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Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle: Health, Handling, Breeding Revised Edition

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Whether you’re raising one cow or a herd, this comprehensive guide shows you everything you need to know to successfully manage your beef cattle operation. Heather Smith Thomas stresses the importance of understanding bovine behavior while covering breed selection, calving, feeding, housing, medical care, and humane slaughter practices. Along with in-depth information on raising grass-fed animals and dealing with toxic pasture plants, you’ll also find advice on creating a viable business plan and identifying niche markets for your beef.

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1580173276
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978-1580173278
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Storey Publishing, LLC
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January 5, 1998
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English
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6.04 x 0.88 x 9 inches
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352 pages
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Everything you need to know to raise one, two, or even a herd of beef cattle is in this book -- the most comprehensive beef cattle guide available.

This definitive handbook will help both beginners and experienced owners capitalize on one of the world's most natural and efficient backyard livestock industries. Whether you simply want to make use of land that is too steep, too rocky, or too dry for growing crops, or you want to run a full-scale, modern beef production operation, this book will provide you with the information you need, including how to:

-- Prepare comfortable, low-maintenance facilities

-- Breed and calve cattle for specific genetic attributes

-- Remedy cattle illnesses and maintain excellent herd health

-- Understand cattle behavior

-- Handle herds humanely and effectively

-- Market your cattle business

About the Author

Heather Smith Thomas has written extensively on animal health care, authoring thousands of articles and 24 books on the subject. Her books include Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, Essential Guide to Calving, Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle, The Cattle Health Handbook, The Horse Conformation Handbook, Storey’s Guide to Raising Horses, Storey’s Guide to Training Horses, and Stable Smarts. She raises cattle and horses on her family ranch in Salmon, Idaho.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Storey Publishing, LLC; Revised edition (January 5, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1580173276
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1580173278
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.29 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.04 x 0.88 x 9 inches

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Heather Smith Thomas grew up on a ranch near Salmon, Idaho.

She is the author of 20 books and thousands of articles on animal health care. Her books include Essential Guide to Calving, Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle, Storey's Guide to Raising Horses, Storey's Guide to Training Horses, The Horse Conformation Handbook, Care and Management of Horses, Stable Smarts, Understanding Equine Hoof Care, Beyond the Flames--A Family Touched by Fire, The Cattle Health Handbook and Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle.

She began writing stories for children's magazines while still in high school and wrote articles for horse and farm publications to help pay her way through college (University of Puget Sound). She wrote her first book, A Horse in Your Life: A Guide for the New Owner, during the summer between her sophomore and junior year of college. She and her husband Lynn Thomas have been raising beef cattle and a few horses on their ranch in central Idaho since 1967. Most of her books and articles deal with horse or cattle health care, breeding, or handling. Her goal has been to learn all she can about the care of horses and cattle, and to share this with her readers. One of her books, however, discusses an entirely different subject. Beyond the Flames tells about her daughter's severe burn injury and how this changed their lives. For more information about that book, and updates on the Thomas family and their ranch life, see Heather's blogs at http://www.heathersmiththomas.blogspot.com and for short anecdotes about her experiences with some of the horses and cattle she has raised, see her author's blog at http://insidestorey.blogspot.com

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lisa dean

My gift recipient was happy with this book

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021

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This was a gift. The book was very informative

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Mrs. Lesley J. Wright

Helpful hints for an Aussie girl

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2007

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even though this book is written for the American farmer, I found a lot of the information quite helpful to me. I have not been farming very long. We work with beef cattle on grass and it has been a steep learning curve for us. Thank you for such well articulated good sense. I have taken initiatives that I thought were sensible and this book has either confirmed my ideas or given me a better way to approach the situation. I have also appreciated the statistical information given about the cattle. Thank you and God bless

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Great for any experience level

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2018

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Christmas gift for my father who is an old time rancher. He now reads this book every night, and has even learned some things that he didn't know in his 30+ years experience. Great book for a beginner or long time beef cattle raiser.

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Chris Cherry

Great book with lots of info for me (first time ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2018

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Great book with lots of info for me (first time raising cows and calves). Referred to it many times and it helped tremendously!

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2006

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This book was exactly what I was looking for. I know nothing about cattle, my husband has raised them since he was young. I wanted a book that would explain the "little things" to me so I wouldn't have to ask him day in day out what this meant, what they are doing, how will we know when they are in heat, etc. It's very interesting, easy read and very informative.

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TreeFarmer

Practical, Easy to Understand

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2011

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Very practical, easily understood book. Provides all the basic requirements for raising beef cattle. I would highly recommend this book for anyone interested in getting started with beef cattle, or for those looking to improve the overall quality and efficiency of their cattle operations.

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Rio Abajo Community Library

Great reference

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2013

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We purchased this to add to our library inventory and it has been popular, even with those who have been working with livestock all their lives. Great reference!

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Jeffrey A. Hensley

Storey's wrote the book, again!

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2009

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Anyone familiar with the Storey's line of books already knows this book is worth buying. I have this series for a variety of barnyard critters and find them all to be a complete resource on raising and caring for my animals.

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William McNair

Good for a person with lots of cattle experience.

Reviewed in Canada on April 26, 2015

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It is an interesting read. It is well written and and is very informative. I have worked on a dairy farm for quite a few years and it had some very useful information.