Agriculture

Commercial Productions

commercial farm production Commercial productions in West Virginia can come from many sources, small specialized farms under 20 acres to large industrial scale poultry plants.

See Poultry and Poultry Online Resources which links to information such as:

Preparing for Winter: Ventilation in Poultry and Livestock Shelters
Biosecurity For The Poultry Industry – (PDF)
West Virginia Poultry Production Survey: A Report on Implementation of Water Quality Improvement Practices in the Five Eastern Panhandle Poultry Producing Counties – (PDF)

See the WVU Forage & Livestock information page has sources in PDF format. Here is an example the site’s holdings:

Healthy Calf Important To Beef Producers’ Profit – (PDF)
Ultrasound in Beef Production – (PDF)
Freeze Branding for Identification – (PDF)
Quality Assurance Cattle Handling Practices, Procedures, and Facilities Assessment: A Farm and Ranch Producer Self-Evaluation – (PDF)
Managing Heat Stress Returns Dividends – PDF

There are related WVU html pages, such as:

Vaccine Handling is Important for Cattle Management – The use of vaccine to protect against costly losses from disease in the cow herd is an essential part of good herd management. (Read more…)

Improving Diary Profitability by Pasture Management – In 1998, the owners of a Preston County dairy farm set goals to improve grazing production, quality, and distribution; reduce soil erosion, improve water quality, improve animal health and performance; and improve nutrient management…(Read more…)

Other informational pages from our old system are Ye Olde Forage Library Card Catalogue, an early archive of farming related information, and Dairy, with over 20 dairy related pdfs.