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The Corralitos
ISBN: 9781632930262 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Corralitos, a ranchland covering almost 200,000 acres of high desert, encompasses 300 square miles in southern New Mexico. This memoir is a descriptive narrative of the events and daily routine of tending cattle and farming the land. The workload was constant, seven days a week with long hours on horseback and nights spent cutting and baling hay, and the work was dangerous, especially working with the head of 140 cantankerous bulls on a yearly basis. "You could never take your eyes off a mean bull," the author says. "And we also grazed forty head of buffalo and they could be just as...
The Corralitos, a ranchland covering almost 200,000 acres of high desert, encompasses 300 square miles in southern New Mexico. This memoir is a descri...
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72,03 |
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In Vitro Screening of Plant Resources for Extra-Nutritional Attributes in Ruminants: Nuclear and Related Methodologies
ISBN: 9789400791855 / Angielski / Miękka / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The aim of this manual is to provide a comprehensive guide to the methods involved in collecting, preparing and screening plants for bioactive properties for manipulating key ruminal fermentation pathways and against gastrointestinal pathogens. The manual will better equip the reader with methodological approaches to initiate screening programmes to test for bioactivity in native plants and find natural alternatives to chemicals for manipulating ruminal fermentation and gut health. The manual provides isotopic and non-isotopic techniques to efficiently screen plants or plant parts for a... The aim of this manual is to provide a comprehensive guide to the methods involved in collecting, preparing and screening plants for bioactive prop... |
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602,40 |
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Crops Look Good: News from a Midwestern Family Farm
ISBN: 9780873519755 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Margaret Williamson left her family's rural Wisconsin farm to work in Minneapolis in 1923, her mother, Olava, wrote regularly with updates about daily activities: laundry, bread baking, plowing, planting, and harvesting the crops. Sometimes she enclosed a note from seven- year- old Helen, who reported on school and shenanigans and how she longed to see Margaret again.
So begins decades of stories about a family at once singular-- with personal joys and challenges-- and broadly representative of the countless small farms that dotted the midwestern landscape in the early... When Margaret Williamson left her family's rural Wisconsin farm to work in Minneapolis in 1923, her mother, Olava, wrote regularly with updates about ...
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68,23 |
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The Gestating and Lactating Sow: 2015
ISBN: 9789086862535 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The last book on the lactating sow was published over 15 years ago. This new book brings us up to date in current knowledge on the gestating and lactating sow. It covers new and important topics such as conditioning of gilts for optimal reproductive performance, feeding high fibre diets to gestating sows and providing various fat sources in gestation and lactation. It also describes the several key success factors to group-housing systems in gestation, which is a must due to the current move towards group-housing. The new concept of transition feeding for sows is discussed, as well as the...
The last book on the lactating sow was published over 15 years ago. This new book brings us up to date in current knowledge on the gestating and lacta...
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635,91 |
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Welcome to My Farm - Agri-tourism at its Best: 17 Ways to Make Money From Your Farm
ISBN: 9781505430653 / Angielski / Miękka / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Welcome to My Farm Agri-tourism at its Best 17 Ways to Make Money From Your Farm Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 How to Use this Book Chapter 2: The List Bee keeping Beef cattle producer Berry /nut farming Chicken/turkey producer Christmas tree farming Crop farming (grains) Dairy farm Exotic animals Fish farming Flower and/or herb gardening Greenhouse Horses Naturally resourced (ponds, caves, streams, etc.) Orchards/vineyards Retired farmers Sheep Producers Vegetable gardening Chapter 3: Covering all the Bases Safety Legal 'stuff' Chapter 4: Welcome to the Farm Marketing and...
Welcome to My Farm Agri-tourism at its Best 17 Ways to Make Money From Your Farm Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 How to Use this Book Chapter...
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31,89 |
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Managing and Marketing Sheep - Tools and Techniques for Every Shepherd
ISBN: 9781505803945 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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27,90 |
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Feed and Feeding Practices in Aquaculture
ISBN: 9780081005064 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Feed and fertilizer are significant costs in aquaculture operations and play an important role in the successful production of fish and other seafood for human consumption. This book reviews the key properties of feeds, advances in feed formulation and ingredient choices and the practicalities of feeding systems and strategies. Feed and Feeding Practices in Aquaculture provides an authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the topic and is an essential guide for nutritionists, farm owners and technicians in aquaculture, as well as those working in R&D in the feed production... Feed and fertilizer are significant costs in aquaculture operations and play an important role in the successful production of fish and other seafo... |
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786,94 |
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Sheep Manual: The complete step-by-step guide to caring for your flock
ISBN: 9780857337702 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sheep have to be one of the most versatile livestock animals on the planet. All-in-one grazing and fertilising machines, they provide meat and milk for our tables, wool for clothing, carpets, and insulation, skins for leather and rugs, and a whole host of other products. If you have recently acquired sheep or are thinking of starting a small flock, this book is for you. The Sheep Manual is a quick-reference, up-to-date, and easy-to-read guide which helps you choose the right breed for your land, provides essential health and welfare information, and guides you through your first... Sheep have to be one of the most versatile livestock animals on the planet. All-in-one grazing and fertilising machines, they provide meat and milk... |
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120,70 |
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The Management and Health of Farmed Deer: A Seminar in the Cec Programme of Coordination of Research in Animal Husbandry, Held in Edinburgh on 10-11 D
ISBN: 9789401070904 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The farming of deer as an alternative to traditional livestock enterprises is now firmly established and is expanding within several countries of the European Economic Community. However, the successful farming of deer requires the adoption of appropriate management schemes to accommodate the biological requirements of these animals. Much experience has now been gained and it is essential that this information becomes readily available througout the Community. In addition, as the volume of deer farming has increased a number of health problems have become recognised which present features...
The farming of deer as an alternative to traditional livestock enterprises is now firmly established and is expanding within several countries of the ...
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200,77 |
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Dairy Farming: The Beautiful Way
ISBN: 9781502490773 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dairy Farming: The Beautiful Way is a detailed how-to guide for establishing and managing a small-scale organic dairy. Covering the topics of infrastructure requirements, cattle management, milking equipment and techniques, cow selection, and business logistics, this comprehensive text covers all the information needed to successfully operate a profitable small dairy farm. As small farms experience a resurgence across the country, and consumers increase demand for nutrient-dense raw milk, there is a great opportunity for modern dairy farmers. Cows are uniquely suited to the efficient...
Dairy Farming: The Beautiful Way is a detailed how-to guide for establishing and managing a small-scale organic dairy. Covering the topics of infrastr...
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71,64 |
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Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle: Eighth Revised Edition
ISBN: 9780309317023 / Angielski / Twarda / 494 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since 1944, the National Research Council (NRC) has published seven editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle. This reference has guided nutritionists and other professionals in academia and the cattle and feed industries in developing and implementing nutritional and feeding programs for beef cattle. The cattle industry has undergone considerable changes since the seventh revised edition was published in 2000 and some of the requirements and recommendations set forth at that time are no longer relevant or appropriate. The eighth revised edition of the... Since 1944, the National Research Council (NRC) has published seven editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle. This reference h... |
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752,81 |
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Quail Farming: Markets and Marketing Strategies
ISBN: 9781507643082 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every few decades, a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. This book is purposely written for that quail bird farmer who is struggling to find working markets and marketing strategies to adopt in order to realize more profitable returns out of quail farming venture. The contents herein have been deeply researched and carefully woven together in an easy to understand language and style that not only unravels some of the best quail bird markets and marketing strategies, but equally challenges the reader into implementing some rare quail bird sales and marketing...
Every few decades, a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. This book is purposely written for that quail bird farmer who is...
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27,90 |
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Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding
ISBN: 9781878075086 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Written for beekeepers who know little about genetics and geneticists who know little about beekeeping." Chapter topics are: Brief history of queen rearing, The queen, The production of queen cells, Mating the virgin queens, The care of queens, Controlled mating, Genetics, Selective breeding, The genetic basis of disease resistance, Bibliography, Remarks, Whimsy and Index.
"Written for beekeepers who know little about genetics and geneticists who know little about beekeeping." Chapter topics are: Brief history of queen r...
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272,37 |
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Breeding, Production Recording, Health and the Evaluation of Farm Animals: Proceedings of the 35th Biennial Session of ICAR, Kuopio, Finland, June 6-1
ISBN: 9789086860302 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This publication focuses on the various aspects of domestic animal recording, aimed at improving the management of herds and increasing their productivity. New strategies for recording are illustrated and the most updated technologies are presented, on the basis of national experiences where such technologies are already adopted. Although cattle is the prominent species, two parts are dedicated to small ruminants recording and to buffalo recording. Future challenges and opportunities for further development of ICAR and the definition of the future scenarios in the animal recording sector are...
This publication focuses on the various aspects of domestic animal recording, aimed at improving the management of herds and increasing their producti...
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521,44 |
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Gaining the Edge in Pork and Poultry Production: Enhancing Efficiency, Quality and Safety
ISBN: 9789086860180 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Globally, pork and poultry production has become an extremely competitive industry. There is now more pork consumed in the world than any other meat, yet there is still intense competition for the industry to attract and retain consumers. Consumers continue to demand safe, high quality pork and poultry products at competitive prices compared to other high protein food alternatives. To ensure sustainability of both the pig and poultry industries, producers must endeavour to seek new technologies to improve production efficiency whilst lowering the cost of production and producing a quality...
Globally, pork and poultry production has become an extremely competitive industry. There is now more pork consumed in the world than any other meat, ...
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585,04 |
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Precision Livestock Farming: 2005
ISBN: 9789076998220 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Precision Livestock" presents contemporary scientific results from worldwide research, field studies and practical application. It contains peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the "1st European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming". The papers focus on physiological identification and monitoring of animals, on farm and in transit, and on the operation of automatic milking systems. Major objectives are secure methods of animal identification for traceability, animal welfare and hygiene. The economic and health effects of implementing precision livestock husbandry are featured in...
"Precision Livestock" presents contemporary scientific results from worldwide research, field studies and practical application. It contains peer-revi...
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292,52 |
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Ammonia: The Case of the Netherlands
ISBN: 9789086860289 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Netherlands, an intense growth in animal husbandry has taken place during the past decades. This growth induced major shifts in the national nitrogen and ammonia balance, with feedstuff being imported from abroad and animal waste being used in excess in Dutch agricultural areas. Growing environmental responsibility, which was triggered by scientific observations on field-scale early-on, resulted in putting animal waste and ammonia on the political agenda. Governmental regulations were put in effect and research programs were set-up to develop techniques to measure and reduce ammonia...
In The Netherlands, an intense growth in animal husbandry has taken place during the past decades. This growth induced major shifts in the national ni...
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317,95 |
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Local Cattle Breeds in Europe: Development of Policies and Strategies for Self-Sustaining Breeds
ISBN: 9789086861446 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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260,73 |
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Behavioural Biology of Chickens, The
ISBN: 9781780642505 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chickens are by far the world's most widely farmed animal, kept for both meat and egg production. They are at the center of many debates regarding housing and production systems, causing significant interest in what lies behind chicken behavior. This accessible book covers sensory biology, behavioral development, preferences and aversions, social behavior, learning and cognition, behavioral issues in different systems and solutions for behavioral problems. Authored by an authority on chicken ethology, it brings together the fields of animal behavior, neuroscience, psychology and epidemiology...
Chickens are by far the world's most widely farmed animal, kept for both meat and egg production. They are at the center of many debates regarding hou...
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235,29 |
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Biology, Rearing, and Care of Young Primates
ISBN: 9780198547334 / Angielski / Twarda / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The propagation of wild animals in captivity is playing an increasingly important role in the conservation of species. This is particularly true of primates, many of which are threatened or endangered in their natural habitat. Unfortunately, primate mortality during the neonatal period is often high in captivity. However significant improvements in infant survival can be made with a better knowledge of neonatal biology and rearing procedures. The aim of this book is to provide a reference text on the normal growth of 18 primate species commonly held in captivity for propagation or research,...
The propagation of wild animals in captivity is playing an increasingly important role in the conservation of species. This is particularly true of pr...
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234,95 |
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