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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.
| ISBN | 0131198386 | | Pages | 682 | | ISBN13 | 9780131198388
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Weight (grammes) | 1123 | | Imprint | Prentice Hall | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780130888792 | | Publication date | 15 Sep 2006 | | Height (mm) | 254 | | Library of Congress | 2006042970 | | Width (mm) | 203 | | DEWEY | 636.213 | | Spine width (mm) | 27 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| Ch. 1 | | An overview of the U.S. beef industry | | 1 | | Ch. 2 | | Retail beef products and consumers | | 30 | | Ch. 3 | | Management systems : integrated and holistic resource management | | 70 | | Ch. 4 | | Management decisions for seedstock breeders | | 104 | | Ch. 5 | | Commercial cow-calf management decisions | | 134 | | Ch. 6 | | Yearling-stocker management decisions | | 181 | | Ch. 7 | | Feedlot management decisions | | 200 | | Ch. 8 | | Concentration, integration, and alliances in the beef industry | | 225 | | Ch. 9 | | The marketing system | | 245 | | Ch. 10 | | The global beef industry | | 300 | | Ch. 11 | | Reproduction | | 330 | | Ch. 12 | | Genetics and breeding | | 379 | | Ch. 13 | | Cattle breeds | | 417 | | Ch. 14 | | Nutrition | | 456 | | Ch. 15 | | Managing forage resources | | 492 | | Ch. 16 | | Herd health | | 544 | | Ch. 17 | | Growth, development, and beef cattle type | | 581 | | Ch. 18 | | Cattle behavior, facilities, and equipment | | 614 |
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