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With
grass-fed beef popping up on menus across North America, and more small-farm
owners venturing into this growth area, the time is right for a comprehensive
book on how to raise, manage, and market grass-fed cattle. "Grass-Fed
Cattle", the newest addition to Storey's library of best-selling livestock
books, covers every aspect of raising and care, including herd selection,
breeding, yearly cycles, cultivating and maintaining healthy soil and grass,
fencing and pasture rotation, winter grazing, pests and diseases, and
necessary equipment. Author Julius Ruechel, who has been raising beef cattle
on his family's farm since his start as a 4-H member, packs this handbook
with every thing a farmer needs to know, regardless of herd size and acreage.
His advice and systems are applicable to the smallest backyard hobby farms as
well as the largest commercial herds and ranches. In addition to essential
farming information, Ruechel devotes a major section of the book to
marketing. He discusses niche market opportunities, scheduling the selling
and buying of cattle for the greatest profit, finishing the beef and
arranging for slaughter, labelling, dynamic marketing, and financial planning
and record keeping. He also includes chapters specially addressed to the
conventional farmer who is transitioning to natural production, the farmer
who is considering leasing or buying land, and the farmer who wishes to
pursue organic certification.
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Running a Small Beef
Herd (Landlinks Press)
Running a Small Beef Herd" provides an introduction to
beef production for those about to enter the industry and is an ongoing
reference for anyone managing a small herd of beef cattle on their property.
Fundamental considerations such as the economics of beef production, the
selection of a suitable beef enterprise to match a particular property and
level of experience are covered. It considers various systems suitable for a
small beef operation: steer fattening, cow and calf systems, foster calves and
multiple suckling, and lot feeding."Running a Small Beef Herd" offers practical
advice on buying cattle, marketing methods for particular types of cattle and
specifications for markets. Cattle handling, necessary husbandry practices such
as castration and vaccination, herd health, reproductive management, nutrition
and carrying capacity are also explored.This updated edition expands on the
systems of beef production, breeds, breed management, supplementary feeding,
drought management, ear tagging requirements and soil health and
fertility. Click
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Supplementary Feeding
of Sheep and Beef Cattle
This
book is a practical guide and tool designed for graziers to use in their
day-to-day decision making about livestock health, nutritional needs and
condition scoring. Pasture supplements are expensive and should not be
wasted, yet under-nutrition has an even greater economic affect resulting
from low conception and progeny survival rates, poor growth rates, failure to
meet market targets and tender fleeces in sheep. This book shows how to get
the nutritional balance right and avoid costly repercussions from incorrect
feeding methods. It will be a very useful book in drought situations, but
also in seasonal pasture shortages, such as winter and late summer when the
nutrient value of pastures is low. The book also includes tables and
worksheets so that livestock producers can make timely and cost effective
decisions about supplementary feeding. The book is designed specifically for
the sheep and beef cattle grazing industries and addresses the issues of
nutrition and the need to supplement pasture with other forms of feed. While
many of the principles apply to the feedlot situations this book does not
attempt to cover all the issues involved in intensive feedlotting. This book
is written especially for sheep and cattle graziers. Ready Reckoner Tables
and Calculation sheets make it easy to calculate rations. It is well
illustrated with explanatory photographs, and presents the key aspects of
nutrition and supplementary feeding in a readily understandable
way.
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From a
few head of cattle to a large herd, a small farm, a vast ranch, dairy or beef
- if you want to raise cattle or are doing so already, this book tells you
all you need to know. Written by a cattle farmer for cattle farmers, this is
a guide for both new and experienced cattle farmers, and tells all you need
to know to raise cattle - from choosing the correct breed, feed, shelter,
housing, health care, breeding, birthing, marketing and more! Clearly written
by an expert, fully illustrated, this book covers dairy and beef operations -
large and small, conventional and organic - and includes helpful examples
along the way. It is an essential resource for today's cattle
farmer!
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