Agriculture Animal Husbandry category: 3344 books
by Kimberly Willis, Rob Ludlow
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Your hands-on guide to modern chicken-raising methods
Thinking about raising chickens? You've come to the right place! This new edition of Raising Chickens For Dummies provides the most up-to-date, thorough information on the many aspects of keeping chickens in your backyard. Inside, you'll...
Hobby Farms: Rabbits
Small-Scale Rabbit Keeping
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Rabbit raisers will keep their rabbitries hopping and happy with the advice found in Rabbits, a Hobby Farm book. Rabbit breeder and exhibitor Chris McLaughlin offers years of experience and guidance on the many aspects of raising rabbits on a hobby farm, a livestock choice she considers perfect due...
The Backyard Sheep
An Introductory Guide to Keeping Productive Pet Sheep
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
Raise a flock of sheep in your backyard. Even with a limited amount of space, you can enjoy homegrown fleece and fresh milk, as well as the endearing company of these family-friendly animals. Sue Weaver provides all the instructions you need for selecting a breed; housing and feeding; harvesting fleece;...
The Rabbit-Raising Problem Solver
Your Questions Answered about Housing, Feeding, Behavior, Health Care, Breeding, and Kindling
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
While rabbits are well-known for being cute and fuzzy creatures, they can also be very difficult to care for. Whether you’re an experienced rabbit farmer or building your first hutch for a pet bunny, The Rabbit-Raising Problem Solver has answers to all of your most pressing questions. In a handy...
Conserving Forest Biodiversity
A Comprehensive Multiscaled Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2002
While mefforts at biodiversity conservation have focused primarily on protected areas and reserves, the unprotected lands surrounding those area--the "matrix"--are equally important to preserving global biodiversity and maintaining forest health. In Conserving Forest Biodiversity, leading forest scientists...
by Harold Brookfield
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2001
Small farmers are often viewed as engaging in wasteful practices that wreak ecological havoc. Exploring Agrodiversity sets the record straight: Small farmers are in fact ingenious and inventive and engage in a diverse range of land-management strategies, many of them resourcefully geared toward conserving...
Wild Forests
Conservation Biology And Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Wild Forests presents a coherreview of the scientific and policy issues surrounding biological diversity in the context of contemporary public forest management. The authors examine past and currpractices of forest managemand provide a comprehensive overview of known and suspected threats to diversity....
Sustainable Forest Management
From Concept to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Sustainable Forest Management provides the necessary material to educate students about forestry and the contemporary role of forests in ecosystems and society. This comprehensive textbook on the concept and practice of sustainable forest management sets the standard for practice worldwide.
Early...
The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens
Simple Steps for Healthy, Happy Hens
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
**The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens takes enthusiasts through all aspects of small-flock ownership. You’ll find all the info you need on feeding, housing, flock health, and more.
Internationally known as The Chicken Chick, Kathy Shea Mormino brings an informative style and fresh...
by Leigh Tate
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
If you keep a few goats as pets or for milk, meat, or brush control, you likely don't give much thought to potential disease in your herd. If you are interested in breeding and selling or showing goats, however, you are likely concerned about your herd being free of specific goat diseases, particularly...
Modern Pig Production
A practical guide to profit
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
This is the third textbook from this award-winning and internationally-recognised pig consultant. Having already covered 'Pig production Problems' and their solutions followed by 'What the Textbooks don't tell You', this new book goes further in providing practical, easy-to-understand advice on all...
Rabbit Housing
Planning, Building, and Equipping Facilities for Humanely Raising Healthy Rabbits
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
Create a safe, sanitary, and efficient home for your rabbits. In this informative guide, Bob Bennett provides clear step-by-step instructions for building attractive all-wire hutches of all sizes, with additional tips for adding the necessary accessories like feeders, watering systems, nest boxes,...
Growing Local
Case Studies on Local Food Supply Chains
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
In an increasingly commercialized world, the demand for better quality, healthier food has given rise to one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. food system: locally grown food. Many believe that “relocalization” of the food system will provide a range of public benefits, including lower...
Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 3
Dairy herd management and welfare
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Reviews advances in understanding and improving the welfare of dairy cattle;
Summarises current research on rumen biology, digestion and ways of optimising nutrition of dairy cattle from grazing to feed and feed supplements;
Discusses latest developments in maintaining the health of dairy cattle, including the genetics of disease resistance and dairy herd health management