Tech Talk: Livestock 101

This Tech Talk provides basic information for several species of livestock that may be raised on pasture, including the following topics:

• Livestock terminology
• The different kinds/classes of grazing livestock
• Dietary preferences of each species and basic nutritional requirements for each species
• The roles that dietary preferences and nutritional requirements play in developing grazing systems
• Basic livestock production systems
• Reproduction
• Marketing:  Where do animals go when they leave the farm?
• Stock flow on the farm: Summarizing how to maintain animals in a year-round livestock operation

This Tech Talk is designed for people with little or no experience with livestock.