Livestock Production
Learn:
Commercial cow/calf, purebred herds and feedlot operations--beef is your focus as you develop work-ready production skills including medicinal/pharmaceutical protocols, nutritional principles, best practices in disease and reproduction management and business management. Common first year with animal science program.Live The Learning:
Grow your knowledge of industry trends and topics from marketing to meat science. Learn to develop and manage livestock health, feeding and breeding programs. Create a facility design for your farm or ranch. Practice stockman’s skills from observing animal health to taking a rotation during calving. Field work develops your ability to assess and manage range and forage crops.The Lakeland Advantage:
- You’ll work with commercial and purebred beef herds on the college farm as well as taking stockman’s practice to work at the on-site bull test station.
- A roster of potential employers are interested in graduates from this program.
Live Your Career As A
-
beef farmer or rancher
-
manager or assistant in a beef operation including feedlot and cow/calf
-
agri-service and sales in genetics, feed and equipment
Continue Your Learning With:
Stay another year and earn an agribusiness diploma at Lakeland. Check out transfer agreements with other colleges and universities. Opportunities for further study at Athabasca University, University of Alberta, University of Lethbridge, Washington State University and Olds College.
Last updated on
Vermilion Campus
2 Years
A cow from the college herd that died on pasture has a new life as a skeletal structure in the small animal clinic lab. At the time of the bovine�s untimely demise, animal health technology students deboned the carcass and shipped it to the University of Alberta to be put into a bug box. Once inside, scavengers set to work removing all remaining flesh. Once this was done, the skeleton was cleaned, bleached and returned to Lakeland for assembly. Charged with the task was Ken Smith with the help of Neale King and Barry Gordey who built a metal frame for the structure. While the process to incorporate the specimen into the college�s teaching facilities was lengthy, it has resulted in a considerable savings to the college. The cost of a similar skeleton from a medical supply house is approximately $10,000. That's a lot of moo-la!