For help running, expanding, and improving your farm business, see our Farm Enterprise Management page

Meat

• Whole Animal Sales for Custom Processing
• FACTSHEET - Whole Animal Sales for Custom Processing
• Flow Chart of Legal meat Processing and Sales
• Guide to Food Label Considerations, from Animal Welfare Approved
• Links to information on Organic Livestock Production
• Livestock Slaughter and Meat Processing Requirements in California
• Marin & Sonoma Alternative Livestock Production & Marketing
• Poultry Resources for backyard poultry, small-scale, and commercial production
• Practices in Organic and Grass-Fed Beef Production
• Seasonal Nutritional Requirements of a Beef cow
• Fundamentals of Beef Management
• Niche Meat & Processing page (UCCE Placer-Nevada Foothills Farming)
• Weighmaster Certificates for live weight sales of cattle
• Typical carcass yields from various livestock
• Model HACCP Plans for Meat Processing Plants (UW Extension)

Dairy

• UCCE Marin Dairy Calf Management Roundtable - 10/6/16
• Dairy Farm Sustainability
• Goat Milk for Cheese Production in California's North Coast
• Guide to Food Label Considerations, from Animal Welfare Approved
• Guide to Starting a Commercial Goat Dairy
• Sustainable Goat Dairying (NCAT-ATTRA)
• Intro to Pasture-Based Dairying (NCAT-ATTRA)
• Marin & Sonoma Alternative Livestock Production & Marketing
• Organic and Pasture-Based Dairying
• Organic Feeds and Feeding for Dairy Cows
• Value-Added Dairy Options
• Building a Cheese Business
• North Bay Artisan and Farmstead Cheesemaking Resources
• Establishing a Cheesemaking Facility in Marin County

Fiber

• Sheep as small-scale enterprise (UC Small Farms Program)
• Sheep resources (UC Livestock & Range Program)
• California Sheep Production (UC 1954 publication)
• Study of sheep grazing on vegetable plots (MSU & SARE)
• Sheep & Goats Resource Page (UCCE Placer-Nevada Foothills Farming)

Pasture & Rangeland Management

• Dispatch Distaff (UCCE Marin)
• Taking the Sting out of Stickers (UCCE Marin)
• Rangeland Services & Payments (UCCE Marin)
• Drought Strategies for Feeding Cattle Grazing Annual Grassland
• Dryland Pasture for Sheep & Cattle
• Irrigated Pasture for Sheep & Cattle
• Marin Carbon Project
• UC Rangelands Grazing Management Online Course
• Pasture & Rangelands Resource Page (UCCE Placer-Nevada Foothills Farming)
• Online Soil Survey
• Soil Biology Primer (NRCS)
• Supplemental Feeds for Cattle Operations during Drought
• Thistle Control Alternatives (NCAT/ATTRA)
• Tools for Healthy Grasslands, Livestock, and Ranchers
• Watershed Management
• UCANR catalog of Pasture & Range Resources
• Guidelines for Describing Grazing Management & Utilization: Conducting Botanical Surveys
• UCANR Cost Study: Costs to Establish or Reestablish and Produce Pasture
• Using Grazing as a Strategy for Non-Chemical Weed Control (Chapter 5 of "BMPs for Non-Chemical Weed Control")

Sustainability

View our page on sustainable ag practices including getting certified Organic.