Arkansas Extension Small Ruminants
Dr. Dan Quadros
Asst. Professor - Small Ruminants
Phone: 501-425-4657
Fax: 501-671-2185
Email: dquadros@uada.edu
What: The Central Arkansas Small Ruminant Field Day aims to increase producer knowledge and understanding of sheep and goat husbandry/health,
production, and marketing.
When: November 11, 2023, 9 AM - 12 PM
Where: Heifer Ranch for Regenerative Agriculture
55 Heifer Rd, Perryville, AR 72126
Cost: Free
The Central Arkansas Small Ruminant Field Day aims to increase producer knowledge and understanding of sheep and goat husbandry/health, production, and marketing.
The attendees can participate in practical demonstrations and discussions on factors that affect the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of sheep & goat industries in Arkansas.
8:30 am Signing in
9:00 am Best management practices for sheep & goat production
Small ruminant production and management
-Dr. Dan Quadros (UADA)
Procedures for the care of small ruminants
-Dr. Caleb Glover (PVC)
10:20 am Break
10:40 am
Pasture walk: pasture management for sustainable small ruminant production
-MSc. Christine Hernandez (Heifer Ranch)
11:20 am
Tools for managing internal parasites in small ruminants
-Dr. Joan Burke (USDA-ARS)
12:30 pm Lunch will be provided
Livestock Specialist, Heifer Ranch.
Hernandez focuses her management on pasture-based, sustainable sheep production. Her main goal to raise healthy, happy and thriving livestock as well as properly train the team members on sustainable livestock management so they can leave Heifer Ranch with knowledge and hands-on experience to work on another farm or ever start their own farm.
Research Animal Scientist, USDA-ARS Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center.
Dr. Burke’s program focuses on addressing problems of small and mid-size farmers including: organic and grass-fed production systems for ruminant livestock, alternatives to synthetic anthelmintics which includes specialty forages, genetic and genomic selection for parasite resistant animals that are also great producers, nutrition and products such as copper oxide wire particles. She is one of the founding members of the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control.
Small Ruminant Specialist, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Dr. Quadros’ program is designed to discover solutions and deliver science-based information to develop sheep & goats value chains in Arkansas. He uses multiple extension techniques to increase producer knowledge and understanding of small ruminant husbandry/health, production, and marketing. He is a member of the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control.
