CLASSES

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.

Covers the fundamentals of animal science with an emphasis on livestock industries. Topics include animal anatomy and physiology, genetics, reproduction, nutrition, safety, and biotechnology. Students explore the structure and characteristics of the beef, dairy, swine, sheep, goat, and equine industries.

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.

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.

In this beginning beekeeping class, learners will explore honeybee biology, beekeeping equipment and tools, colony management throughout the year, including overwintering, pest control and honey harvesting and extraction.  This class is well-suited for those who are interested in starting to raise bees or those in their first couple years of beekeeping.

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.

Develop the skills necessary to effectively scout agricultural fields for pests, diseases, and other factors that affect the health and productivity of common crops grown in Wisconsin.

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.

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.

Introduces students to key concepts in agribusiness, including agricultural economics, business management, marketing, and financial reporting. Students will explore emerging trends, calculate production costs, and examine employment opportunities in agriculture. The course also covers U.S. agricultural history since the Great Depression and prepares students for careers in the modern agricultural industry.