General Livestock Resources
A beginners Guide to Raising Animals for Meat: Washington State Department of Agriculture website for getting started raising animals for meat production.
- Animal Husbandry | Washington State Department of Agriculture
- Livestock Heat Stress: Recognition, Response, and Prevention
- Livestock Management and Water Quality
- Livestock Pests Study Guide
- Feed-ology: How to Read a Feed Tag
See WSU Animal Agriculture of more resources.
Beef Cattle Resources
- Cattle Vaccine Handling and Management Guidelines (pdf)
- Feeding Beef Cattle I: The Realities of Low-Quality Forages
- Feeding Beef Cattle II: Fetal Programing—Rethinking Cow/Calf Feeding Programs
- Mineral Supplementation of Beef Cattle in the Pacific Northwest (pdf)
- Price Indices for Estimating Cattle Prices in the Pacific Northwest (pdf)
- Supplementing Cattle on Drought Affected Pastures and Ranges
See WSU Extension Beef Cattle for more resources.
Dairy Cattle Resources
Daily Calf Treatment for Diarrhea: Are The Drugs We Use Effective?
See WSU Extension Dairy Cattle for more resources.
Poultry
- Break-even Analysis of Small Scale Production of Pastured Organic Poultry (pdf)
- Feeding Meat-Type Chickens (pdf)
See WSU Extension Other Species for more resources.
Horses
West Nile Virus: Protecting Your Horses
See WSU Extension Horses for more resources.
Livestock Marketing Information Center
WSU is a member of a national marketing data and analysis clearinghouse representing most land grant universities. We provide a bi-weekly newsletter on livestock marketing with local prices, national analysis, and useful news related to livestock markets. You can request to be added to this listserv by sending a blank email to subscribe-livestockmarkets@lyris.cahnrs.wsu.edu. There are many publicly available resources on the Livestock Marketing Information Center website.
Program Contact
Kathryn Hoogheem, Agriculture Extension CoordinatorPhone Number509-684-2588 Email Address • kathryn.hoogheem@wsu.edu