Livestock
General
- New England Small Farm Institute; Starting A Farm
- Do You Have Enough Forage This Year, UMaine Extension
- Free Online Grazing Course, UMaine Extension
- Organic Certification Practices Manual (PDF), Livestock information on pages 9 to 14. New pasture rules on page 12.
- Licensed Maine Livestock Processing Facilities, Inspected and Custom
- Revised Poultry Flyer: Starting from Scratch (PDF)
Sites of Interest
- UMaine Extension Livestock
- Agricultural Alternatives, Penn State University
- Appropriate Technology Transfer to Rural Areas (ATTRA) Livestock
- Oklahoma State University Breeds of Livestock
- American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control
- Wisconsin Extension Small Farm Resources
- Wisconsin Extension Small Ruminant Page
- Animal Rights Animal Welfare Article (PDF), JAVMA
- Biosecurity for Ruminant (Word)
- Manure Utilization Guidelines 2001 (Word)
- Evaluate Your Beef Cattle Handling Facilities (PDF), University of Tennessee
- Maine Milk Rule (Word)
- Maine Poultry Slaughter Regulations
- Starting From Scratch (PDF), simple steps to starting healthy chicks
- Final Cheese Cave Report (PDF)
- Dr. Temple Grandin’s Website– Livestock Behavior, Design of Facilities, and Humane Slaughter
Beef
- Feeding Beef Cows Flier (Word) | Feeding Beef Cows Flier (PDF)
- Increasing Your Profit from Beef Farming (PDF), The Beef Site
- KY Beef Integrated Resource Management
- The Kentucky Beef Book
- Maine Beef Producers Association Membership Brochure (Word)
- Beef Price and Yield Estimator for Beef Producers (Excel); Beef Price and Yield Estimator for Beef Producers (PDF), Cornell Cooperative Extension, Tompkins County
- Computerized Herd Management Software for Cow-Calf Producers (PDF), University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension
- Value Added Beef Webinar Series, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture — Value-Added Beef Program
Sheep / Goats
- Sheep Gestation Calculator
- Small Ruminant Resources
- American Sheep Industry Association
- Kentucky Sheep & Goat Development Office
- Langston University Goat Research
- Maryland Small Ruminant Page
- Purdue University Sheep Program
- Pipestone Lamb & Wool Management Program
- Sheep & Goat Marketing Information
- Stockman Grass Farmer
- University of Tennessee Livestock Program
- Virginia Tech Sheep Program
- Caseous Lymphadenitis
- Sheep Self-Feeder Plan (PDF)
- Shipping Crate Plan (PDF)
- Tilting Squeeze for Sheep Plan (PDF)
- Weighing Crate Plan (PDF)
- Sheep Body Condition Score, Oregon State University Cooperative Extension
- Goat Body Condition Scoring (PDF), Langston University
Pork
Horses
- Horse Body Condition Score, UMaine Extension
- UMaine Extension Equine Resources
Excel Spreadsheets: Budget and Marketing
- Beef Budgets (Excel)
- Beef Budgets (Excel), from Kentucky
- Lamb Budget (Excel)
- Sheep Budget (Excel), from Maryland
- Ewe Sheep Budget (Excel), from Maryland
- Compare Lamb and Goat Market Options (Excel)
Excel Spreadsheets: Ration Evaluation
- Feed Nutrient Comparison of Costs (Excel)
- Dairy Sheep Diet Evaluator (Excel)
- Sheep and Goat Ration Evaluator (Excel)
- Pearson Square (Excel)
Livestock 101 Handouts and Videos