Beef Production Management and Decisions

Thomas G. Field, Robert W. Taylor (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

736 Seiten

2006 | 5th edition
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-119838-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.11.2006
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 204 x 253 mm
• Gewicht: 1290 g
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 0-13-119838-6 / 0131198386
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-119838-8 / 9780131198388
• Zustand: Neuware