Pastures:

"Summer and Fall Pasture Management"

OSU research has paved the way for livestock producers to apply selenium with fertilizer in Oregon. This document summarizes the 8 years of research work on selenium fertilization as a way to prevent white muscle disease and reproductive problems associated with a deficiency of selenium in grazing livestock diets. 15-page publication SELENIUM FERTILIZATION TO PREVENT SELENIUM DEFICIENCY (pdf file)"

"Pasture and Hayland Renovation for Western Washington and Oregon. EB 1870."
Available from the Polk County Extension Office or here.

"Pastures – Western Oregon and Western Washington. Fertilizer Guide No. 63. Revised, January, 2000." (Pdf file available online)

"Early Spring Forage Production for Western Oregon Pastures. EM 8852-E. January, 2004." (Pdf file available online)

"Liming Coastal Pastures"

Upcoming Pasture Workshops

Beef:

"Beef Production for Small Farms. EC 1514. January, 2000." (available online)

"Beef Cow-Calf Management Guide. EM 8827. March, 2003." (Pdf file available online)

Beef Cattle Nutrition Workbook, EM 8883-E. A guide to beef nutrition and feeding with sections on nutrient requirements, ration formulation, minerals and more. Available here.

Beef Basics Home Study Course. This course addresses topics important to the management of beef cattle, as well as issues important to the beef cow-calf industry. Materials will be provided for home study, and discussion sessions will be held every other week to go over the materials. Sessions begin again in the fall of 2005.

Statistical information for the beef cattle industry in Oregon as well as other livestock and crops can be obtained by accessing OSU's Oregon Agricultural Information Network here.

Livestock handling facilities design. Link to Temple Grandin web page at Colorado State University.

Beef Breed Information from Oklahoma State University

Oregon Feed Compendium
This compendium encompasses data from feed analysis conducted at Oregon State University over several decades. Included are the "Oregon Forage and By-product Library," "Mineral Content of forages Native to Certain Locations in Oregon", 1950-1979, "By-products and Unusual Feed Stuffs in Livestock rations," information from various studies by extension agents throughout the state, scientific and extension articles dealing with Oregon Forages, and various graduate student thesis from the Range and Soils Departments at Oregon State University.

Grass Tetany Fact Sheet.  

Mycoplasma Pneumonia in Calves

Cattle Sales Via Video Auction

Sheep:

Sheep Production Seminar November 2007

OSU Extension Lambing School. Held in January each year. This is an excellent opportunity to learn how to increase your odds of getting live lambs on the ground and off to a good start! This school is held in a commercial sheep lambing barn, so there will be ample hands-on opportunities. The school will also include discussions on sheep nutrition and facilities.

The 2008 lambing school is set for January 22.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 9TH! Click here for registration form and more information.

Link to OSU Department of Animal Sciences Sheep Extension

Voluntary Scrapie Eradication Program information. For more information on the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service scrapie identification program, click here.

The Sheep Industry Handbook, an excellent resource covering the basics of sheep production, is for beginner and experienced sheep producers alike. Topics include Sheep Breeding, Forages, Handling, Health, Management, Marketing, Nutrition, Predator Control, Quality Assurance, Reproduction, Sheep Care and Wool. It can be ordered from the American Sheep Industry Association. Click here for the ASI Web site.

"Parasite Concerns in Sheep. Click here for a downloadable document summarizing the notes on this subject from the Oregon Sheep Growers annual convention, December 2006."

Swine:

Link to Extension Animal Sciences swine page

Hay:

"Endophyte Toxins in Grass Seed Fields and Straw. EM 8598. August, 2003." (PDF file available online)

Endophyte levels for some Oregon grown grasses are available on a list prepared by three OSU Extension Crop Science faculty. The list was updated in 2006. The following link will take you to the list on OSU's Oregon Seed Extension Program Web page.

Link to the OSU Forage Information Service

"Understanding your forage test results. EM 8801. April, 2002." Available on line here.

"Haymaking on the westside. EB 1897." A publication on conserving hay in western Washington and western Oregon written by Steven Fransen and Michael Hackett of Washington State University. Available from the Polk County OSU Extension Office.

"Oregon Grass Straw" - an affordable forage resource for winter feeding programs. 1999. Randy Dovel, Tim DelCurto and Gene Pirelli.
Agriculture Fiber Association publication. Available only from the Polk County OSU Extension Office. Please call to ask for a copy.

"Sampling the Moisture Content of Alfalfa in the Windrow: A New Tool Helps" By Ron Thaemert and Glenn Shewmaker, University of Idaho.

Production of high quality hay, vital for the dairy industry, is more predictable with the use of a simple tool to measure moisture content of hay for harvest. Learn how to make the tool with $10 in hardware store supplies. And learn how to use it to sample moisture content throughout your field. PDF version (71Kb)

Animal Science Information:
Link to the OSU Animal Sciences Department home page.

Candace Croney, the OSU Bioethics and Animal Welfare Specialist.

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