Margo Hale (mhale@scsrpc.org)                   

(NCAT is a non-profit working in sustainable agriculture, energy, and communities; see www.ncat.org)
NCAT Sheep and Goat Specialist, including work for the ATTRA project: www.attra.ncat.org
(ATTRA is the national sustainable agriculture information service for farmers and ranchers; funded by a grant from USDA)
 

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Experience

Responsibilities range from staffing the ATTRA agricultural information line, reviewing and editing case responses, working with the NCAT Livestock Team, researching and answering farmer questions about sheep, goats, dairy cattle, and occasionally other topics.  Other duties include participating in SARE projects and in writing publications needed for ATTRA work, giving presentations for workshops and conferences, and assisting in other duties for NCAT.

Animal Science Intern, 2003 to 2006
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), Fayetteville, AR.

Worked on a Southern SARE PDP grant, Enhancing Educator Knowledge of Sheep and Goat Production. Wrote publications regarding small ruminant production and management.
 

Projects

Using Livestock to Manage Natural Resources.  S-SARE PDP.  2005-2006 (collaborator).

Development of Sustainable Gastrointestinal Nematode Control in Organic Small Ruminant Production in Arkansas.  IOP.  2005-2008 (collaborator).
 

Publications

Tools for Managing Internal Parasites in Small Ruminants: Copper Wire Particles, 2007 (in progress)

Tools for Managing Internal Parasites in Small Ruminants: Sericea Lespedeza, 2007 (in progress)

Managing Internal Parasites in Sheep and Goats, 2006

Dairy Sheep, 2006

Dairy Resource List: Organic and Pasture-Based, 2006

Dairy Goats: Sustainable Production, 2004

Goats: Sustainable Production Overview, 2004

Small Ruminant Checksheet Quick Start, 2004

Small Ruminant Resource List, 2004

Small Ruminant Resource Manual (CD ROM), 2004 (updated 2006)

Small Ruminant Sustainability Checksheet, 2004

Other Publications:
Launchbaugh, K., Walker, J., and R. Daines (ed.)  2006.  Targeted Grazing: A Natural Approach to Vegetation Management and Landscape Enhancement.  American Sheep Industry Association.
www.cnr.uidaho.edu/rx-grazing/TG_Handbook.htm. 199 p.

Coffey, L., Hale, M., and E. Hoyde.  Chapter 18: Additional Resources for Targeted Grazing.

Hale, M. and Coffey, L. (2005, February). Enhancing Educator Knowledge of Sheep and Goat Production. Refereed poster session presented at the Southern Agricultural Education Research Conference, Little Rock, AR.
 

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