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Bison Production
ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.
Lance Gegner
2001
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/bison.html
Production guide covers regulations for bison production, bison meat inspection and processing, marketing, feeding, pastures and fencing, handling and transportation, and links to additional references.

Agricultural Alternatives: Bison Production [PDF, 100 KB]
Pennsylvania State University. Cooperative Extension.
1995
http://agalternatives.aers.psu.edu/livestock/bison/bison.pdf
This Extension guide discusses all aspects of bison production: marketing, fencing and housing, breeding, health programs, nutrition, and budgeting.

Handbook of Bison Production
University of Alberta. Renewable Resources/Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences.
Geoff Brown
No date
ANSC 475 Project
http://www.deer.rr.ualberta.ca/library/bisonhandbk/Default2.html
Information for the prospective producer on required facilities, herd management and marketing.

Bison Pastures and Grazing Management
Government of Saskatchewan. Agriculture and Food.
2000
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/DOCS/livestock/bison/production_information/bisonpast.asp?firstPick=Livestock&secondpick=Bison&thirdpick=Production%20and%20Marketing%20Information
Canadian presentation on sustainable grazing systems, bison grazing behavior and diet, bison physiology, fencing and parasite control. Includes references and suggested readings.

Recommended Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals: Bison [PDF, 168 KB]
Canadian Agri-Food Research Council.
2001
http://www.bisoncentral.com/cba/docs/codeofpractice.pdf
This Canadian Code of Practice, a nationally developed guideline, contains recommendations for housing, management, transportation and processing of bison.

Enterprise Budget: Bison Cow-Calf [PDF, 872 KB]
University of Wyoming. Cooperative Extension.
Thomas Foulke, Steven J. Torok, Tex Taylor and Edward Bradley
January 2001
B-1092
http://www.uwyo.edu/ces/PUBS/B1092.pdf
Sample budgets and economic analysis.

Focus on Bison
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
February 2003
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/focusbison.htm
A consumer fact sheet about how bison are raised, how bison meat is inspected, and safe handling and storage of bison meat.

Missouri Alternatives Center
University of Missouri Extension.
http://agebb.missouri.edu/mac/links/
Many additional production how-to publications are available online in the Missouri Alternatives Center (MAC) database of full-text Extension publications. Look under Bison.

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