Livestock

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This section spans six principal topic areas:

• Beef and Dairy
• Hogs, Sheep, and Goats
• Poultry
• Grass Farming
• Livestock Fencing and Watering Systems
• Other Livestock Topics

The resources offered here deal with sustainable livestock production literally from the ground up. Pasture management, feeds and forages are covered by several publications, while others address care and management for specific animals and marketing of the products derived from them. Whether you’re an experienced or a beginning producer, you can find useful information relating to traditional livestock such as beef and dairy cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry, as well as introductions to alternative livestock options from bees to bison.

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Beef and Dairy

ATTRA Publications

Links to Other Beef and Dairy Information

Dairy Your Way, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Eat Wild: The Clearinghouse for Information about Pasture-Based Farming
Beef Basics Home Study Courses
Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance
How to Direct Market Your Beef, SARE
Safe Meat
Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory—establishments that produce meat, poultry, and/or egg products regulated by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Hogs, Sheep, and Goats

ATTRA Publications

Links to Other Hogs, Sheep and Goat Information

Pork Niche Market Working Group
NichePORK
National Goat Handbook, University of Maryland (PDF / 968 kb)
Maryland Small Ruminant Page
National Scrapie Education Initiative
Mgmt. of Barber pole Worm in Sheep and Goats in the Southern U.S. (PDF / 23 kb)
Principles of sheep dairying in North America (PDF / 11.4 mb)
Langston University on-line goat course
National resource for sheep and goat marketing
Sheep and goat parasite control

Poultry

ATTRA Publications

Links to Other Poultry Information

Sustainable Poultry
American Pastured Poultry Producers Association
Legal Issues for Small-scale Poultry Processors (PDF / 170 kb)
Legal Issues for Small-scale Poultry Processors: Laws by States (PDF / 569 kb)
Profitable Poultry: Raising Birds on Pasture
The Chicken and Egg Page
Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directory—establishments that produce meat, poultry, and/or egg products regulated by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Grass Farming

ATTRA Publications

More ATTRA resources related to Grass Farming appear in the Water Quality, Conservation, Drought and Irrigation section, including the Drought Resource Guide and the online presentations Pasture Health and Drought Protection [PDF / 599 kb], Pasture and Rangeland Management during Drought [PDF / 611 kb], and Water, Heat Stress, and Drought [PDF / 537 kb].

Links to Other Grass Farming Information

Oregon State University - Forage Information System
TEAM Leafy Spurge
Eat Wild: The Clearinghouse for Information about Pasture-Based Farming
Forages of Texas
Great Lakes Grazing Network
PATS - Program on Agricultural Technology Studies
Rangelands West
Forage Systems Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia
Forage-Livestock Systems at Cornell University
University of Wisconsin -Extension Forage Resources
Modern Forage Systems
Purdue Pasture Management

Livestock Fencing and Watering Systems

ATTRA Publications

Links to Other Livestock Fencing and Watering System Information

Livestock Water Needs

Other Livestock Topics

ATTRA Publications

Links to Other Livestock Information

AquaNIC - Aquaculture Network Information Center
Livestock Production Contract Checklist

Last Updated September 11, 2008

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