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Livestock
This section spans six principal topic areas:
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.
NOTE: Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat
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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
Southern Consortium for Small Ruminant 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
Food and Water Requirements for Livestock
Other Livestock Topics
ATTRA Publications
Links to Other Livestock Information
AquaNIC - Aquaculture Network Information
Center
Livestock
Production Contract Checklist
Last Updated February 26, 2009
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