A free Stockmanship book by Steve Cote

Here is a free book on how to use the low stress cattle handling and herding to move livestock on the open range.  The book is by Steve Cote and is named, "Stockmanship: A Powerful Tool For Grazing Lands Management." The book describes the Bud Williams method.

 

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Steve Cote from the National Resources Conservation Service in Arco, Idaho has written an easy to understand book on cattle herding on extensive rangeland. This book contains many diagrams that show you how to turn, move, and sort large and small herds of cattle. The cattle herd will stay together, drive easily, and stay where you put the without fences. Low stress handling methods will also reduce sickness and facilitate grazing management. Learning these methods will enable ranchers to quietly move cattle in pasture rotation systems and keep them out of fragile riperian areas along streams. In grazing rotation systems, a common mistake is to allow mother cows to run wildly into the next pasture. This results in stressed calves that get separated from their mothers. The Bud Williams cattle herding methods will make it possible to move the cows in a slow controlled manner, so they will remain with their calves. This book is separated into individual PDF files for the cover, introduction, and each chapter. This will make it easier to download and print.

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