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 UMCE Pasture Management Home Study : an Online Course

 

Welcome to the University of Maine Livestock Team Online Grazing Course

This is a correspondence course originally developed by the University of Minnesota.  We have modified portions of the course and converted it to an online offering.  One of the benefits of using an online course is that you can move through the material at your own pace.  You can also print out a copy of the course for your own use.  We will be adding new enhancements to the course over time as we collect original photos and videoclips.

There are quizzes at the end of each of the sections.  Each question has a link that will open a new window in the section of the lesson pertaining to the question.  It can be resized, minimized and closed with a few clicks of your mouse.  If you have problems, send an email message to the contact at the bottom of the page.  You can submit your answers to the questions electronically.  Your quizzes will be graded and returned to you electronically so it is important for you to make sure your email address is correct.  We are working on rewriting the quizzes so that they will be electronically graded.

There are seven sections to the course.  Each of the following hyperlinks in the first column will take you to one of the seven lessons.  You may also print the basic lesson (without additional photos and videoclips) by selecting the PDF icon after each lesson.  You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF documents.  If you do not have the reader on your computer, it can be downloaded for free from Adobe.  If you click on the Abobe icon and have problems downloading the file, press the right mouse button and select save target as.  You can save the file to your computer and then load the file into Adobe Acrobat Reader from your computer.

Web-Based Lessons PDF File
Lesson 1.  Planning A Grazing System   
Lesson 2.  Plant Species Selection
Lesson 3.  Fencing Systems
Lesson 4.  Weed Management
Lesson 5.  Grazier's Arithmetic
Lesson 6.  Managing for a Year-Long Forage Supply
Lesson 7.  Water Systems

 

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Last Modified: 08/05/03
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