Internet Resources:

General:

• Cornell has a great website for Beginning Farmers
   http://beginningfarmers.cce.cornell.edu/index.php?page=index
• Penn State Beginning Farmers
  http://agmarketing.extension.psu.edu/begfrmrs.html

Poultry:

• Egg Layer Care Practices http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vetext/INF-PO_EggCarePrax.pdf
• Small Poultry Flocks (Getting Started) http://gallus.tamu.edu/Extension%20publications/n-2262.pdf
• Home Processing http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI0701.html
• Broiler Care Practices http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vetext/INF-PO_BroilerCarePrax.pdf
• Backyard Poultry:
  www.backyardchickens.com
  http://poultryextension.psu.edu

Sheep and Goats:

• Sheep Production Handbook that can be purchased for beginning sheep producers
  http://www.sheepusa.org/index.phtml?page=site/text&nav_id=42c985d7b36d445107825b11f21ff35b
• Wool Production, Handling, and Marketing
  http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/2070.htm
• General Sheep and Goats
  http://www.sheepandgoat.com/
• Sheep 201- A Beginners Guide to Raising Sheep – Western Maryland Research and Education Center, Maryland Cooperative Extension: http://www.sheep101.info/201/
• American Sheep Industry Handbook: www.sheepusa.org

Beef Cattle:

• Beef Cattle Handbook: http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/mwps/mwpscd1.htm
• Small Scale Beef Production Handbook – University of Illinois
  http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/abeef.html
• Beef Production for Small Farms – Oregon State University
  http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/html/ec/ec1514/

Swine Production:

• University of Florida: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AN051 
• Penn State: http://das.psu.edu/swine/

Click here for a listing of Various Agricultural Alternatives Publications from PSU – many for small farms!