(Paperback, Revised edition)

This fully updated, comprehensive book is an indispensable guide to the management of dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, deer, goats, pigs, poultry, horses and farm dogs in New Zealand.

(Hardback, No Edition)

A delectable investigation into the foods we have loved to death

(Hardback)

This in-depth handbook to improving pasture quality and soil health guides farmers seeking to establish sustainable, profitable grass-based livestock operations.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

An accessible hands-on guide for the aspiring mushroom grower

(Paperback)

Equips the farmer to get the best from the land using environmentally sustainable methods which save time, expense, and worry, and to supply the rising global demand for pure food. Explores the consequences in the soil of applications of superphosphate and other artificial fertilisers, explaining soil chemistry in lay terms.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Poultry Breeds is a fresh field guide of feathered friends with stunning photos highlighting the beauty and unique attributes of 104 chicken, duck, goose, and turkey breeds. Each profile outlines the bird's history, physical characteristics, and common uses, with specially noted fun facts sprinkled throughout.

(Paperback)

Practical No-Till Farming is the ultimate guide to getting started with organic no-till growing methods. Coverage includes pros and cons of different no-till methods, customizing no-till for your farm, detailed how-to for each method, relative costs, handling pernicious weeds, and boosting soil health and crop yield.

(Paperback)

Get started raising your own ducks with this approachable guide by duck-fluencer Kristine Ellis (@dunkin.ducks).

(Paperback, Expanded and Updated Second Edition)

Resilient Agriculture, Second Edition explores the latest science on climate risk and resilience through the adaptation stories of award-winning farmers and ranchers to explore the powerful solutions offered by agriculture and food systems designed to restore the natural, human, and social resources that sustain us.

(Paperback)

(Paperback, Second Edition)

Practical templates for specifying landscape soils using objective and measurable criteria.

(Paperback, 2nd Edition)

Part of the best-selling series of animal husbandry handbooks, the second edition of the most trusted and comprehensive reference on honey bee health, production, and pollination now features full-colour photography and a fresh redesign.

(Paperback, 4th Edition)

The fourth edition of the most trusted and comprehensive reference on beef cattle health care, breed selection, and grass-fed cattle raising techniques is now fully revised and updated, and features colour photography and illustration.

(Paperback, 4th edition)

Likewise, update information and expanded sections mean that tomorrow's farmers will also find this edition a valuable resource. In particular, new in-depth sections highlight FDA requirements and medication guidelines, natural health care, and recent scientific insights into chicken behaviour and communication.

(Paperback, 5th Edition)

With 307,000 copies in print, this is the most trusted and comprehensive reference on every aspect of dairy goat care, housing, feeding, health care, breeding, and milking. The full-color new edition features the most up-to-date practices and a fresh new design.

(Paperback, 2nd Edition)

A guide to raising ducks that provides information for those who want to keep ducks. It covers such topics as: choosing the right breed, including rare breeds and hybrid ducks; breeding and rearing practices; feeding; and, butchering. It includes a comprehensive resource section for both the novice and the veteran farmer.

(Paperback)

This classic guide to chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, and game birds is now fully revised and expanded to inform and support backyard hobbyists and small farmers who want to use natural, humane practices and raise a variety of interesting breeds.

(Paperback, 5th Edition)

Part of the best-selling series of animal husbandry handbooks, the fifth edition of the most trusted and comprehensive reference on rabbit care, breeding, housing, and health care now features full-colour photography and a fresh design.

(Paperback, 5th Edition)

The updated 5th edition of the classic best-selling guide to raising sheep now features full-colour photography and completely updated information for a new generation of small-scale farmers and homesteaders.

(Paperback)

Farmers and fanciers keep an astonishing variety of poultry breeds and these birds provide meat and eggs to nourish us and feathers to keep us warm. Their quirky personalities and charming good looks make them farnyard favourites. This work presents, breed by breed, more than 120 farnyard fowl - from chickens and turkeys to emus and pheasants.

(Paperback)

A guide to freshwater aquaculture in Australia, which emphasises sustainable use of all resources: whether it be on a small scale in a backyard pond, or in commercial production on broad acres. This book includes information from design and construction of ponds to water quality, enhancing production.

(Hardback)

Revered animal behavior expert Temple Grandin offers small-scale farmers of all levels her unique insights into cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats, along with practical guidance on how to safely and humanely move, handle, and restrain livestock.