My Favorite Cattle Farming Books

Grass Fed Cattle: How to Produce and Market Natural Beef - by Julius Ruechel.

How to Not go Broke Ranching: Things I Learned the Hard Way in Fifty Years of Ranching - by Walt Davis.

Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle - by Heather Smith Thomas.

Salad Bar Beef - by Joel Salatin.

Knowledge Rich Ranching - by Allan Nation

Grassfed to Finish: A Production Guide to Gourmet Grass-Finished Beef - by Allan Nation.

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View on Amazon.com: Healthy Land, Happy Families and Profitable Businesses: Essays to Improve Your Land, Your Life and Your Bottom Line^{#CommissionsEarned} - by Dave W Pratt.

No Risk Ranching: Custom Grazing on Leased Land - by Greg Judy.

If You Want To Be A Cowboy, Get A Job - by Stan Parsons.

Thoughts and Advice from an Old Cattleman - by Gordon Hazard.

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View on Amazon.com: The Merck Veterinary Manual^{#CommissionsEarned} - 11th Edition.

The Cattle Health Handbook - by Heather Smith Thomas. 

Essential Guide to Calving: Giving Your Beef or Dairy Herd a Healthy Start - by Heather Smith Thomas.

Moving 'Em: A Guide to Low Stress Animal Handling - by Burt Smith.

Humane Livestock Handling: Understanding livestock behavior and building facilities for healthier animals - by Temple Grandin.

Manual of Stockmanship - by Steve Cotes.

Steve Cotes was a soil and range conservationist with the USDA for 27 years. He now teaches stockmanship to range, feedlot, dairy and pasture livestock producers. 

• Steve's website: www.cotestockmanship.com
• How to order his book: www.cotestockmanship.com/learning-resources.html

Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior - by Temple Grandin.

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Stockmanship 101 (video) - by Bob Kinford

Hands-On Agronomy: Understanding Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Use - by Neal Kinsey.

Greener Pastures on Your Side of the Fence: Better Farming With Voisin Management-Intensive Grazing - by Bill Murphy

Kick the Hay Habit: A Practical Guide to Year-Around Grazing - by Jim Gerrish.

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View on Amazon.com: Management-Intensive Grazing: The Grassroots of Grass Farming^{#CommissionsEarned} - by Jim Gerrish.

Quality Pasture: How to Create It, Manage It & Profit from It - by Allan Nation.

Pasture Profits With Stocker Cattle - by Allan Nation.

Holistic Management: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment - by Allan Savory, Jody Butterfield.

Holistic Management Handbook: Healthy Land, Healthy Profits - by Jody Butterfield, Sam Bingham, Allan Savory.

Pasture Perfect: How You Can Benefit from Choosing Meat, Eggs, and Dairy Products from Grass-Fed Animals - by Jo Robinson.

The Grassfed Gourmet Cookbook: Healthy Cooking and Good Living with Pasture-Raised Foods - by Shannon Hayes.

View on Amazon.com: All Creatures Great and Small^{#CommissionsEarned} - by James Herriot.

View on Amazon.com: All Things Bright and Beautiful: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor^{#CommissionsEarned} - by James Herriot.

View on Amazon.com: Smith and Other Event: Tales of the Chilcotin^{#CommissionsEarned} - by Paul St. Pierre.

View on Amazon.com: Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse^{#CommissionsEarned} - by Paul St. Pierre.

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