4-H Beef Production Manual

This manual was produced by the University of Tennessee and the University of California, Davis. We are posting it in its original form for use in response to demand by beef leaders and members around the state. To read and print copies of this manual, one needs to have a copy of Acrobat Reader installed on the computer. This is available free from Adobe and you can download it from them by clicking on this:

Table of Contents

• Exploring Beef Cattle
• Breeds of Beef Cattle
• Nutrition of the Beef Animal
• Careers in Animal Science
• Beef Cattle Marketing
• "Add 300" Backgrounding Project
• Brief Beef Cattle Handbook for Members
• Beef Heifers
• Market Steers
• Beef Heifer Records
• Market Steer Records
• Beef Backgrounding Records