OhioRiver":145z1oo3 said:
Is this the right book for beginners like myself?
TB-Herefords":145z1oo3 said:
There is a book called Cow calf Management guide put to gether by a lot of professers and producers in the westeren states. A lot of good info. 1-208-885-6345 they also have a web site but I dont know it. Around a 800 pages cost about 100.00 bucks
There are many books, on-line articles, pamphlets, occasional seminars on Genetics and Reproductive Technics and they are ALL valuable. The important factor to you right now is: START WITH SOMETHING! If you are concerned that it is above your knowledge base at the time, select a beginning information study from the Internet. There are literally thousands of bits of terrific information on the internet, and it is all for the SEARCHING!
My advice: Go to "dogpile.com", and USE them. Type any subject about beef cattle that you can come up with - - here are a few ideas - "Cow-Calf Production", "Beef Heifer Production", "Raising Beef Cattle". etc. Use short titles with few words, because the SEARCH Engines will pick out everything with all the words that you put in the title, and a lot won't be what you want. You will have your choice of from 50 to several hundred sources if information about each title. Scroll through and pick what you can use. Some is good, and some is not. But YOU make the decision. If you come on a phrase, or idea, or subject that stumps you, put the SEARCH engine to work asking about that subject.
Start a "GLOSSARY" of terms when you find a new word that is unfamiliar to you, find out the definition, and include it in your GLOSSARY. Pretty soon you will have your own personal "HANDBOOK OF BEEF CATTLE TERMS" that you can refer to, and then learning additional stuff is easy!
But - -START RIGHT NOW! Not tomorrow. NOW!
Good LEARNING!
DOC HARRIS