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Related Web Sites

Texas A&M Ag Related Links

 

Dept. of Agricultural Economics
Dept. of Animal Science
Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences
Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
TAMU Ag Links 
Texas Agricultural Extension Publications

BISON

http://www.bisoncentral.com
http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/ars.bison.htm
http://www.gpbuffalo.org
http://www.ndbuffalo.org

DEER

http://cervid.forsci.ualberta.ca/
http://cervid.forsci.ualberta.ca/digitaldeer/pasture/AARIPasture.htm#_Toc490946812
http://www.deer.rr.ualberta.ca/library/deernutr/Nutrition.html
http://www.deer.rr.ualberta.ca/research/digitaldeer/bion/references.htm
http://www.deer.rr.ualberta.ca/library/bion/feeddeer.html
http://www.deer.rr.ualberta.ca/research/digitaldeer/bion/modeldev.htm
http://www.deer.rr.ualberta.ca/library/season/season.html
http://www.deer.rr.ualberta.ca/deermail.html

ELK

http://www.deernutrition.com/index2.html
http://cervid/forsci.ualberta.co/library/bisonhandbk/default.html
http://cervid.forsci.ualberta.ca/library/elkhandbook/index.html
http://cervid.forsci.ualberta.ca/research/digitaldeer/bion/index.htm

 

NUTBAL

Nutritional Evaluation Utilities
Digestive Physiology
Manual de Soporte Tecnico - Technical Guide for NUTBAL (Spanish)

Animal Science

Australia Mammalian Society
American Society of Animal Science
Cattle Industry's Links
Animal Science Dept.-Oklahoma State U.
Penn State's New Dairy Cattle Nutrition Home Page
Breeds of Livestock
Frame Scores
http://www.simmental.com.au/html/default_simnotel.html
http://agpublications.tamu.edu/pubs/eanim/15176.pdf
http://www.extension.unr.edu/cattle/feedertables.html
http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/ansci/beef/as1091w.htm
Using Body Condition Scores
Other Breed Information Links
The Cattle Pages
Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle
Beef Cattle Requirements Errata Sheet
Body Condition, Nutrition and Reproduction of Beef Cows TAEX article
Nutrient Requirements of Domestic Animals
http://www.beefimprovement.org/
Review of Cattle and Beef Nutrition
Livestock Feed Terms Defined

Foot and Mouth

Foot and Mouth Disease

Body Condition Score

Body condition score in Wagyu (Japanese Black Cattle)
Frame Score/BCS/Weight Utility
BCS as a tool for Dairy Herd Management - Score 2
Feed Allowance and BCS
Dairy Cattle BCS Chart
Dairy Cattle BCS Quiz
BCS
Body Score Fact Sheet for Horses - From the Equine Research Centre at Guelph/Ontario, Canada.
Dairy Herd Management
Feeding Your Cows by Body Condition, C-842
http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/ansci/g02230.htm
http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/ansci/beef/as1026w.htm
http://www.aps.uoguelph.cal/~plaizierj/bcsn.htm

NIRS Technical Links 

Making NIR Analysis Work
Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Council for NIR
Spectroscopic Tools

Feed & Forage

Composition and Feeding of Byproducts Using Byproduct Feeds in Supplementation Programs
Composition of Feedstuff - Feed Composition for Cattle and Sheep, Colorado State University  
Forage Value Database
Moorman's Manufacturing Co. Feed Facts
Oklahoma Feed Commodity Bulletin
Micro histological Analysis - click on "Wildlife Habitat and Nutrition Lab"
Feed Resources Group
Grassland and Pasture Crops

Government Ag Links

Natural Resources Conservation Service
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
USDA's logoUnited States Department of Agriculture
Government Resources - links to governmental institutes
Grazing Lands Technical Institute - The Grazing Lands Technology Institute (GLTI) provides technical excellence to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and other appropriate customers in the acquisition, development, coordination, and transfer of technology that meets the needs of grazing land resources, landowners and managers, and the public.
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative - The Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative's (GLCI) mission is to provide high quality technical assistance on privately owned grazing lands on a voluntary basis, and to increase the awareness of the importance of grazing land resources.
American Farm Bureau

Organizations

Society for Range Management
Soil & Water Conservation Society
National Cattleman's Beef Association

Sheep & Goats

AmerSheepind.gif (3298 bytes)American Sheep Industry Association
Sheep Breeds
Goats and More Goats

Range/Ranch Management

Ranchers Mgmt. Guide Index - This guide is designed to be an information resource for Arizona ranchers. The guide contains extension developed information on a wide range of issues related to Arizona ranch management, including information on production, policy, and economic issues.
Montana Extension Livestock and Range
Plant Identification
Arizona Ag NIC 
Center for Grazingland and Ranch Management - The role of the Center will be to focus on the critical decision processes that natural resource managers must face to integrate resources, including production, economic, social policy and environmental practices into sustainable grazinglands and ranch management.

Wildlife

Bison - Montana
Bison Nutrition
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Ultimate Ungulate Home Page
Deer Management Simulator

Drought

TNRCC Drought Info
Montana State Drought Info
Texas Waternet -The Institute serves as a focal point for water related research at Texas universities, often encouraging discussion of statewide issues through meetings and conferences and stimulating multi-university studies. Its educational programs synthesize the latest information on critical program areas and bring an academic viewpoint to policy makers. Its training programs encourage bright scholars to study at Texas universities.
CEOS Group/Drought Hazard Team Report
Climate Prediction Center U.S. Drought Monitor - National drought assessment with updated graphics, seasonal outlooks, soil moisture, precipitation and temperature data.
VantagePiont Network Current Drought index and Forcast - Current drought index, precipitation comparisons and forcasts.
Drought Severity Index by Division (Long Term Palmer)
NOAA's Drought Information Center
Seasonal U.S. Drought Outlook, June-July-August 2000 - (AREA MOST at RISK)
USDA, USDC and NOAA Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin - Weather data, crop moisture maps, temperature and soil temperature maps, and a national agricultural summary.
Texas Center for Drought Studies
Texas Drought News Links
Angus Journal Drought Page
Management During Drought

Weather

US Animal Performance Weather Data System - This site gives you weather data used in the NUTBAL Pro software.
The Weather Channel

Weather1 - This is a shareware weather program that sits in your system tray and keeps you posted of current weather conditions, forecasts, Warnings & Advisories, hundreds of Satellite and Radar images - including State level radar, Weather Cams, over 3400 Worldwide locations, 1-day, 2-day, 10-Day, 3 Month and 12 Month Outlooks, USDA, Forecast images, Population/Census information, and much more!  Requires purchase.

NNDC Climate Data Online - this site is useful for obtaining weather data for the NUTBAL program.
Agricultural Weather - It is our goal to provide America's Farmers the very best Ag-weather and related information possible.
Agrimet - Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ag Weather Network.
PAWS - Washington State Public Ag Weather System.
NOAA - NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, for long term average max and min temperatures.
 

 

 

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