This section provides resources regarding organic and sustainable livestock practices in animals such as beef cattle, goats, sheep, swine, poultry, and pasture management.
Alternative Livestock Studies
Alternative Livestock Markets Research Stage III: Preliminary Results Marin, - July 2006
Alternative Livestock Production & Marketing - December 2005.
Cattle
- Balancing Beef Cow Nutrient Requirements and Seasonal Forage Quality on Annual Rangeland
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8021.pdf
- Meat Flow Chart
- Cattle Production: Considerations for Pasture-Based Beef and Dairy
Producers
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/cattleprod.pdf
Goats
- Dairy Goats: Sustainable Production
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/dairygoats.pdf
- Meat Goats: Sustainable Production
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/meatgoat.pdf
Sheep
- Sustainable Sheep Production
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/sheep.pdf
Swine
- Considerations in Organic Hog Production
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/omhog.pdf
Poultry
- Pastured Poultry: A Heifer International Case Study Booklet
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/pasturedpoultry.pdf
Pasture Management
- Multispecies Grazing
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/multispecies.pdf
- Nutrient Cycling in Pastures
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/nutrientcycling.pdf
- Pasture, Rangeland, and Grazing Management
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/past_range_graze.pdf