Joe,
Can you add tags to your diigo posts. For example, "farming", "agriculture", "ag mechanics". Of course you will want to use naming conventions that make sense. This is helpful when others are using our PL Diigo to search for resources. Please do this for all of your posts.
Mrs. Deppman
This article is about Automatic Calf Feeders. The article covers the average cost per animal for the feeder along with comparing it to other feeding options such as hutches. Also the article covers M.B Jensen a danish researchers research. M.B Jensen discovered that the # of times you let the calves come to the feeder a day should be kept to a number of 5-6 feedings a day so that they went coming in 10 different times while another calf could be getting fed.
Starting a deer farm or ranch requires energy, innovation and much time spent in research. Once you have considered your options and decided what is right for you, visit established operations and talk to other deer owners who are raising the type of deer you are interested in.
I just read a piece on the North American Deer Farmers Association or NADeFA website about general information on deer farming. The main points of this article are knowing the regulations, start up capital, plan, farm layout, fencing, building pens, nutrition, feeding program, herd structure, handling, health care, buying stock, and transportation. The purpose of this site is to give the average person who wants to know about deer farming or a someone who is new to deer farming, the general information needed to deer farm. Some topics or issues covered in this article were Land to live stock ratios, laws that someone would need to know, how to treat illnesses, and how to prepare the land for deer. This article is about the general information needed to deer farm.
This source is very useful because of all the solid factual information. Compared to other sites I have used, this provides a good amount of writing and great details about each topic stated throughout this article. This information comes from a good reliable source used by deer farmers all throughout the us to talk with other farmers and to get information from the site itself. I would definitely recommend this site to anyone who wants to learn about deer farming.
This site helped me learn a lot about deer farming and the general information you need to know to deer farm. This information made me realize that I want to learn a lot more about deer farming and possibly consider it as future a career. Someone could use this site/article for advice when starting a new deer farm or if someone just wants to know about deer farming in general. This article has made me want to focus one of my learning topics on deer farming.
Memphis, TN - The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) recently announced that Krone will be presented a coveted 2015 AE50 award for the new EasyCollect 603 corn head. Companies from around the world submit entries to the annual AE50 competition and up to 50 of the best products are selected by a panel of international engineering experts.
The link above is to Harvey Smiths web page for his farm. Although it does not talk about supporting agriculture is has Harvey's contact information and a bio about him. Harvey is the man to ask about farming he is a farmer and talking to people is his job! Harvey is the representative of Addison county and he operates a farm.
"The National FFA Organization (also known as Future Farmers of America) is an organization that helps young people develop career, leadership and life skills through agricultural education." quoted from the FFA page. Visit this website, there is some great information about farming.
History Fallow deer are on of the popular exotic species raised in North America. Their domesticated history extends back to the 9th century B.C., when the Phoenicians domesticated them for quality venison. For centuries, the Europeans raised them for food, and today fallow deer continue to yield fine table venison.
Fallow deer farming is popular throughout the us depending on where it is legal. I have read a piece written by the NADeFA about fallow deer. The main points of this article are their history, general information, nutrition/health, and reproduction. The purpose of this article is to let people know about fallow deer. Some topics covered in this article are where they are naturally located, when they were first domesticated, looks, size, necessities, hormones, and when they give birth. This article is about fallow deer farming and the basic information about fallow deer.
This article is full of good useful information for anyone who wants to know about the history, general information, nutrition, and reproduction of fallow deer. This site has an ok amount of good information. Compared to other sites I have used this article could of had more writing but still answered what I wanted to know about fallow deer. This information is reliable, relevant for my learning, and comes from a good source. I would recommend this site.
This source was helpful to me because it answered what I wanted to know about fallow deer. This information had directed my learning by making me want to know more abut fallow deer and the agricultural side to fallow deer. Someone could use this source to find out the basics about fallow deer. This article has given me good reliable information on deer farming and answered what I wanted to know about fallow deer and could make me possibly look into fallow deer farming.