Download or read book Sheep Production and Grazing Management written by C. R. W. Spedding and published by Bailliere Tindall. This book was released on 1970 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Husbandry - nutrition - ovis.
Download or read book Sheep Production and Grazing Management written by Colin Raymond William Spedding (Agrarwissenschaftler.) and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sheep Production and Management written by C. V. Ross and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very Good,No Highlights or Markup,all pages are intact.
Download or read book Grazing Management for Sheep Production written by Dale R. Weisbrot and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Management intensive Grazing written by Jim Gerrish and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using vivid images and detailed explanations, Gerrish takes graziers step by step through the MiG system. He begins from the ground up with the soil, and advances through the management of pastures and animals. Written for those new to MiG grazing, Gerrish's insight and personal experience can help experienced graziers fine tune their grazing operations for added income.
Download or read book Pasture Management written by D Kemp and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at current knowledge on management of pastures and rangelands for sheep production, of problems, of practical solutions where possible, and of priority areas for research. The areas considered extend from the high rainfall perennial pastures of south-east Australia and New Zealand, through the annual pasture, cropping zones to the semi-arid rangelands. Pasture Management is the major reference on managing Australia's greatest natural resource: the resource which provides directly and indirectly a major part of Australia's export income.
Download or read book Sheep Production and Grazing Management Foreword by William Davies written by Colin Raymond William SPEDDING and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grazing Management and Sheep Production on Improved Pastures by J R Donnelly written by John Roland Donnelly and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sheep Production Courses written by New Zealand. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Advisory Services Division and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Durable Trades written by Rory Groves and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over thirty thousand occupations currently in existence, workers today face a bewildering array of careers from which to choose, and upon which to center their lives. But there is more at stake than just a paycheck. For too long, work has driven a wedge between families, dividing husband from wife, father from son, mother from daughter, and family from home. Building something that will last requires a radically different approach than is common or encouraged today. In Durable Trades, Groves uncovers family-centered professions that have endured the worst upheavals in history--including the Industrial Revolution--and continue to thrive today. Through careful research and thoughtful commentary, Groves offers another way forward to those looking for a more durable future. Winner, 2020 Silver Nautilus Award Finalist, 2020 Midwest Book Award
Download or read book Sheep Farming for Meat and Wool written by Jane Court and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheep Farming for Meat and Wool contains practical, up-to-date information on sheep production and management for producers throughout temperate Australia. It is based on research and extension projects conducted over many years by the Department of Primary Industries and its predecessors and the University of Melbourne. The book covers business management, pasture growth and management, nutrition and feed management, drought management, reproductive management, disease management, genetic improvement, animal welfare and working dog health. It also gives seasonal reminders for a spring lambing wool-producing flock, for autumn lambing Merino ewes joined to Border Leicester rams, and for winter lambing crossbred ewes joined to terminal sires. It will guide new and established farmers, students of agriculture and service providers with detailed information on the why and how of sheep production, and will assist farmer groups to initiate activities aimed at increasing their efficiency in specific areas of sheep production.
Download or read book The Art and Science of Grazing written by Sarah Flack and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grazing management might seem simple: just put livestock in a pasture and let them eat their fill. However, as Sarah Flack explains in The Art and Science of Grazing, the pasture/livestock relationship is incredibly complex. If a farmer doesn't pay close attention to how the animals are grazing, the resulting poorly managed grazing system can be harmful to the health of the livestock, pasture plants, and soils. Well-managed pastures can instead create healthier animals, a diverse and resilient pasture ecosystem, and other benefits. Flack delves deeply below the surface of "let the cows eat grass," demonstrating that grazing management is a sophisticated science that requires mastery of plant and animal physiology, animal behavior, and ecology. She also shows readers that applying grazing management science on a working farm is an art form that calls on grass farmers to be careful observers, excellent planners and record-keepers, skillful interpreters of their observations, and creative troubleshooters. The Art and Science of Grazing will allow farmers to gain a solid understanding of the key principles of grazing management so they can both design and manage successful grazing systems. The book's unique approach presents information first from the perspective of pasture plants, and then from the livestock perspective--helping farmers understand both plant and animal needs before setting up a grazing system. This book is an essential guide for ruminant farmers who want to be able to create grazing systems that meet the needs of their livestock, pasture plants, soils, and the larger ecosystem. The book discusses all the practical details that are critical for sustained success: how to set up a new system or improve existing systems; acreage calculations; paddock layout; fence and drinking water access; lanes and other grazing infrastructure; managing livestock movement and flow; soil fertility; seeding and reseeding pastures; and more. The author includes descriptions of real grazing systems working well on dairy, beef, goat, and sheep farms in different regions of North America. The book covers pasture requirements specific to organic farming, but will be of use to both organic and non-organic farms.
Download or read book Report on the Developement of Sheep Production Systems in Dominica written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lower Gila North Grazing Management written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sheep Production With Information on the Breeding Care and Management of Sheep written by W. C. Skelley and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage guide to farming sheep contains information on every step of the process, from breeding and rearing to wool production and beyond. With detailed descriptions and clear explanations, “Sheep Production” is highly recommended for anyone with a practical interest in keeping sheep for pleasure or for profit. Contents include: “Sheep Farming”, “Sheep Production”, “Starting A Flock”, “Selection And Management Of The Ram”, “Management At Breeding Time”, “Winter Care During Gestation Period”, “Care At Lambing Time”, “Care Of Ewe And Lambs After Lambing”, “Management Of Sheep”, “Sheep "Feeding”, “Suggested Rations”, “Parasites And Ailments Of Sheep”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on sheep farming.
Download or read book Grazing Management written by Rodney Keith Heitschmidt and published by Timber Press (OR). This book was released on 1991 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ecological perspective; Range animal nutrition; Foraging behavior; Developmental morphology and physiology of grasses; Ecosystem-level processes; Hydrology and erosion; Livestock production; Wildlife; Social and economic influences on grazing management; The decision-making environment and planning paradigm.
Download or read book The Impacts of Pasture Management Techniques in Grazing Lamb Systems written by Jasmine Harris and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheep production, including operations and sales, has increased in the Northeastern United States of America over the past 5 years (USDA NASS, 2017). As the population continues to increase, the demand for sheep meat remains parallel to the population. However, sheep producers have carved out a niche market, with access to over one-third of the nation's population in less than a 500 mile-radius (Indiana Business Research Center, 2021), by marketing young lambs, directly from pasture to ethnic and religious populations. Unfortunately, internal parasites are a major source of economic losses in small ruminants, and pasture-based small ruminant systems run greater risks of parasite-driven production losses than confined feeding systems (Stromberg and Gasbarre, 2006; Craig, 2018). Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) are becoming increasingly difficult to manage with anthelmintics due to increasing anthelmintic resistance (Mortensen et al., 2003). Regional surveys across the U.S., including the south (Mortensen et al., 2003), southeast (Howell et al., 2008), and Mid-Atlantic (Crook et al., 2016), suggest a greater prevalence of resistance to multiple anthelmintics on small ruminant farms. Haemonchus contortus, commonly known as the barber pole worm, is one of the most common and fatal GIN affecting small ruminants (Verocai et al., 2020). The increasing anthelmintic resistance and economic burden of GIN infection on producers emphasize the need for alternative methods of parasite control. Parasite prevalence is greatest in areas of the pasture where defecation occurred during previous grazing events. While removing the feces every time an animal defecates is implausible, proper management of grazing techniques can help to reduce the spread of parasites in grazing flocks (Coffey and Hale, 2012; Barkley, 2017). The efficacy of pasture rotation is a well-founded practice to reduce parasite loads; however, there are other mechanical pasture management techniques that may decrease the prevalence of GIN in grazing systems but have not been widely explored. Two such mechanical pasture management techniques are mowing and dragging. Pasture dragging, the pulling of a harrow or chain-link fence over the ground, is an agricultural process that spreads manure piles across pastures to accelerate manure desiccation and decomposition and enhance nutrient cycling (Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, 1998). Pasture mowing is a mechanical process that more specifically impacts agronomic production by potentially reducing weed growth and allowing new growth of pasture (Penrose, 2018; Pampell, 2019). Dragging and mowing pastures, either alone or in combination, spreads manure piles and increases the exposure of that manure to sunlight. Sun exposure creates an unfavorable environment for parasite eggs to hatch and can kill hatched larvae. There are suggestions in published Extension literature that dragging and mowing can also help to increase forage production and soil fertility, allowing better quality forages to obtain the proper nutrients to grow (Williamson, 2015; Pampell, 2019). However, the peer-reviewed scientific publications in this area are lacking. While increased forage quality alone could increase nutrient availability for sheep, reducing susceptibility of those animals to parasite infection (Coop and Holmes, 1996; Coop and Kyriazakis, 1999; Houdijk et al., 2012), the efficacy of dragging and mowing to reduce parasite loads and spread among sheep have not been validated. We hypothesized that the use of mowing would improve overall pasture productivity and nutrient cycling while reducing parasite populations within growing lambs, thus increasing lamb growth, and that the magnitude of this response would be greater when mowing was conducted in combination with dragging. Therefore, the objectives of the experiment were to determine the impacts of mechanical pasture management techniques, mowing or mowing followed by dragging, in a rotational grazing system on botanical composition, forage mass, and soil fertility of the paddock and on growth and parasite status in growing lambs. Dorset and Suffolk x Dorset crossbred lambs (n = 36) were stratified by body weight and birth type (single versus twin) and randomly assigned to 12 pens across 4 blocks in the pasture. Each pen within block was randomly assigned to 1 of 3 treatments: no mechanical application to the paddock (CON), mowing application to the paddock post-grazing (M), or mowing followed by dragging application to the paddock post-grazing (MxD). Rotations (n = 11 ± 2) within paddocks occurred every 1 to 3 days, based on visual assessment of forage mass. There were no effects of treatment (P = 0.4), nor treatment x day interactions (P = 0.82) on fecal egg count (FEC). However, FEC increased (P 0.01) over time by 5.61 ± 0.58 log-transformed eggs per gram (epg) among all lambs, regardless of mechanical pasture treatments. There were no treatment x day interactions (P = 0.96) on packed cell volume (PCV). Although PCV decreased (P 0.01) over time by 2.15 ± 0.05% among all lambs, it remained above the threshold of 20%, thus, no lambs required parasite treatment over the course of the trial. There was a tendency (P = 0.09) for lambs grazed in the paddocks without mechanical treatment, CON, to maintain greater PCV than lambs in other mechanical treatments, M or MxD, suggesting that the lambs grazing CON paddocks may have been on a better plane of nutrition. However, there was no interaction of treatment x day (P = 0.82) on pre- or post-grazing forage mass. Pre- and post-grazing forage mass increased (P
