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Students in a field with row crops as the instructor holds up something for them to look at, mountains in the background

Programs & Offerings

Discover your future in agriculture at Sheridan College in Wyoming—where hands-on learning meets real-world experience. Whether you’re passionate about livestock, crops, natural resources, or ag business, Sheridan’s Agriculture Department offers flexible degree options designed to launch your career or prepare you to transfer to a four-year university. You’ll learn in the Mars Agriculture Center, a cutting-edge facility with high-tech labs, greenhouses, and even a commodities trading classroom. With small class sizes, expert instructors, and personalized support, you won’t just study agriculture—you’ll live it.

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  • As a family rancher, I came here to be a successful beef producer.

    Kenneth Raymond
    • Hometown: Carbon County, WY
    • Major: Rangeland Management, Animal Science, Ag Business

  • The faculty is probably one of my favorite things about the program here. They’re just phenomenal. I feel welcome to go up to any of the faculty, not just in the Ag Department, and ask for what I need, and what opportunities are out there for me.

    Madison Clarke
    • Hometown: Clark, WY
    • Major: Rangeland Management, Wildlife Biology

Mars Agriculture Center

The Mars Ag Center allows for more experiential agricultural learning with features such as an animal science lab, a soils and agroecology lab, an herbarium, a teaching greenhouse, a computerized commodities trading floor classroom, and other high-tech classrooms.

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  • Drone photo looking down at the over two and a half acre field lab located just outside the Mars Agricultural Center.
    Field Lab with Mars Ag Center
  • Sheridan College student in the science lab in the Mars AG center.
    Science Lab
  • Sheridan College student in the field of wheat surveying.
    Field Studies
  • Commodities Room
  • Sheridan College and Blacktooth Brewery Hop Harvest collaboration photo of students gathering hops.
    Hops Harvest in Field Lab
  • Agriculture Department image showing a calf with a student and their instructor
    Livestock Barn
  • Photo of Sheridan College students inside the Mars Agriculture building.
    Interior view from Mars Ag Center

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Department Faculty

Meet our dedicated Agriculture Department faculty, a team committed to fostering excellence in agricultural education and guiding students toward success in the field.

Angel Sparkman

Angel Sparkman

Assistant Professor Ag; Instructor: Agricultural Business
Mae Smith

Mae Smith

Agriculture Program Director; Instructor: Agriculture and Rangeland Management
Rebecca Atkinson

Rebecca Atkinson

Associate Professor Animal Science
Ami Erickson, Agriculture Faculty

Ami Erickson

Professor Horticulture; Instructor, Plant Sciences
Quint Gonzalez

Quint Gonzales

Instructor, Farrier

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