Beef Production Management and Decisions

Beef Production Management and Decisions, 5th Edition

 

Description
For junior/senior level courses in Beef Production and Management.
Based on the most recent scientific, demographic and financial data available, Beef Production and Management Decisions, Fifth Edition examines the biological, ecological, financial, and marketing issues impacting the beef industry today. Harnessing the authors’ industry and academic experience, the text explores the demographics, structure, challenges and segments of the industry from a balanced point of view. A must for any professional library, this paperback edition includes concepts of beef quality assurance and devotes chapters to the management of information, the traditions of the business and the future of the industry.
 

Contents
1. An Overview of the U.S. Beef Industry
2. Retail Beef Products and Consumers
3. Management Systems: Integrated and Holistic Resource Management
4. Management Decisions for Seedstock Breeders
5. Commercial Cow-Calf Management Decisions
6. Yearling-Stocker Management Decisions
7. Feedlot Management Decisions
8. Concentration, Integration, and Alliances in the Beef Industry
9. The Marketing System
10. The Global Beef Industry
11. Reproduction
12. Genetics and Breeding
13. Cattle Breeds
14. Nutrition
15. Managing Forage Resources
16. Herd Health
17. Growth, Development, and Beef Cattle Type
18. Cattle Behavior, Facilities, and Equipment