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Cattleman's Library

In partnership with University of Idaho Extension, the CSU Beef Team is proud to present the Cow-Calf Management Guide & Cattle Producer's Library.

The information was prepared by a committee of extension animal scientists in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The manual is a joint publication of the Cooperative Extension System in these states

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Introduction

CL100 - Cow-Calf Management Guide & Cattle Producer's Library
CL104 - Integrated Resource Management: A Concept to Provide Profitable Resource Management for Cattle Producers
CL106 - Herd Data: The Clues to Cow Efficiency
CL107 - Management by Objectives
CL108 - "Whole-Ranch" Planning and Management
 

Management Guide

 
CL109 - How to Use the Total Beef Program Management Guide & Cattle Producer's Library
 

Producer Management Guides

 
CL110 - I. Last Trimester of Pregnancy (3 Months Before Calving)
CL115 - II. Calving Season--Cows
CL117 - II. Calving Season--Calves
CL118 - IIa. Branding and Processing Calves
CL120 - III. Breeding Season
CL125 - IV. Grazing Season--Range
CL127 - IV. Grazing Season--Irrigated Pasture
CL130 - V. Weaning--Cows
CL132 - V. Weaning--Calves
CL135 - VI. Wintering--Cows and Bulls
CL140 - VII. Replacement Heifers
CL145 - VIII. Ranch Management and Financing
CL150 - IX. Developing a Marketing Plan
 

Troubleshooting Guide

 
CL175 - Total Beef Program Troubleshooting Guide
 

Quality Assurance

 
CL200 - The Cattle Producer's Role in Beef Quality Assurance
CL205 - Dairy Beef Quality Assurance
CL210 - Reduction of Handling Stress Improves Productivity and Welfare
CL211 - Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Management System at the Producer Level
CL213 - Food Safety and Quality Assurance From the Farm to the Table
CL215 - Beef Quality Assurance for Marketed Cows and Bulls
CL218 - Beef Cow Rights and Cow-Calf Well-Being
CL280 - Beef Measles and Beef Quality
CL285 - Individual Animal Identification: Quality Assurance, Verification, and Value-added Marketing
CL290 - Beef Quality Assurance Resources
 

Nutrition

 
CL300 - Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle
CL302 - Composition of Some Common Alternative Beef Cattle Feeds
CL304 - Forage Terminology
CL305 - Common Sense Feed Analysis and Interpreting Forage Analysis
CL306 - Reading a Feed Label
CL309 - Pricing Protein and Energy Supplements Corrected for Moisture Content
CL310 - Ration Balancing
CL312 - Limiting Feed Intake
CL313 - Beef Cattle Nutrition: Feeding the Cow and the Rumen
CL314 - Alternative Winter Nutritional Management Strategies
CL315 - Trace Minerals and the Immune System in Cattle
CL317 - Fundamentals of Supplementing Low-Quality Forage
CL318 - Supplementation Strategies for Grazing Beef Cattle
CL319 - Alfalfa for Beef Cows
CL320 - Principles of Successful Silage Management
CL322 - Urea in Range Cattle Supplements
CL325 - Supplemental Fat in Heifer and Cow Rations
CL326 - Creep Feeding Beef Calves
CL327 - Mineral Supplementation of Beef Cows in the Western United States
CL330 - Nutrition of the Mature Beef Cow
CL332 - Barley for Beef Cattle
CL334 - Feeding Ethanol Co-products from Corn to Beef Cattle
CL355 - Nitrates in Cattle Feed and Water
CL375 - Utilizing Crop Residue as a Feed Source
CL380 - Computers for Cattle Nutrition
CL381 - Vitamin Nutrition of Cattle Consuming Forages: Is There a Need for Supplementation?
CL382 - Ammoniation and Use of Ammoniated Low Quality Roughages
 

Reproduction

 
CL400 - The Biological Cycle of the Beef Cow
CL402 - Overview of Fetal Development
CL404 - Artificial Insemination of Beef Cattle
CL405 - Synchronizing Estrus in Beef Cattle
CL406 - Tips to Improve A.I. Pregnancy Rates
CL407 - An Economic Comparison of Artificial Insemination with Natural Service in Beef Cattle
CL408 - Embryo Transfer: A 2010 Perspective
CL410 - Shortening the Calving Season
CL412 - Pregnancy Testing
CL413 - Rebreeding the First-Calf Heifer
CL421 - Purchasing and Managing Young Bulls
CL424 - Reproductive Tract Anatomy and Physiology of the Bull
CL425 - Identifying the Functional Bull: Bull Soundness and Management
CL430 - Utilizing Natural Service with Estrous Synchronization in Conjunction with Timed Artificial Insemination
CL435 - Bull Management Before the Breeding Season
CL436 - Bull Management and Care in the Western U.S. During and After the Breeding Season
CL440 - Reproductive Tract Anatomy and Physiology of the Cow
CL442 - Use of Reproductive Tract Scoring in Range Beef Heifers
CL446 - Pelvic Area in Beef Cattle Production
CL447 - Handling Calving Difficulties
CL450 - Designing a Cattle Obstetric Stall
CL460 - Advances in Reproductive Biotechnology
CL465-Temperament and Reproduction in Beef Females
 

Range and Pasture

 
CL500 - Developing Management Strategies for Rangeland Grazing
CL502 - Designing Your Grazing System
CL503 - Summary of Livestock Grazing Systems Used in the Western United States
CL505 - Grass Growth and Development Considerations for Grazing Management
CL514 - Range Condition and Trend Paradigms
CL515 - Global Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges for Rangeland Managers
CL518 - Monitoring Grazing Lands
CL520 - Photo Monitoring Your Range
CL522 - Options for Riparian Grazing Management
CL523 - Riparian Pastures
CL535 - Use of Water and Other Tools for Improved Grazing Management
CL536 - An Introduction to High-tensile, Smooth-wire Electric Fencing
CL540 - Range Improvements: Ways to Increase Forage Production
CL541 - Solar Stockwater Systems
CL542 - Noxious Weeds on Rangelands
CL543 - Ranch Biosecurity as a Weed Control Measure
CL550 - Poisonous Plants: Management and Control Recommendations
CL580 - Alfalfa Hay Management
CL581 - Management to Minimize Hay Waste
CL590 - Improved Pastures
CL592 - Management of Intensive Grazing Areas for Irrigated Cool Season Grasses
CL594 - Pasture Fertilization
CL596 - Pasture Management and Problems While Grazing
CL599 - Range Management Terms, Definitions, and Acronyms
 

Animal Health

 
CL600 - Immunology: Maximizing the Immune Response of the Cow to Increase Profits and Production
CL601 - Identifying and Minimizing Stress in Cow-Calf Operations
CL602 - Biosecurity: Protecting Your Cow-Calf Operation
CL603 - Evaluating Dead Cattle: A Necropsy Guide for the Cow-Calf Operation
CL603 - Evaluating Dead Cattle: Film
CL604 - Cow Mortality Disposal
CL605 - Vaccination and Immunization: Vaccination Programs for Cattle Operations
CL606 - Antibiotic Metaphylaxis to Control Respiratory Disease
CL607 - Bovine Respiratory Disease
CL608 - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease): What Is Our Situation in America?
CL609 - Analysis of Water Quality for Livestock
CL610 - Vital Signs in Animals: What Cattle Producers Should Know About Them
CL611 - Mycoplasma Infections
CL612 - Prussic Acid Poisoning
CL613 - Anthrax: A Guide for Livestock Producers
CL615 - Chemical Disinfection: A Guide for the Cow-Calf Operation
CL619 - Toxic Contaminants in Harvested Forages
CL620 - Lumpy Jaw and Wooden Tongue in Cattle
CL621 - Urinary Calculi in Beef Cattle
CL624 - Acidosis
CL625 - Bloat Prevention and Treatment
CL626 - Health Concerns with Feeding Grass-Seed Straw Residues
CL627 - Grass Tetany in Beef Cattle
CL628 - White Muscle Disease and Other Selenium-Responsive Diseases of Livestock
CL629 - Copper: An Essential Micronutrient for Beef Cattle
CL630 - Acute Bovine Pulmonary Edema and Emphysema in Beef Cattle: Causes and Prevention
CL631 - Pulmonary Artery Pressure as a Tool for Managing Brisket Disease
CL632 - Mycotoxins
CL635 - Halogeton Poisoning
CL636 - Pine Needle Abortion in Cattle
CL639 - Foot Rot of Cattle
CL640 - "Cancer Eye" -- Its Treatment and Prevention
CL641 - Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy in Calves

CL641 - Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy Film
CL644 - Feeding Colostrum to a Calf
CL645 - Calf Scours; Cause, Prevention, Control, and Treatment
CL648 - Prevention of Baby Calf Diseases
CL649 - Treatment of Sick Calves
CL650 - Control or Eradication of BVD from a Beef Herd
CL651 - Preparing Calves for the Feedlot
CL652 - Sudden Death in Feeder Cattle
CL653 - Hemophilus Encephalitis (TEME) in Feeder Cattle
CL654 - Clostridial Diseases
CL655 - Bacillary Hemoglobinuria (Redwater Disease) in Cattle
CL657 - Bovine Anaplasmosis
CL659 - Trichomoniasis
CL659 - Trichomoniasis Film
CL660 - Injuries and Diseases of Beef Cattle Associated with Calving
CL661 - Diseases of Beef Cattle Associated with Post-calving and Breeding
CL662 - Leptospirosis: A Disease That Never Left the Field
CL663 - Brucellosis Considerations for Western Beef Herds
CL666 - Foreign Animal Disease
CL666 - Foreign Animal Disease Film
CL667 - Bluetongue in Cattle
CL671 - Some Questions and Answers About Johne's Disease in Cattle
CL672 - Critical Management Points for Prevention and Control of Johne's Disease in Beef Cattle
CL675 - Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis
CL678 - Pinkeye
CL681 - Abortion of Cattle
CL683 - Vibriosis (Campylobacteriosis)
CL684 - Foothill Abortion: A Western States Problem?
CL685 - Coccidiosis in Beef Cattle
CL688 - Liver Fluke Prevention for Cattle
CL690 - Internal Parasites of Cattle
CL691 - External Parasites: Economic Impact, Control, and Prevention
 

Management

 
CL710 - Cattle Identification
CL712 - Methods of Determining Age of Cattle
CL720 - Condition Scoring of Beef Cattle
CL733 - Beef Cow Efficiency in Western Rangelands
CL734 - The Beef Cow Mammary System
CL735 - Culling the Beef Cattle Herd
CL737 - Feeding and Marketing Cull Cows
CL745 - How to Select, Grow, and Manage Replacement Heifers
CL747 - Time of Weaning and Cow Condition
CL748 - Weaning Management for Calves
CL749 - Castration of Bulls
CL750 - Dehorning Cattle
CL752 - Spaying Heifers
CL755 - Beef Cattle Implants
CL760 - Winter Stress in Beef Cattle
CL775 - Frame Scores and Feeder Cattle Grades
CL780 - Effect of P.M. Feeding on Daytime Calving
CL785 - Management of Neonatal Beef Calves
CL786 - Artificial Rearing of Calves on Milk Replacer Diets
CL787 - Grafting Calves
CL788 - Care of Hypothermic (Cold Stressed) Newborn Beef Calves
CL790 - Protective Shelters for Beef Calves
CL791 - Low-Stress Livestock Handling on Pasture and Range
CL792 - Cattle Psychology During Handling and Corral Design
CL793 - Livestock Scales Selection for Cattle Ranches
 

Marketing

 
CL800 - Considerations for Calf Marketing Pools
CL805 - The Right Price, the Right Market for Your Cattle
CL815 - Video Auctions Are Viable Marketing Alternatives for Cattle
CL816 - Selling Cattle on the Slide
CL820 - Alternatives for Calves and Feeders
CL822 - The Cattle Cycle: Seven Indicators
CL823 - Seasonal Patterns of Cattle Prices
CL825 - Beef Carcass Grading and Pricing
CL828 - Should I Join an Alliance?
CL830 - Retained Ownership and Custom Feeding
CL832 - Custom Feedlot Selection Checklist
CL835 - Shrinkage in Beef Cattle
CL836 - Does Preconditioning of Beef Calves Pay?
CL840 - Futures Market: Basics
CL843 - Commodity Options as Price Insurance for Cattle Producers
CL845 - Evaluating Forward Prices with Basis
CL850 - Packer Concentration and Captive Supplies
 

Finance

 
CL900 - Real Real Records for REAL Ranchers
CL905 - Farm and Ranch Financial Dictionary
CL912 - Market Reports
CL915 - Financial Standards for Agriculture
CL917 - Financial Ratio Analysis: What Do the Numbers Mean?
CL918 - Common Errors in Financial Record Keeping
CL925 - Partial Budgeting
CL930 - Enterprise Budgets for Cow-Calf Operators
CL932 - The Costs of Raising Replacement Heifers and the Value of a Purchased vs. Raised Replacement
CL935 - Cash-Flow Budgeting
CL940 - Sources of Credit
CL942 - Working with Your Lender in Times of Financial Stress
CL950 - Financial Statements: The Balance Sheet
CL951 - Income Statement Preparation and Use
CL955 - What Is a Cow Worth?
CL960 - Beef Cow Share Lease Arrangements
CL965 - Should I Sell My Cow Herd?
 

Genetics

 
CL1002 - The Systems Concept of Beef Production
CL1020 - Applying Principles of Crossbreeding
CL1021 - Composite Cattle for Commercial Cow-Calf Producers
CL1024 - Genetics of Reproduction
CL1025 - Selecting for Efficiency of Feed Utilization: Now and in the Future
CL1026 - Congenital Defects in Cattle
CL1035 - Performance Records: A Tool in Cattle Herd Improvement
CL1037 - Understanding and Using Sire Summaries
CL1038 - Commercial Beef Sire Selection
CL1041 - Selecting for Carcass Traits
CL1042 - Using Carcass Data in the Cowherd To Make Genetic Improvement Decisions
CL1043 - DNA-Based, Marker-Assisted Selection in Beef Cattle
CL1045 - Breed Association Contact List
 

Drought and Other Natural Disasters

 
CL1100 - Cattle Management During Drought
CL1110 - Tips for Dealing with Drought on Range
CL1119 - Drought and Climate Related Web Sites
CL1120 - Emergency Rations for Wintering Beef Cows
CL1130 - Drought Management Strategies for Beef Cattle
CL1135 - Drought Advisory: Managing Irrigated Pastures and Grass Haylands
CL1136 - Rangeland Management Before, During, and After Drought
CL1170 - Supplementation During Drought
CL1175 - Nutritional Requirement of the Beef Cow During Drought
CL1180 - Weather Related Sale of Livestock and the Tax Implications
 

Miscellaneous

 
CL1200 - Beef Performance Glossary
CL1210 - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Rules for Cow-Calf Enterprises
CL1224 - Ranch Roads: Maintaining Low-Maintenance Roads
CL1255 - Recreational Enterprises Can Complement Beef Production
CL1265 - Cow-Calf Management for Water Quality Protection and Odor Control in the Pacific Northwest
CL1270 - Understanding the Basics of Managing Ranch Labor
CL1280 - Conversions for Commonly Used Weights and Measures
 

 

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