Horsemanship

Horsemanship Clinic Held in Jonesboro, Arkansas

The Extension Horse Program offers any number of levels of horsemanship skill development for youth and adults.

 There a wide variety of topics available. They are hands-on in nature and will often involve guest speakers, depending on content. 

• General Horsemanship
• Speed Events
• Roping
• Working Cow Horse
• Ranch Horse
• Ranch Cutting
• Western Pleasure
• Showmanship
• Colt Breaking
• Yearling Sale Prep
• Ground work for Young and Older Horses
• General Show Prep
• Reining
• Search and Rescue Team Training
• Mounted Patrol and Security
• Dressage 

Articles Relating to Horsemanship

Care and Storage of Tack

Halter Breaking Your Horse

Getting Those 2's Ready to Ride

Choosing the Correct Bit and Maximizing Flexion

Using Our Legs for Power Steering

Perfecting The Whoa

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Agricultural Organizations and Associations

• American Farm Bureau
• American Feed Industry Association
• American Forage and Grassland Council
• American Rabbit Breeders Association
• Arkansas Cattlemen's Association
• Arkansas Farm Bureau
• Arkansas Pork Producers Association
• Arkansas State Fair
• National Cattlemen's Beef Association
• National Pork Board
• National Pork Producers Council

Government

• Agricultural Research Service News & Information, USDA
• Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS
• Arkansas Agricultural Statistics Service
• Arkansas State Fact Sheets, USDA/ERS
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy BSE, FAS/USDA
• Center for Disease Control CDC
• Food and Drug Administration
• Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Consumer Publications
• Foot and Mouth Disease, USDA
• National Agricultural Statistics Service NASS
• State of Arkansas
• USA.gov
• US Department of Agriculture USDA

Market Reports

• Arkansas Livestock and Grain Market News
• Livestock Marketing Information Center, USDA
• USDA Dairy Marketing Service
• Sheep Auction Reports
• Goat Auction Reports

Miscellaneous

• Beef Stocker USA

University Web Sites

• Arkansas Agriculture Experiment Station
• Batesville Station, UA Livestock & Forestry Branch
• Dale Bumper College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences - University of Arkansas
• Livestock Virtual Library (Oklahoma State University)
• University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

Youth Agriculture Education

• Arkansas 4-H
• Ag Day
• Agriculture in the Classroom, USDA
• American Farm Bureau Foundation - Educating About Agriculture
• USDA for Kids