Beef Production and Management Decisions

<p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 1&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An Overview of the U.S. Beef Industry</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">General Overview</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Contribution to the U.S. Economy</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Beef Industry Segments</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Beef Industry Organizations</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Beef Industry Issues</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Animal Well-Being</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 2&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Retail Beef Products and Consumers</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Retail Beef Products</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Beef Consumption and Expenditures</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Beef Palatability and Consumer Preferences</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">By-Products</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 3&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Management Systems: Integrated and Holistic Resource Management</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Resources and Principles</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">The Human Resource</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">The Financial Resource</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Land and Feed Resources</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">The Cattle Resource</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">The Market Resource</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Management Systems</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 4&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Management Decisions for Seedstock Breeders</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Breeding Program Goals and Objectives</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Production Records</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Sire Selection</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selecting Replacement Heifers</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selecting Cows</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Marketing Decisions</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 5&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Commercial Cow-Calf Management Decisions</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Creating the Vision</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Information Systems</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Profit-Oriented Management Decisions</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Factors Affecting Pounds of Calf Weaned</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Managing Percent Calf Crop</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Managing Weaning Weights</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Managing Annual Cow Costs and Returns</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Matching Cows to Their Economical Environment</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Weaning Management</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Marketing Decisions</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Establishing a Commercial Cow-Calf Operation</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Summary of Cow-Calf Operational Types and Management Practices</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 6&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stocker Management Decisions</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Computing Breakeven Prices</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">The Budgeting Process</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Management Considerations</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Pasture Leases</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 7&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Feedlot Management Decisions</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Types of Cattle Feeding Operations</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Non-Finishing Feeding</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Managing a Feedlot Operation</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 8&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Beef Supply Chain</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Trust</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Sustainability</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Value Creation</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Source Verification, Traceback, and Identification Systems</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Structural Changes in the Beef Industry</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Supply Chain Coordination/Business Relationships</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 9&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Marketing System</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Market Classes and Grades</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Marketing Cows and Bulls</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Market Channels</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Grid Pricing</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Major Factors Affecting Cattle Prices</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Assessing Marketing Costs</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Forecasting Beef Prices and Managing Price Risks</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">The Futures Market</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Advertising and Promoting Retail Beef</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Global Beef Industry</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Numbers, Production, Consumption, and Prices</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">International Trade</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Beef Suppliers</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">NAFTA Partners</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Buyers</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Trade Policy and Other Factors</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 11&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reproduction</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Structure and Function of the Reproductive Organs</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Breeding</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Artificial Insemination</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Synchronization of Estrous</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Embryo Transfer</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Cloning</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Pregnancy</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Calving</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Rebreeding</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Adaption of Reproductive Management Technologies</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Genetics and Breeding</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Genetic Principles</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Mating Strategies</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Traits and Their Measurement</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Improving Beef Cattle Through Breeding Methods</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selection Programs</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">National Sire Evaluation</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Genetic Testing and Marker-Assisted Selection</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 13&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cattle Breeds</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Breed Variation</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Breed Evaluation for Commercial Producers</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Breed Evaluation for Low-Cost Production</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Breed Evaluations to Improve Consumer Market Share</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Integrated Production Systems</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nutrition</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Nutrients</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Proximate Analysis of Feeds</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">The Ruminant Digestive System</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Digestibility of Feeds</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Energy Evaluations of Feeds</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Feeds: Classification and Composition</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Ration Formulation</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Pricing Feedstuffs</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Cow-Calf Nutrition</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Yearling-Stocker Cattle Nutrition</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Feeding Feedlot Cattle</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Managing Forage Resources</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Grazed Forage Resources</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Plant Types and Their Distribution</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Grazing Management</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Major Grazing Regions of the United States</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Hays</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Crop Residues</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Drought Management</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Market Cattle Production on Grazed Forage</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Health Problems Associated with Grazing Plants</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Herd Health</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Diseases and Health Problems</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Immunity</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Establishing a Herd Health Program</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Stress and Health</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Parasites</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Cow-Calf Health Management Programs</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 17&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Growth, Development, and Beef Cattle Type</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Growth and Development</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Beef Type</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Parts of the Beef Animal</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Carcass Conformation</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Conformation of Market Cattle</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Conformation of Feeder Cattle</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Conformation of Breeding Cattle</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">The Livestock Show</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Chapter 18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cattle Behavior, Facilities, and Equipment</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Behavior</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Gathering Cattle on Pasture and Training Cattle</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Cattle Transport</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Facilities and Equipment</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Auditing Animal Well-Being</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Selected References</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Appendix</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">The Metric System</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Other Weights, Measures, and Sizes</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Volumes and Weights of Stacked and Baled Hay</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Round Grain Bin Volumes</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Measuring Irrigation Water Flow</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Land Description for Legal Purposes</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Major Organizations Within or Affecting the Beef Industry</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Glossary</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Index</p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Additional Resources</p>