Julius Ruechel

Grass-Fed Cattle (eBook, ePUB)

How to Produce and Market Natural Beef

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Successfully raise grass-fed cattle and enjoy the benefits of great-tasting beef and a financially stable enterprise. In this comprehensive guide, Julius Ruechel covers every aspect of raising healthy and thriving grass-fed cattle, offering advice on herd selection, pasture management, medical care, necessary equipment, winter grazing, slaughtering procedures, and more. With tips on creating a viable business plan and identifying niche markets for your beef, Ruechel provides everything you need to know to develop a profitable and environmentally sustainable grass-fed cattle operation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603425872
• Artikelnr.: 37959488

Autorenporträt

Julius Ruechel spent three years converting his family's beef cattle ranch in British Columbia into a certified organic farm with grass-fed cattle and organic field crops. He then established his own grass-fed beef farm in Canada's Yukon Territory. He is the author of Grass-Fed Cattle and currently lives in British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

Part ONE: The Fundamentals of Grass-Based Beef
The Great Herds and Their Grasslands
The Ticking of Geologic Time • The Great Herds • Lessons from the Herd
Genetics and Breeding: Selecting the Right Animals for Your Herd
The Pitfalls of Single-Trait Selection • Environment and Climate •
Characteristics of the Ideal Breeding Animal • Culling Animals: Training
Your Predatory Eye • Breeding for Your Target Market
The Cattle Year on Grass
The Calving Season and Predator Exposure • The Calf: Birth to Sexual
Development • The Heifer Calf: Sexual Development to Calving • Photoperiod:
Sunlight and Fertility • The Bull Calf: Sexual Development to Breeding •
Cattle Processing: The Human Role in the Cattle Year • Marketing Grass-Fed
Cattle • Moving the Calving Season
Grass and Grazing
The Rumen: The Forge that Turns Grass into Beef • Root Reserves and the
Ideal Grazing Interval • A Recipe for Healthy Soil • Grass Varieties •
Rejuvenating Old Pastures
Part TWO: Infrastructure and Management
Electric Fences and Rotational Grazing
Factors to Consider • Energizers • Permanent Wires • Posts and Braces •
Insulators • Permanent Gates • Portable Electric Fencing • Training Cattle
to Respect Electric Fences • Understanding the Goals of Pasture Rotation •
Pasture Rotation: Herd Migration in Your Own Backyard • Training the Herd
for Pasture Moves • Managing the Calving Season on Pasture
Livestock Water
How Much Water Do Cattle Need to Drink? • Peak Water Supply • Water Quality
• Direct Access to Open Water • Pumping Water • Water Storage • Piping
Water • Cattle Behavior at the Water Trough •