Author: Robert Ellis Taylor

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Published: 1984

Total Pages: 626

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An overview of the present beef industry. The consumer and the beef industry. The retailer-purveyor and the beef industry. The packer and the beef industry. The Feeder and the beef industry. The stocker-yearling producer and the beef industry. The commercial cow-calf producer andthe beef indutry. The purebred breeder and the beef industry. Integrated beef cattle operations. Beef cattle management decisions. Beef cattle reproduction. Beef cattle genetics. Beef cattle breeds and breeding. Beef cattle nutrition. The retail product of beef. Growth, development, and behavior of beef cattle. Beef type, form and function. Marketing of beef cattle. Herd health programs of beef cattle. Range, pasture, and other grazed forage management. Facilities and equipment for the cattle producer. Keeping up-to-date in the beef industry. Beef industry organizations. The past and future of the beef industry.