Beef Cattle Handbook

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (November 30, 2009)--Beef producers interested in obtaining the most current information on all phases of production will want to obtain a copy of the Beef Cattle Handbook in either the printed version or a CD ROM. The 145 fact sheets cover reproduction; agribusiness and business management: nutrition; production management; quality assurance and carcass end products; health and entomology; facilities and equipment; environmental stewardship; pasture, range and forage management; and breeding and genetics.

The handbook was developed under the auspices of the Beef Cattle Resource Committee of the North Central Land Grant Universities; Extension Specialists from the various North Central Universities are writers and editors of the fact sheets.

A printed version comes ready made for insertion into a three-ring binder. It is shrink wrapped and three-hole punched, with a separate cover and tabbed dividers to separate the main sections. The cost for the publication in printed format is $60 plus $6.50 postage and handling. A CD ROM is also available and will print the fact sheets in PDF format. Cost of the CD is $25 plus $6.50 postage and handling.

The Beef Cattle Handbook (and other publications) can be ordered online at www.mwps.org, or send orders to MWPS, 122 Davison Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3080. Call 515-294-4337; FAX an order to 515-294-9589: or e-mail a request to MWPS@iastate.edu. To purchase the CD, ask for The Beef Cattle Handbook CD, MWPS-CD1. To order a printed version, ask for The Beef Cattle Handbook, MWPS-CD1P.