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Storey's guide to raisingThomas, Heather Smith
Summary: Whether a farmer is raising one cow or a herd, Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle is the most reliable reference for ensuring a successful, healthy cattle operation. In this fully updated, full-color fourth edition, long-time cattle rancher and author Heather Smith Thomas explains every aspect of bovine behavior and provides expert guidance on breed selection, calving, feeding, housing,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2018
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Summary: "For decades it has been nearly universal dogma among environmentalists that many forms of livestock-goats, sheep, and others, but especially cattle-are Public Enemy Number One. They erode soils, pollute air and water, damage riparian areas, and decimate wildlife populations. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations bolstered the credibility of this notion with its 2007...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 636.2 NimanRifkin, Jeremy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.12 RIFHobson, Phyllis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Garden Way Pub. 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.213 HOBSummary: Presents a comprehensive guide to raising farm animals for food independence, from managing a honey bee hive to caring for and breeding meat and dairy cows, pigs, goats, and fowl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2011
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Weaver, Sue
Summary: "Eggs, meat, milk, wool, fur, feathers, and some priceless bucolic bliss. No hobby farm is complete without critters ? possibly a small herd peppering the field or a microflock flapping around the hen house or pond. A single information-packed volume with everything a hobby farmer needs to know about farm animals, this new comprehensive manual to selecting, caring for, and breeding livestock...
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Publisher / Publication Date: i-5 Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636 WEAThomas, Heather Smith
Summary: Offers information and advice on selecting, feeding, housing, caring for, breeding, and showing both beef and dairy cattle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Communications 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.2 THOSummary: As traditional cattle-raising by independent producers is displaced by the intense livestock production of agribusiness giants, consumers are paying the price. This in-depth program examines the practices of North American meat multinationals, which raise livestock on huge feedlots. Genetic engineering, growth hormones, antibiotics, the monopolization of world markets, and other issues are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006