Small-Scale Livestock Farming: A Grass-Based Approach for Health, Sustainability, and Profit

Full of practical everyday advice, this guide explains how a natural, organic approach to livestock farming produces healthy animals, reduces costs, and increases your operation’s self-sufficiency. Livestock expert Carol Ekarius helps you create a viable farm plan, choose suitable livestock, care for your animals’ health, and confidently manage housing, fencing, and feeding. Case studies of successful farmers provide inspiration as you learn everything you need to know to run a prosperous livestock farm and make the lifestyle of your dreams a reality.

• The Art and Science of Grazing: How Grass Farmers Can Create Sustainable Systems for Healthy Animals and Farm Ecosystems
• Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, 4th Edition: Health, Handling, Breeding
• Beef Cattle: Keeping a Small-Scale Herd for Pleasure and Profit (Hobby Farms)
• Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cattle
• Grass-Fed Cattle: How to Produce and Market Natural Beef
• You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise
• Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, 3rd Edition
• The Cattle Health Handbook
• Raising Beef Cattle For Dummies
• Temple Grandin's Guide to Working with Farm Animals: Safe, Humane Livestock Handling Practices for the Small Farm