About CAES: Impact: Making Sense 2005
Taking Stock of Livestock
The Georgia livestock industry produces healthy cattle, pigs and poultry for the ever-hungry market.
It also supports a large aquaculture business, which supplies catfish and other farm-grown fish. On the non-food production side, Georgia is quickly becoming a popular home for a growing horse population. At population. At the same time, federal regulations and public concerns require a close watch on waste management.
To keep all these animals healthy and to help producers raise livestock efficiently and economically, the faculty at the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences contribute a large knowledge base.
Examples of CAES work included in Taking Stock of Livestock publication:
- Producing Value-added Beef
- Nutrient Management Education
- Single Stage Hatchery
- Georgia Beef Challenge
- South Georgia’s Poultry Industry
- Urban Youth Saddle Up
- Heat Stress in Holsteins
- Tifton Bull Evaluation Center
- Aquaculture Disease Diagnostics
- Beef Systems for Appalachia
- Junior Livestock Show Projects
- Bedding for Free Stalls
- Improving Pork Consumption
- Poultry Litter Brokering Website
- Improving Cattle Profits