Pendleton Stockmanship School

June 3-4, 2020

Better for People and animals

Low Stress Livestock Handling has been shown to improve weight gain, conception rate, milk yield, immune function, as well as efficiency, predator protection, safety, animal welfare, and quality of carcass. Gain skills in moving animals quietly and efficiently, with minimal stress to both stock and humans. Whether you are an old hand or just starting out, this course will provide useful new tools and insight.

The first day of this course will focus on providing practical application of various livestock handling techniques with video review of participants. The second day will provide an opportunity to design a livestock handling facility at Uppder Dry Creek Ranch. We will look at an aging corral system and explore ways to improve it to increase ease of use.

Your instructors for this course will be Chris Schachtschneider, OSU Extension, and Dave Voth, Integrated Grazing Management, LLC.

This clinic is a result of participant evaluations from the Roots of Resilience 2019 Grazing Conference which featured Temple Grandin and her colleague, Chris Schachtschneider, OSU.

Low stress livestock handling has been shown to improve weight gain, conception rate, milk yield, immune function, as well as, efficiency, predator protection, safety, animal welfare, and quality of carcass.

This hands on clinic will focus on (1) providing practical application of various livestock handling techniques with video review of participants, (2) address why it is important, and (3) provide an opportunity to design a livestock handling facility for a local ranch.

Reference materials by Temple Grandin and Steve Cote will be available for pre-order purchase by participants with registration.

Day 1 Livestock Handling Techniques and Hands On Practical (Pendleton Convention Center, Happy Canyon Arena)

8 – 10 a.m.    Fundamentals of Stockmanship, Classroom

10 – 12 p.m.  Stockmanship Practical, Hands On, video taped

12 – 1 p.m.    Lunch (provided)

1 – 2   p.m.    Stockmanship Practical (cont.), Hands On

2 – 3   p.m.    Benefits of Stockmanship: Why does it really matter?

3 – 6   p.m.    Review Stockmanship participant videos

6 – 9   p.m.    No Host Dinner/Social Prodigal Son

Day 2 Livestock Facilities Design and Hands On Design practical (Meet at Pendleton Convention Center, bus to Upper Dry Creek Ranch)

8 – Noon       Field Trip to Local Ranch – Facilities Design Practical (Bus provided)     (Sack Lunch provided)

1 – 2 p.m.      Facilities Design Concepts, Classroom

3 – 4   p.m.    Livestock Facilities Design Hands On Practical, Classr