with Dairy Comp 305 and PCDART will focus on development of herd protocols and their analysis.

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Teaches students the mechanics of balancing livestock rations using the National Research recommendations and other information. Computers will be used to develop rations. The makeup and functions of the nutrients essential for livestock will be discussed in the preparation of dairy and beef rations. The student will complete a cost analysis of all rations.

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Focuses on health and management of equines. Students will evaluate the foundation principles of equine health and management including: equine breeds, anatomy and physiology, genetics, reproduction and breeding, feeding and nutrition, health and husbandry, parasite control, hoof care, and housing.

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