Animals

Beef

• Estimated Costs and Return for a 150-Head Grass Finished Beef Production System - WSU
• Beef production for small farms. OSU
• Food Safety is Your Business. WSU
• Microlivestock: Little-Known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future  Office of International Affairs (OIA)
• Raising beef cattle on a few acres. Sept., 1999. Dale ZoBell, Craig Burrell, and Clell Bagley, Utah State University.
• Rotational grazing: Livestock systems guide. Noveber 2004, Alice Beetz, Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA).
• Sustainable Beef Production, August 1999, Anne Fanatico, Ron Morrow, and Ann Wells, Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA).
• Water, Grass, and Livestock: An annotated bibliography of riparian grazing publications. October, 2002. Developed by the Land Stewardship Project in Minnesota. A very complete PDF file; 37 pages.

Nutrition

• Parasites of Cattle. January 2000, N.L. Gates, R.B. Wescott. Washington State University.
• Supplementing Cattle on Drought Affected Pastures and Ranges. March 2003, James R. Males, John Unruh, Bill McReynolds, Washington State University.
• Weaning on Pasture for Low-Stress Beef Production. October 30,2003, Dr. Jim Gerrish, Grazing Land Consultant, Washington State University.

Marketing

• Alternative Beef Marketing, May 2000, Richard Earles and Anne Fanatico, Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA).
• Oregon Country Beef, 2001, Doc & Connie Hatfield, growers and marketers of sustainable grown beef from eastern Oregon.

Swine

Manure Management

• Expanding Swine Production in Eastern Washington. December 1997. Thomas Platt. Washington State University.

Nutrition

• The Kansas Swine Nutrition Guide. October 1997. Robert Goodband, Mike Tokach, Steve Dritz, and Jim Nelssen. General Swine Nutrition requirements.

 

Production

• Agricultural Alternatives – Swine Production Penn State. Information to design a production system that will compliment your resources and lifestyle.
• Considerations in Organic Hog Production, July 2001. Lance Gegner, Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA). The latest research and farmer experiences in this relatively undeveloped area of organic farming. Focuses on humane, sustainable production methods.
• Microlivestock: Little-Known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future (1991) The National Academies Press, Office of International Affairs (OIA); you can print this book one page at a time, or purchase an electronic copy.
• Profitable Pork: Alternative Strategies for Hog Producers. Alternative small scale hog production is described including deep-straw bedding, hoop structures, and pasturing. The bulletin also describes animal health, marketing options, and manure management. 16 pages pdf. Also available in Spanish.
• Hog Production Alternatives: Livestock Production Guide, by Lance Gegner. Breed selection, feed alternatives, odor and dust problems, waste and crop nutrient management, health, humane concerns, vertical integration, identifying an alternative marketing niche, and sources of additional information. Also available as a PDF document. November 2004.