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The Wifery: Basic Livestock Vet Skills Clinic

  • 19-Oct-2024
  • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Burning Daylight Draft Farm, Dennison MN

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Cattle | Goats | Pigs | Poultry | Sheep

Saturday | October 19, 2024 | 10am – 3pm

Burning Daylight Draft Farm

 37272 20th Avenue | Dennison MN 55018


If you’re a livestock farmer who wants to learn the basic vet skills needed to provide sustainable care for your livestock, join The Wifery Livestock Skills Consortium on October 19. You will receive both textbook and hands-on training, as well the equipment needed to perform these skills:

  • Basic anatomy & health stats
  • Taking vitals
  • Giving shots (IM, SQ, IV)
  • Administering boluses, tubing
  • Dressing wounds, lancing abscesses
  • Suturing & stapling wounds
  • Setting a leg
  • Multiple solutions: certified organic to pharmaceuticals
  • More if time allows


Cost is $50 per attendee. Enrollment is limited to 20 people. You will receive training and a vet kit with $100+ worth of the needed equipment & supplies to perform the skills. Pre-registration is required. You can pay online with a card; or offline with checks made out to Rice County Farmers Union and mailed to Kathy Zeman, 9800 155th St E, Nerstrand MN 55053.


Trainers

  • Kari Ripley-Boysen, veterinary technician & livestock farmer
  • Lindsey Zemanek, livestock farmer & trained specialist in nature-based therapeutics


Tips for a successful workshop

  • Wear clean clothes and shoes for biosecurity purposes
  • Dress appropriately to handle livestock
  • Bring your own food for the day; Rice County Farmers Union will provide beverages
  • A port-a-potty and handwashing station are available on the farm
  • Optional: bring a laptop if you have one (don’t forget your power cord)


Questions? Contact wiferylivestockskills@gmail.com or (507) 664-9446.


The Wifery Livestock Skills Consortium is sponsored in part by a grant from Compeer Financial Services.

MFMA provides services, programs, and leadership that support and promote farmers' markets across Minnesota and our Tribal Nations.

We envision a community of vibrant, profitable, and professionally managed Minnesota farmers’ markets that:

                    • Cultivates, nourishes, and inspires a vibrant local foods community;
                    • Provides accessibility to all to local farm fresh foods;
                    • Allows local food producers to thrive and grow;
                    • Ensures these opportunities are available to everyone regardless of ethnicity, age, gender identity, or economic standing.

Director of Government Affairs: Friendly Vang-Johnson /// friendly@mfma.org /// (206) 276-2284

Director of Engagement & Inclusion: Sina War /// sina@mfma.org /// 

Executive Director: Kathy Zeman /// kzeman@mfma.org /// (507) 664-9446 


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