The book list on this page contains all my favorite cattle farming books, organized by category. If you have a favorite cattle farming book that's not on my list, please recommend it here!
Quick links to book categories on this page:
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. |
(Disclosure: I get commissions for purchases made using Amazon links in my post.) 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. |
(Disclosure: I get commissions for purchases made using Amazon links in my post.) 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.
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Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior — by Temple Grandin. |
(Disclosure: I get commissions for purchases made using Amazon links in my post.) Stockmanship 101 (video) — by Bob Kinford |
View on Amazon.com: Plunderers of the Earth: the Erosion of Civilization, the Mad Crusade to Control the Climate, and the Untold Stories of Soil and CO2. #CommissionsEarned — by Julius Ruechel. |
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. |
(Disclosure: I get commissions for purchases made using Amazon links in my post.) 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. |
(Disclosure: I get commissions for purchases made using Amazon links in my post.)
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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