Beef Cattle Production and Trade

Beef Cattle Production and Trade

Author: Lewis Kahn

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2014-04-15

Total Pages: 894

ISBN-13: 0643109900

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Beef Cattle Production and Trade covers all aspects of the beef industry from paddock to plate. It is an international text with an emphasis on Australian beef production, written by experts in the field. The book begins with an overview of the historical evolution of world beef consumption and introductory chapters on carcass and meat quality, market preparation and world beef production. North America, Brazil, China, South-East Asia and Japan are discussed in separate chapters, followed by Australian beef production, including feed lotting and live export. The remaining chapters summarise R&D, emphasising the Australian experience, and look at different production systems and aspects of animal husbandry such as health, reproduction, grazing, feeding and finishing, genetics and breeding, production efficiency, environmental management and business management. The final chapter examines various case studies in northern and southern Australia, covering feed demand and supply, supplements, pasture management, heifer and weaner management, and management of internal and external parasites.


Handbook of Soil Acidity

Handbook of Soil Acidity

Author: Zdenko Rengel

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2003-01-17

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9780203912317

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This handbook offers effective strategies to modify and adjust crop production processes to decrease the toxicity of soil contaminants, balance soil pH, improve root growth and nutrient uptake, and increase agricultural yield. The Handbook of Soil Acidity provides methods to, measure soil acidity, determine the major causes of soil acidification, c


Pasture Management

Pasture Management

Author: D Kemp

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0643106197

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This book looks at current knowledge on management of pastures and rangelands for sheep production, of problems, of practical solutions where possible, and of priority areas for research. The areas considered extend from the high rainfall perennial pastures of south-east Australia and New Zealand, through the annual pasture, cropping zones to the semi-arid rangelands. Pasture Management is the major reference on managing Australia's greatest natural resource: the resource which provides directly and indirectly a major part of Australia's export income.