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WYOMING RANCH TRAINING
WyoTech is excited to announce its 12-month, non-accredited, ranch training program!
WyoTech’s hands-on ranching program has students eating, breathing, and sleeping, the ranch life. This will be an experience like none other, where students will be responsible for all aspects of the ranch. This will not be a typical Agriculture program, where theory leads with very little hands-on experience. This will be hands-on, with the theory being explained as you drive to and from the ranch, or after feeding, or it’s too cold to be out fixing fences, or at night as you are paying the bills for the ranch.
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
No experience on the ranch required. This program will support the inexperienced beginners as well as those who bring ranch or farm knowledge to the table. Life on the ranch is never short of work and problem solving, all skill levels welcome to apply.
GRIT. Life on the ranch and the work required is physically and mentally challenging. This is a 12-month program in Laramie, Wyoming. Beautiful summers and extreme winters. A tough mentality and willingness to adapt to the conditions of the environment will be imperative.
A yearlong commitment. You must be able to dedicate a year of time to this program.
Team attitude. It takes a crew to achieve excellence on a ranch.
Enjoy working and doing a variety of tasks.
Adaptable to various environments.
Enjoy being outside with nature.
Sense of urgency to complete jobs.
An attitude of being responsible for results.
6 WEEK PHASES
Ranch Summer Operations 1
July – Mid Aug:
Intro to Haying, Haying Equipment- training and operator’s cert, Range Monitoring– photo and sample point monitoring (cover by life form), cut and weigh method, Marketing Calves, Fencing
Ranch Summer Operations 2
Mid Aug – Sept:
Haying Operations, Equipment Operation, Animal Health, Rotational Grazing
Ranch Fall Operations 1
Oct – Mid Nov:
Cattle Industry Basics, Livestock Management – weaning, precondition calves, bangs vaccination, Business Management, Preg Check
Ranch Fall Operations 2
Mid Nov – Dec:
Equipment Maintenance, Basic Construction – carpentry, concrete, Leadership, Business Management – computers, tax prep, budgeting, banking, leases, etc., OSHA 10-Hour cert.
Ranch Winter Operations 1
Jan – Mid Feb:
Livestock Feeds/ Feeding, Low-stress Cattle Handling, Equipment Maintenace, Basic Construction – plumbing, electrical, Leadership
Ranch Winter Operations 2
Mid Feb – Mar:
Livestock Nutriontion Analysis, Calving Heifers, Genetics – EPDs, sire selection, Pre-breeding vaccines, Welding, Government Resources
Ranch Spring Operations 1
Apr – Mid May:
Range Management, Animal Health, Calving Cows, Irrigation – laws, methods Equipment Operations, Fencing
Ranch Spring Operations 2
Mid May – June:
Range Management/ Rotational Grazing, Animal Health – branding, reproduction / artificial insemination, vaccines, Irrigating, Equipment Operations, Water Development, Community Relations
START DATES
The Ranch Operations Program will offer enrollment twice per year in January and July.
WHERE WILL YOU STAY?
WyoTech offers dormitories that will serve as living quarters for the program. There may be opportunities for students to volunteer to stay on various ranches across the region depending on the curriculum and timing of the program.
See WyoTech.edu/housing to learn more about the housing available at WyoTech.
WHAT IS THE COST OF THE RANCH OPERATIONS PROGRAM?
$25,000 for the 12-month program. This does not include the cost of housing, food, living expenses.