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Farmer Resources - Farming Classes
Look here for farming classes, including seminars, workshops and more on livestock care, crops and other farming topics.

Choose a farming class that meets your needs. If you have a class you'd like to promote, send us the details: hobbyfarms@bowtieinc.com For other farming and agriculture-related events, visit our Events Calendar.

Farming Classes2008

May 10-11
GOAT SCHOOL ™Goat “101,” Raising your own Goat Herd
Saint Albans, Maine -- Stony Knolls Farm
207-938-3714
www.mainegoats.com/
goat_school_2004.htm


May 17
Chicken Selection Workshop
LaFox, Ill. -- Garfield Farm Museum
Learn tried-and-true techniques for evaluating the productivity of chickens from growth rate to knowing when a hen is laying. Instructor: Don Scrider, poultry expert and communication director for the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. Precedes the Annual Rare Breeds Livestock Show & Sale.
630-584-8485 or info@garfieldfarm.org

May 23-24
Holistic Beekeeping Workshop
Crestwood, Ky. -- Fox Hollow Farm
Led by world-renowned biodynamic beekeeper, author and educator Gunther Hauk.
(502) 241-6375
www.foxhollow.com/FoxhollowNews.html

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Nov. 8
Alpaca Neonatal Clinic 
Bordentown, N.J.
Lecture and wet lab offered to registrants on topics including reproductive anatomy and physiology, breeding and pregnancy diagnosis options, gestational development, care of the pregnant dam, normal and abnormal creation, and care of the newborns as well as high risk crias. Wet lab includes diagnosing the contents of the uterus, delivery plans and cria deliveries.
609-261-0696
www.alpacaheritage.com

Nov. 9
Camelid Infertility and Congenital/Genetic Defects Seminar
Bordentown, N.J. -- Rutgers EcoComplex
609-261-0696
www.alpacaheritage.com


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