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Knowledge Rich Ranching

Author : Allan Nation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge Rich Ranching written by Allan Nation and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge Rich Ranching is not a how-to book on raising cattle. It is a book on how the cattle business works. It has not been sanitized nor edited by Ms. Rosy Scenario. It is about the way things really are. It is about fear and greed, and how the commodity business eats alive the naive and unaware. In today's market, it is knowledge that separates the rich from the rest. Knowledge Rich Ranching is packed with guidelines for how to read and profit from the upside-down swings of the cattle cycle. It describes various bookkeeping methods and tax tips; covers cost cutting to eliminate profit leaks; reveals the secrets of high profit grass farms and ranches; details strategies for using Management-intensive Grazing in humid and arid climates as well as during adverse weather conditions. And it explains family and business structure with suggestions for estate planning to keep today's ranch or grass farm viable and profitable for future generations. While focused on raising cattle, the principles in Knowledge Rich Ranching apply equally to producers of other livestock enterprises--sheep, in particular, which run backwards to the cattle cycle and can add a complementary enterprise to an existing cattle operation. Anyone who has profit as his or her goal will benefit from this book. It is the first to cover the business management principles of grassland farming and ranching.

Quality Pasture

Author : Allan Nation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986014765
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Quality Pasture written by Allan Nation and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How to use various grasses and legumes to create quality pasture using Management-intensive Grazing and multi-species of livestock. Includes irrigation"--

Healing Grounds

Author : Liz Carlisle
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1642832227
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Healing Grounds written by Liz Carlisle and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful movement is happening in farming today—farmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change. For one woman, that’s meant learning her tribe’s history to help bring back the buffalo. For another, it’s meant preserving forest purchased by her great-great-uncle, among the first wave of African Americans to buy land. Others are rejecting monoculture to grow corn, beans, and squash the way farmers in Mexico have done for centuries. Still others are rotating crops for the native cuisines of those who fled the “American wars” in Southeast Asia. In Healing Grounds, Liz Carlisle tells the stories of Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American farmers who are reviving their ancestors’ methods of growing food—techniques long suppressed by the industrial food system. These farmers are restoring native prairies, nurturing beneficial fungi, and enriching soil health. While feeding their communities and revitalizing cultural ties to land, they are steadily stitching ecosystems back together and repairing the natural carbon cycle. This, Carlisle shows, is the true regenerative agriculture – not merely a set of technical tricks for storing CO2 in the ground, but a holistic approach that values diversity in both plants and people. Cultivating this kind of regenerative farming will require reckoning with our nation’s agricultural history—a history marked by discrimination and displacement. And it will ultimately require dismantling power structures that have blocked many farmers of color from owning land or building wealth. The task is great, but so is its promise. By coming together to restore these farmlands, we can not only heal our planet, we can heal our communities and ourselves.

Grass Farmers

Author : Allan Nation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Grass Farmers written by Allan Nation and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Thoughts and Advice from an Old Cattleman

Author : Gordon Hazard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780972033800
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Thoughts and Advice from an Old Cattleman written by Gordon Hazard and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Creating Abundance

Author : Hiram M. Drache
Publisher : Hobar Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Creating Abundance written by Hiram M. Drache and published by Hobar Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is impossible to do justice to the unique contribution of the entrepreneurs of agriculture whose accomplishments are recounted in Creating Abundance. These leaders, together with their extended families, are continuing to change the structure of the U.S. agribusiness system from genetic inputs to sophisticated, healthy, and nutritious food products to the development of functional food, nutriceutical, pharmaceuticals, fiber, and energy." writes Ray Goldberg, Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business emeritus, in the book's foreword.

A Land Remembered

Author : Patrick D Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561645826
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book A Land Remembered written by Patrick D Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Farm Knowledge

Author : Edward Loomis Davenport Seymour
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Farm Knowledge written by Edward Loomis Davenport Seymour and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grassfed to Finish

Author : Allan Nation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780972159715
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Grassfed to Finish written by Allan Nation and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shows producers...how to create a consistently tender, flavorful, gourmet grassfed product all year long... Details a Forage Chain of grasses and legumes for year-round grazing. And it explains how grazing green-leaf corn plants create the highest consistent gains for finishing. The grass program explained here can be used equally well for replacement heifer development or mainstream stocker steers"--from page [4] of cover.

Democracy at Work in an Indian Industrial Cooperative

Author : Richard W. Franke
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501717553
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Democracy at Work in an Indian Industrial Cooperative written by Richard W. Franke and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors tell the story of a democratic workers' cooperative that makes hand-rolled cigarettes, known as "beedis," in the unorganized sector of a fiercely competitive capitalist economy in India. For decades, beedi workers have been among the most exploited and impoverished of India's work force. In 1969, in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, several thousand workers banded together to form a worker-owned beedi cooperative. The authors argue that their skill and determination, combined with Kerala's generally leftist political culture, allowed them to beat the odds. The cooperative surprised the private sector beedi barons by creating an enterprise that has lasted and prospered, offering the best wages and benefits in the business, while making a profit and contributing to the local economy.The authors analyze the major features of the cooperative, assessing its overall structure, worker-elected management, shop floor democracy, and progress in providing a better life for its worker-owners. Tensions are also discussed, including the complaints of women workers and the need for diversification from tobacco.

No Risk Ranching

Author : Greg Judy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780963246080
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book No Risk Ranching written by Greg Judy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greg Judy was forced to liquidate his cow herd to pay debt in 1996. By the end of the following year he was dead broke and figured the family farm was history. A quote from Allan Nation, editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer magazine changed his whole view of ranching. Nation said, "Your sole purpose should be not to own the land, but to make a living from the land." Inspired by that approach, Judy started looking for idle, non-developed pastureland. By focusing on leasing rather than owning land, his grazing operation grew from 40 stockers to 1100 head. By custom grazing on leased land he was able to pay his entire farm and home loan within three years. Today he has four farms and leases 12. No Risk Ranching, Custom Grazing on Leased Land describes how he found and managed his first and subsequent leases. He offers a detailed guide for other graziers to follow on how to find idle land to lease; calculate the cost of a lease; draft and write a land lease contract (with examples included); develop good water and portable fencing on leased land; promote wildlife and improve timber stands; keep accurate records and more. No Risk Ranching was written to help other graziers from making the same mistakes Judy made. He writes, "I am convinced that in the USA our pastures are one of our most underutilized natural resources. I am not against land ownership. I just feel like it is an awful hardship on a new blooming grazing business."

Funds of Knowledge

Author : Norma Gonzalez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135614059
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Funds of Knowledge written by Norma Gonzalez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-21 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of "funds of knowledge" is based on a simple premise: people are competent and have knowledge, and their life experiences have given them that knowledge. The claim in this book is that first-hand research experiences with families allow one to document this competence and knowledge, and that such engagement provides many possibilities for positive pedagogical actions. Drawing from both Vygotskian and neo-sociocultural perspectives in designing a methodology that views the everyday practices of language and action as constructing knowledge, the funds of knowledge approach facilitates a systematic and powerful way to represent communities in terms of the resources they possess and how to harness them for classroom teaching. This book accomplishes three objectives: It gives readers the basic methodology and techniques followed in the contributors' funds of knowledge research; it extends the boundaries of what these researchers have done; and it explores the applications to classroom practice that can result from teachers knowing the communities in which they work. In a time when national educational discourses focus on system reform and wholesale replicability across school sites, this book offers a counter-perspective stating that instruction must be linked to students' lives, and that details of effective pedagogy should be linked to local histories and community contexts. This approach should not be confused with parent participation programs, although that is often a fortuitous consequence of the work described. It is also not an attempt to teach parents "how to do school" although that could certainly be an outcome if the parents so desired. Instead, the funds of knowledge approach attempts to accomplish something that may be even more challenging: to alter the perceptions of working-class or poor communities by viewing their households primarily in terms of their strengths and resources, their defining pedagogical characteristics. Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms is a critically important volume for all teachers and teachers-to-be, and for researchers and graduate students of language, culture, and education.

Bob Kleberg and the King Ranch

Author : John Cypher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bob Kleberg and the King Ranch written by John Cypher and published by . This book was released on 1995-03 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This absorbing biography, written by Kleberg's top assistant of many years, captures both the life of the man and the spirit of the kingdom he ruled, offering a rare, insider's view of life on a fabled Texas ranch.

Abundance for What?

Author : David Riesman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000675785
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Abundance for What? written by David Riesman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic collection of essays by David Riesman discusses the implications of affluence in America. Riesman maintains that the question that should be raised by wealth has shifted over time from how to obtain wealth to how to make use of it. Another key theme concerns issues relevant to higher education, such as academic freedom. Abundance for What? examines the notion that America is not as open a society as it may appear to be; it then shows how social science may be used to explain why this is so. And now in a brilliant, lengthy reevaluation Riesman both clarifies and revises that earlier assessment with unusual luster and candor., The volume begins with a group of essays that describe the impact of the Cold War. After warning against depending on a war economy, Riesman shifts the focus of discussion to a central characteristic of the Cold War epoch: the uses and abuses of abundance in expanding leisure time. Several essays deal with suburbs as the locale of abundance, while others study the place of the automobile in American life. Riesman describes the impact of American abundance on other nations. Among the many other subjects discussed in Abundance for What? are the education of women, generational shifts in attitudes, and a study of the national character., In his major new 100-page introduction, Riesman also relates the experiences that originally inspired him to write these essays. He then talks about the social and historical changes that have occurred since their publication. His synthesis of old Ideas with contemporary ones makes this a compelling volume. Abundance for What? continues to hold a significant place in the social and cultural critiques of contemporary America and will be of interest to historians, psychologists, educators, and urban policymakers alike.

One Size Fits None

Author : Stephanie Anderson
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496211944
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book One Size Fits None written by Stephanie Anderson and published by University of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sustainable” has long been the rallying cry of agricultural progressives; given that much of our nation’s farm and ranch land is already degraded, however, sustainable agriculture often means maintaining a less-than-ideal status quo. Industrial agriculture has also co-opted the term for marketing purposes without implementing better practices. Stephanie Anderson argues that in order to provide nutrient-rich food and fight climate change, we need to move beyond sustainable to regenerative agriculture, a practice that is highly tailored to local environments and renews resources. In One Size Fits None Anderson follows diverse farmers across the United States: a South Dakota bison rancher who provides an alternative to the industrial feedlot; an organic vegetable farmer in Florida who harvests microgreens; a New Mexico super-small farmer who revitalizes communities; and a North Dakota midsize farmer who combines livestock and grain farming to convert expensive farmland back to native prairie. The use of these nontraditional agricultural techniques show how varied operations can give back to the earth rather than degrade it. This book will resonate with anyone concerned about the future of food in America, providing guidance for creating a better, regenerative agricultural future. Download a discussion guide (PDF).

The Turnaround

Author : David Pratt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780991063444
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (634 download)

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Download or read book The Turnaround written by David Pratt and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional story of two ranch families who face challenges turning their ranches into profitable businesses. This book is an introduction to principles and processes taught at the Ranching For Profit School.

How to Not Go Broke Ranching

Author : Walt Davis
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781463611880
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book How to Not Go Broke Ranching written by Walt Davis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Walt Davis spent more than fifty years as a working rancher in Texas and Oklahoma. He has lived all of the joys and all of the sorrows that go with ranch life and it is his unbiased opinion that ranching is (depending on how it is done) either the world's best way to make a living or an unending struggle against nature that will break the strongest spirit. He soon realized that agriculture is a biological rather than an industrial process."--Back cover.