This course offers an introductory view of the livestock industry: history, genetics and reproduction, nutrition, digestion, feeds and feeding, and breeding. Comparison of management systems for cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry. Lab exercises will support the material presented in the classroom. Activities include management exercises, dissections, and field trips.

Course Faculty

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Azsa Grenier

Before joining the RFC team, Azsa Greiner lived with her family in northern Wisconsin for the past 15 years, where she ran her own farm focusing on small livestock meat…

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Emma Enoch ’17 is a Sustainable Food Systems “Pioneer”

Emma Enoch ’17 is a little tired. She’s been on lamb watch on the Sterling Farm. She was one of several students who volunteered to go down to the barns…

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Sterling Curriculum and Environmental Stewardship

In the Fall 2016 issue of Common Voice, former presidents of Sterling talked about their philosophies of environmental stewardship education. Here, Distinguished Professor Ned Houston talks in greater detail about…

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Far From Home: Part I

  Introduction: My name is Anushka Saraswat. Originally from India, but having lived in Cameroon and Senegal, Sterling College here in the United States is my fourth destination, but not…

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