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Expert Knowledge for Small Farms Keep your animals calm and safe with Temple Grandin's groundbreaking insights and methods, now tailored specifically for small farms. Understand the behavior, fears, and instincts of cattle, goats, pigs, and sheep, and set up the most humane, healthy, and productive systems and facilities on your farm. Farm Smarter with Dr. Grandin's Principles: - Gather and drive your herd by working with grazing animals' instincts for avoiding predators. - Move your herd at the pace of its slowest member. - The leader of the herd or flock is usually not the dominant animal. -…mehr

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Expert Knowledge for Small Farms Keep your animals calm and safe with Temple Grandin's groundbreaking insights and methods, now tailored specifically for small farms. Understand the behavior, fears, and instincts of cattle, goats, pigs, and sheep, and set up the most humane, healthy, and productive systems and facilities on your farm. Farm Smarter with Dr. Grandin's Principles: - Gather and drive your herd by working with grazing animals' instincts for avoiding predators. - Move your herd at the pace of its slowest member. - The leader of the herd or flock is usually not the dominant animal. - Moving sheep through a gate is like siphoning water; never break the flow of their follow-the-leader instinct. - Prevent many serious behavior problems by raising young animals in social groups with other animals.
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Temple Grandin is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human, as well as Thinking in Pictures, Humane Livestock Handling, Improving Animal Welfare, and The Autistic Brain . Dr. Grandin’s humane livestock facility designs have been adopted all over the world, and she is a consultant on animal welfare to several segments of the fast food industry. Her work has been featured on NPR, 60 Minutes, and The Today Show and in the New York Times and Time and Discover magazines. The story of her life was made into an Emmy Award-winning HBO movie titled Temple Grandin. Dr. Grandin is a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University.