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Breeds of Livestock Provides images, history, and characteristics of various breeds of beef cattle, dairy cattle, donkeys, goats, horses, swine and sheep. Breed registry contact information is also available. Information about additional breeds is actively sought.

Animal Husbandry Includes: How to look after animals, Reproduction, Production of meat and Selling animals.

Farm Tractor Videos I don't know if any of these videos will be of any use, but it seems there is a possibility.

The Hidden Truth About Commercial Phosphate Fertilizers. - This article was first published here (malcolmbeck.com) in May 2003. As of Jan. 20, 2004, Texas A&M has admitted they were wrong in their testing and have now made the proper corrections.

Nutritional Deficiency Slides for a variety of livestock. Don't eat first.

Slaughtering and Butchering Fall is butchering time, a period of joy in the harvest of the year’s work and of sadness that the lives of your beautiful, healthy animals have come to an end. On this occasion the animals should be treated with the same kindness and respect with which they were treated during their lives. Good farmers raise their animals free from fear, anxiety and stress. The animals should meet their end as they lived, without the terror of the slaughterhouse.

MASTER Ration Calculator This is a calculator and file management system for developing or evaluating rations for all species of livestock and poultry. It is designed to make ration calculations easy. It will also do least cost rations and allow you to adjust the rations. Machine Type: IBM-PC with 640K and printer is recommended. Language: Compiler BASIC

Low Stress Livestock Handling. Some links to methods & pages. Since I am not a farmer, any reviews of these sites & methods by real livestock ranchers would be greatly appreciated.

Micro-livestock: Little-known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future (BOSTID, 1991, 435 p.) "Microlivestock" is a term we have coined for species that are inherently small, such as rabbits and poultry, as well as for breeds of cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs that are less than about half the size of the most common breeds. These miniature animals are seldom considered in the broad picture of livestock development, but they seem to have a promising future. Wherever land is scarce it seems reasonable to assume that, things being equal, small animals would be more attractive than large ones. And land for livestock is becoming increasingly scarce.

Abstracts on Sustainable Agriculture (GTZ, 1992, 423 p.) & Bio-intensive Approach to Small-scale Household Food Production (IIRR, 1993, 180 p.)

Livestock and Poultry Production (IIRR, 1992, 106 p.)

Better Farming Series 08 - Animal Husbandry: Feeding and Care of Animals (FAO - INADES, 1976, 38 p.)

One Hundred and One Technologies - From the South for the South (IDRC, 1992, 231 p.)

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