Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Stockmanship School October 11-14, 2018

In cooperation with the Cottonwood Ranch in the O'Neil Basin of Nevada, Steve Cote, stockmanship expert, will be offering a 4-day workshop October 11-14, 2018.


Steve Cote specializes in teaching livestock handling for range and grazing lands management.  He worked for 26 years helping farms and ranches with range and soil conservation with USDA. The last 17 years with USDA, Steve taught livestock handling learned from Bud Williams. He has gone around the country helping producers on rangelands, pastures, feedlots and dairies to solve their handling difficulties. Steve wrote the book, Stockmanship, which is the only book in the world on the subject of low stress livestock handling for grazing lands management. 
You can learn more about Steve and his work at his website Cow Sense.
Topics to Be Covered
·         Stockmanship principles, techniques and cattle traits
·         Moving herds and pairs
·         Weaning pairs in a field
·         Placing cattle on range without fences
·         Sorting cattle
·         Working stock in facilities, Bud Box design and use
·         Solving handling challenges-riparian loafers, bunch quitters, aggressive stock, stock that run through gates, poor mothers 
·         Range management principles &planning grazing for improving riparian function & recovery 
·         Handling the herd on the range to reduce predation by wolves or bears
  

Why You Should Come
·         Implementing low stress livestock handling principles and techniques of will reduce stress in your herd, lower health costs, increase weight gains, reduce or eliminate weight loss in calves at weaning, and increase carrying capacity though better utilization of hard to get areas. Your $500 training investment will yield economic and financial returns for your business.
·         Understanding and implementing low stress techniques on placing livestock without fences will allow you to successfully meet utilization goals set for riparian areas on public lands and graze previously unused areas on both public and private ground.
·         Increase the competence and effectiveness of ranch labor as fewer people will be needed to move livestock.
·         Reduce or eliminate family and labor people stress when livestock need to be moved. People will find themselves looking forward to working stock in a low stress manner.

Teaching Style – See, Hear, Do
·         Interactive practical presentations and diagramming will allow you to see and hear about low stress handling basics, advanced techniques, and dealing with problems.
·         Hands-on experience working in teams with cattle to implement low stress handling techniques. Team efforts are supported by experienced coaches.
·         Presentations on range management, riparian function and recovery, and rancher experiences in implementing low stress livestock handling on their place. Other confirmed speakers include: Steve Leonard, Cowdance Range and Riparian Consulting and Dr. Sherm Swanson, University of Nevada.

Tuition & Lodging
 
Tuition Cost: $500 per person: Mail the tuition payment, along with the registration form listing your preferences on lodging or camping type and the number of days you want both your choice of lodging and meals to:
Cattle Sense, PO Box 642, Arco, Idaho 83213.
Contact Steve or Susan Cote at 731-336-1167 or email stevecote119@gmail.com with questions.

Please make sure we have your name and contact information on the registration form in case of any changes or questions.

Cottonwood Ranches lodging and meal charges:
Lodging ($60/bed/day (2 to a room); RV Camping $45/day; Tent Camping $15/day)
Meals ($45/day).

Make checks out to “Cottonwood Guest Ranch” before leaving the school for lodging, meal, camping etc .

Contact Cottonwood Ranch by email vckasmith@gmail.com , telephone 775-472-0222 if  you have questions about the facilities at the ranch.

Registration Form

Name ________________________________________________________________________



Ranch _________________________________________



Address ______________________________________________________________________



City __________ State _________ Zip ______________



Telephone ____________________  Email __________________________________________






Number attending
Cost
Number of Days
Total
Course fee

$500
N/A

Lodging

$60/bed/day


RV Camping

$45/day


Tent Camping

$15/day


Meals

$45/day


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