The University of Minnesota Beef Team is offering three online Home Study Courses in Summer 2017, titled ?ÄúIntroduction to Cow/Calf Nutrition?Äù, ?ÄúHealth Management for the Cow/Calf Herd?Äù and ?ÄúIntroduction to Cattle Feeding.?Äù
Courses focus on practical applications of topics. Each lesson will include online activities designed to encourage participants to become familiar with electronic resources and an online forum gives participants the opportunity to connect with other producers.
Following completion, participants will receive a certificate of completion and the opportunity to highlight their continuing education through a LinkedIn Certificate Badge.
The first lessons will be available June 7, 2017, and the following lessons will be posted every two weeks. The fee for course registration is $75.
Registration is open through June 14, 2017. Internet access and Microsoft Office software are required.
Contact Nicole Kenney Rambo at nmkenney@umn.edu, or (320) 235-0726, ext 2009 with questions, or visit www.extension.umn.edu/beef, for further details and a list of lessons offered within each course.