Beef

• Guide to Raising Healthy Beef Cattle (PDF, 4 pages, 895 KB)
• Holstein Steer Nutrient Recommendations (PDF, 1 page, 40 KB)
• Iowa Beef Center
• Beef Talk
• A Consumer Guide to Grass-fed Beef (PDF, 7 pages, 2 MB)
• WI Johne’s Newsletter Beef 7-09 (PDF, 4 pages, 134 KB)
• Optaflexx and Zilmax (Beta Agonists): Growth Promoting Feed Additives (PDF, 2 pages, 102 KB)
• Mineral Supplements for Beef
• University of Kentucky, Direct & Local Meat Marketing
• eXtension

Sheep

• Sheep 101
• Sheep 201
• A Guide To Raising Healthy Sheep (PDF, 4 pages, 903 KB)
• Guide to Raising Dairy Sheep (PDF, 6 pages, 1 MB)
• Pasture Species Selection for Sheep (PDF, 5 pages, 81 KB)
• Selecting a Good Grass Variety (PDF 1 page, 2 MB)
• Scrapie Disease
• University of Maryland “Sheep and Goat Page”
• List of Sheep Shearers (PDF, 2 pages, 26 KB)
• Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative
• Managing Sheep and Goats on Pasture (PDF, 2 pages, 292 KB)
• Official Scrapies Identification Requirement for Sheep and Goats in Wisconsin (PDF, 2 pages, 2 MB)
• Care of the Newborn Lamb
• Newborn Lamb Management
• So You’re Thinking of Raising Sheep or Goats (PDF, 7 pages, 169 KB)
• eXtension
• The Small Ruminant Toolbox – SARE

Poultry

• University of Wisconsin Extension Poultry Web page
• A Guide to Raising Healthy Poultry (PDF, 4 pages, 1 MB)
• Producing Poultry on Pasture (PDF, 4 pages, 3 MB)
• Pasture Poultry Ark (PDF, 4 pages, 2 MB)
• North Dakota State University Housing Plans
• American Pastured Poultry Producers Association
• American Poultry Association/American Bantam Association (APA-ABA) Youth Poultry Club
• Egg Safety and the Backyard Flock (PDF, 3 pages, 174 KB)
• Poultry in Urban Areas
• Small and Backyard Flocks
• Purdue University Avian Sciences Net
• eXtension

Hogs

• Guide to Raising Healthy Pigs (PDF, 6 pages, 674 KB)
• National Pork Producers Council
• National Pork Board (Pork Check-Off)
• Wisconsin Pork Producers Association
• eXtension

 

  

Goats

• Starting a Dairy Goat Business (PDF, 109 pages, 523 KB)
• University of Maryland’s “Sheep and Goat Page”
• American Boer Goat Association
• American Meat Goat Association
• SAREs “Sustainable Control of Internal Parasites in Small Ruminant Production” (PDF, 8 pages, 596 KB)
• Managing Sheep and Goats on Pasture (PDF, 2 pages, 292 KB)
• Official Scrapies Identification Requirement for Sheep and Goats in Wisconsin (PDF, 2 pages, 2 MB)
• So You’re Thinking of Raising Sheep or Goats (PDF, 7 pages, 169 KB)
• External Parasites of Meat Goats-Oklahoma State
• Oklahoma Basic Meat Goat Manual
• Oklahoma Meat Goat Management Videos
• NY State 4-H Youth Development Program’s “Goat Programs”
• eXtension
• The Small Ruminant Toolbox – SARE

 

Horses

• Buying Horse Hay
• Pasture for Horses
• Michigan State’s “My Horse University”
• eXtension

 

Animal Premise Identification Is Required

The Wisconsin Premises Registration Act requires anyone who keeps, houses, or comingles livestock to register their premises. Premises that are not currently licensed by the Wisconsin DATCP are required to register according to state law. For more information please visit the Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium

• Why Premises ID? (PDF, 1 page, 108 KB)
• New Registration Form (PDF, 4 pages, 190 KB)
• Frequently Asked Questions (PDF 2 pages, 126 KB)

Additional Resources

• Is My Farm a Hobby or Business?
• Fall Grazing Management Affects Burdock Populations in Pastures
• University of California Livestock Poisoning Plants