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Small Scale Livestock Farming

A Grass-Based Approach for Health, Sustainability, and Profit

By Carol Ekarius
Paperback , 192 pages
ISBN: 9781580171625 (1580171621)
Published by Storey Publishing
$18.95(US) $26.95(CAN)

Table Of Contents

Preface

I. The Roots of Grass-Based Farming

1. The Introduction

2. Livestock & the Environment

3. The Holistic Management Model

4. Grass-Farming Basics

II. Animal Husbandry

5. Genetics, Breeding, & Training

6. Feeds & Feeding

7. Facilities

8. Health & Reproduction

III. Marketing

9. Finding a Niche

10. Legalities

11. Butchering & Processing

IV. Planning

12. Farm Planning

13. Financial Planning

14. Biological Planning

15. Monitoring

Appendixes

A. Animals

B. Composition of Common Feedstuffs

C. Figuring Feeds & Feeding

D. Grasses & Legumes

E. Resources

F. Calculations, Equations, & Equivalents

Index

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