Livestock Production Management

Copyright 2026

The components of this instructional framework were developed by the following curriculum development panelists:

Kristin Beery, Instructor, Valley Career and Technical Center, Augusta County Public Schools

Dara Booher, Mentor Coordinator and Agriculture Educator, Virginia Soil Health Coalition, Virginia Forage and Grassland Council, Raphine

Jason Brittle, Instructor, Windsor High School, Isle of Wight County Public Schools

Dr. Mark J. Estienne, Professor and Swine Research Physiologist, Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech, Suffolk

Eric Fitzgerald, Agriculture Admissions Advisor, Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave

Christopher Jones,  Instructor, Greene County Technical Education Center, Greene County Public Schools

Daniel Judkins, Farm Manager, Windsor High School, Isle of Wight County Public Schools

Shirley Gordon-Kaufman, Instructor, Buffalo Gap High School, Augusta County Public Schools

Dr. Dahlia O’Brien, Professor, College of Agriculture, Virginia State University, Petersburg

Andy Seibel, Extension Specialist, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

Brandon Strosnider, Instructor, Wilson Middle School, Augusta County Public Schools

Amy Whitten, Instructor, Mecklenburg County Middle School, Mecklenburg County Public Schools

Correlations to the Virginia Standards of Learning were reviewed and updated by the following:

Cari M. Marks, English Instructor, State Operated Programs

Anne F. Markwith, New Teacher Mentor (Science), Gloucester County Public Schools

The framework was edited and produced by the CTE Resource Center:

Averill P. Byrd, Writer/Editor

Kevin P. Reilly, Administrative Coordinator

The development of this framework was overseen by the Virginia Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education:

LaVeta Nutter, Specialist, Agricultural Education

Karen M. Charney, Coordinator, Curriculum and Instruction

Kelly C. Davis, Associate Director, Curriculum, Instruction, and Innovation

Dr. J. Anthony Williams, Director

The CTE Resource Center is a grant project of the Virginia Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education and is administered by Henrico County Public Schools.

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