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Animal Science Program
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Facilities
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| The Agricultural Sciences programs
have a number of excellent facilities where students
can learn and put to use classroom theory and gain
hands-on, practical experience using facilities
that stand up to industry-wide standards. |
The College Farm
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| BEEF UNIT — Feed storage
buildings, covered pens, dry lots, natural pastures,
and irrigated pastures all make up our Beef Unit
facilities. We maintain a breeding herd
of approximately 20 crossbred females used
to breed project animals for our students. |
| SHEEP UNIT — Two barns
are used for housing sheep used for student learning
and projects: a project barn with a shearing area,
and a lambing barn with pens for holding the ewes
and lambs after they exit the jails. We also have
a working corral with cutting chutes and sorting
pens. We have 30 acres of pasture for our flock of
45 Suffolk and Hampshire ewes
and two stud rams. Lambs are raised and sold through
a club lamb sale organized by students.
The lambs go to 4-H and F.F.A. students where many
champions have been purchased for the flock. |
| SWINE UNIT — A modern
confinement swine unit with a farrow to finish program
and several sows and a board help our students gain
practical experience in swine production. |
| HORSE UNIT — An eight-stall
barn with two foaling stalls and a stallion barn
and paddock with plenty of paddocks for young horses
provide experience for students learning horse
management. Training facilities include a bull
pen, goose neck arena, hot walker and plenty of trails
to ride on. We also house an artificial insemination
lab in the barn. Eight broodmares
and a stallion as well as numerous offspring
help provide students with practical experience working
with horses. |
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Animal Science Program
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