Feeding

News

• Considerations when starting a poultry flock
  Tuesday, February 12, 2013
  COLUMBIA, Mo.–When starting a poultry enterprise, whether a small backyard flock or a large commercial operation, there are several factors to consider, says a University of Missouri Extension poultry specialist.
• More efficient turkey feed makes producing Thanksgiving dinner cost less
  Thursday, November 10, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – Americans eat 5.6 billion pounds of turkey each year, and all those Thanksgiving meals and other turkey dinners add up to a mountain of feed for fattening out those birds.
  
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Websites

Browse these University of Missouri websites:

• Commercial Agriculture Program: Step-by-step guide to permitting an animal feeding operation

Publications

• G8352, Nutrient Requirements of Chickens and Turkeys
• SX1013, Profitable Poultry: Raising Birds on Pasture