Dr. Lyle McNeal Workshops
Sheep & Goat Parasites of the Intermountain West
Sunday, June 14th, 9am – 12pm
Cost: $15
Although some commonality exists with small ruminant parasites, both internal and external in the United States; environmental, pasture, range, and husbandry characteristics vary. “Doc” McNeal will be covering the more common parasites affecting sheep and goats in the Intermountain semi-arid environment. Identification of and reasonable control of those parasites common in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada will be explained. De-worming cautions and recommended practices will be explained.
The Economics of Fiber Producing Animals
Sunday, June 14th, 1am – 4pm
Cost: $15
In a time when harvested forages and grains have excelled in price, while at the same time, food and fiber producing livestock prices had gone down, fiber producers are looking for alternative economic possibilities for enhancing their income to cover rising production costs. The small ruminant fiber producers now have the best business environment that I can ever recall in my lifetime. Various value-added and niche markets for fiber producers will be covered along with economic strategies.
Dr. McNeal received the Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award from Cal Poly in 1973, the USU Agricultural Council’s, Best All-Around Instructor Award in 1978, USU’s Professor of the Year Award in 1983, and USU’s Academic Adviser of the Year Award in 1990. In 1989 he was honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award at Cal Poly, Pomona.
He also received the 1994 USDA National Excellence in Teaching Award and in 1995 received the “Flying Professor” Award from USU’s Continuing Education Division, for his years of flying to remote areas of the State of Utah to provide university level animal science classes.
His almost 30 years of pioneering work in genetic conservation of domestic animals with the Navajo-Churro sheep, and outreach education in the Intermountain West and on the Navajo Nation has brought national and international recognition to that program. He is also the 1996 recipient of the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, “Conservation Breeder of the Year Award”.
In 2003 he was selected as one of two national recipients of the USDA and National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges National Excellence in Teaching Award. He recently wrote a textbook titled “Small Ruminant Production Management and Medicine” for Animal Health Publications, which includes a CD and video footage for educational utilization. He writes a bi-monthly column Livestock Q&A for the Hobby Farms magazine.
In 2007-08 he received the prestigious Carnegie Professor of the Year Award for Utah, as well as the “Friend of the Utah Wool Growers Association Award”.
He and his wife, Nancy have been married for 46 years, have eight children (4 boys & 4 girls), a Navajo foster daughter and ten grandchildren.