She serves as the State Small Ruminant Specialist. Her focus involves studying embryonic and fetal losses in goats, vegetation control using goats and sheep and small ruminant management. Currently her projects are funded by USDA and NRCS. She also contributes to the eXtension Goat Industry Community of Practice leadership Committee. Her goals are to help promote and maintain a market for today’s goat and sheep producers; and provide educational answers to health questions that goat and sheep producers may have. She is a contributor to the eXtension Goat Community of Practice (www.extension.org/goats).