Beef Herd Health Management Calendar

The Beef Herd Health Management Calendar, a computerized publication authored by Dr. Buddy Faries and Wayne H. Thompson, is available for purchase on compact disk (CD-ROM) by cattlemen through the Texas Cooperative Extension Bookstore. The instrument is interactive and designed to facilitate self-guided study to learn and group meetings to teach scheduling of annual herd health management plans. This interactive calendar allows the beef producer to generate a schedule of management tasks that fits the length of his calving season and the month it begins. The CD also contains videos that demonstrate how to conduct each activity, as well as a complete library of help publications.

The CD is configured to automatically launch the Main Index Page (index.htm) of the Beef Herd Health Management Calendar. Minimum hardware requirements are: computer equipped with CD reader, computer monitor with 800 x 600 resolution or higher and computer equipped with soundcard and speakers. Required software items are: Microscoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat Reader® and Adobe Macromedia Flash v.8.

Much of the technical information needed to design and implement programs on scheduling annual health management plans for cow-calf herds is provided on the CD. The interface of the application is exceptionally user-friendly and accessible to even the novice computer user, designed to ensure that beef producers with minimal computer literacy are able to access and learn from the information provided by the Beef Herd Health Management Calendar on CD.

Producers must generate an annual 12-month beef herd health management calendar with planned and scheduled health practices related to when cows calve and not to the season of the year. The calendar of specific dates of tasks will ensure “doing the right thing at the right time” for increased effectiveness of the practices. The goal is to increase the production efficiency of the whole herd, all the cows, calves, heifers and bulls.

Ordering the Calendar:

To order on-line:

You may order on-line with a VISA or MasterCard, using Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A&M University System secure shopping cart technology at: http://tcebookstore.org/.

To order by phone:
You may call Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A&M University System toll-free (888) 900-2577 and order with a VISA or MasterCard.

Retail price: $98.00