Learn More Using the Resources Below

Beef Production

• Beef Farm Sustainability Checksheet - ATTRA
• Labeling: Special Claims and the Approval Process for Niche Meat Production - North Carolina Cooperative Extension
• NCAT's Organic Livestock Workbook: A Guide to Sustainable and Allowed Practices
• Organic Standards for Livestock Production: Excerpts of USDA's National Organic Program Regulations - ATTRA
• Organic System Plans: Livestock Production - ATTRA
• Pasture-Based Beef and Dairy Production - ATTRA

Dairy Production

• Organic Production Guides for Dairy - Cornell University
• Dairy Sheep - ATTRA
• Value-Added Dairy Options - ATTRA

Fiber Animal Production

• Angora Goat Association
• Angora Rabbit.com
• Capricorn Cashmere
• Carolina Fiber Fest
• Eastern Cashmere Association
• Llama and Alpaca Farming - ATTRA
• National Angora Rabbit Breeders Club
• Nutrition for Wool Production

Forage Production

• Assessing the Pasture Soil Resource - ATTRA
• EatWild.com
• Forage Crops - North Carolina State University
• Grassfarmer.com - American Farmland Trust
• Multispecies Grazing - ATTRA
• Nutrient Cycling in Pastures - ATTRA
• Production and Utilization of Pastures and Forages in North Carolina - North Carolina State University
• The Stockman Grass Farmer

Goat Production

• Breeds and Production Traits of Meat Goats - North Carolina State University
• Meat Goat Production and Budgeting - Ohio State University
• Meat Goat Production in North Carolina - North Carolina State University
• Meat Goats - North Carolina State University
• Sustainable Goat Production: Meat Goats - ATTRA

Herd Health

• An Introduction to Feeding Small Ruminants - University of Maryland Extension
• Animal Nutrition - University of Guelph
• Basic Ruminant Nutrition
• Digestive Physiology of Herbivores - Colorado State University
• Small Ruminant Medications: How to Stay Within the Law - eXtension

Miscellaneous

• Animal Welfare Approved
• Estimated Costs for Livestock Fencing - Iowa State University
• Fencing Materials for Livestock Systems - Virginia Cooperative Extension
• Integrated Parasite Management (IPM) in Small Ruminants - University of Maryland Extension
• Livestock Conservancy
• Livestock Fencing Systems for Pasture Management - Mississippi State University
• North Carolina Fence Law and Liability for Livestock, Horses and Dogs - North Carolina Cooperative Extension
• Organic Livestock Feed Suppliers - ATTRA
• Predator Control for Sustainable & Organic Livestock Production
• Ranch Network
• Tools for Managing Internal Parasites in Small Ruminants: Copper Wire Particles - ATTRA

North Carolina Cooperative Extension

• Department of Animal Science - North Carolina State University
• Forage Crops - North Carolina State University
• Organic Livestock Production and Marketing - Center for Environmental Farming Systems
• Plants Poisonous to Livestock and Pets in North Carolina - North Carolina State University

Other Livestock

• Commercial Rabbit Production - Mississippi State University
• Guidelines for Entry into Meat Rabbit Production - Alabama Cooperative Extension
• Llama and Alpaca Farming - ATTRA
• Rabbit Production - Penn State University
• RabbitFarming.org

Pork Production

• Hooped Shelters For Hogs - ATTRA

Poultry Production

• American Pastured Poultry Producers Association (APPPA)
• Arsenic in Poultry Litter: Organic Regulations - ATTRA
• Consumer Preferences for Organic Free-range Chicken - Kansas State University
• Label Rouge: Pasture-Based Poultry Production in France - ATTRA
• List of Small-Flock Poultry Extension Publications from Land-grant Universities - North Carolina Cooperative Extension
• Pastured Poultry: A Heifer Project International Case Study Booklet - ATTRA
• Poultry Resource Manual - Iowa State University
• Poultry: Equipment for Alternative Production - ATTRA
• Processing Farm-raised Poultry - Kansas State University
• Profitable Poultry: Raising Birds on Pasture - USDA Sustainable Agriculture Network
• Small-scale Poultry Processing - ATTRA
• Sustainable Poultry Network