Resources related to livestock, aquaculture, and bees. This collection includes materials on small-scale animal production, niche livestock opportunities, and insect management.
Published April 1993 USDA Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Angora goats may be the most efficient fiber producers on Earth.
Small Farm News January/February 1992 Fred S. Conte, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis. Adapted from an article by Dr. Conte called, California Aquaculture: Growth Keyed to Diversity and Markets. In World Aquaculture 21(3):33-44,1990.
January 1994 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture More than 211,000 beekeepers maintain about 3.2 million honey bee colonies in the United States. Thousands of beekeepers are small-scale entrepreneurs.
December 1992 The world is beginning to give goats-nature's best herbicide-more attention. Leafy spurge-poisonous to some animals-is causing even people who laughed about goats to take a more serious look.
January 1989 USDA Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Where's the beefalo? It's still around, but the excitement is gone.
Revised July 1993 United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service Office for Small-Scale Agriculture The relatively low investment and the natural, gradually increasing size of a flock may make sheep ideal for the beginning small and part-time farmer, according to Dr.
