If nothing else, using some new ecological practices might be a good PR move for the beef industry. I even came across sites for bee, butterfly and sea horse ranching. This being my first column, I decided to focus on the more practical Web sites out there which offer resources, information and products to ranchers. Provided by MacKenzie and Associates, an agribusiness consulting firm in California, AgriHelp has got a little bit of everything. Seventeen ranching-related software programs, written by and provided for free by Oklahoma State University animal science students, are available at this site.
Topics range from working and herding dogs to business plans and livestock.
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