Better Farming Series 09 - Animal Husbandry: Animal Diseases; How Animals Reproduce (FAO - INADES, 1976, 33 p.): Selling animals: Animals are sold for breeding.

Better Farming Series 09 - Animal Husbandry: Animal Diseases; How Animals Reproduce (FAO - INADES, 1976, 33 p.)

Selling animals

		(introduction...)
		Animals are sold for their meat.
		Animals are sold for breeding.
		Young animals are sold for fattening.
		The yield of a herd
		Farmers' groups

Animals are sold for breeding.

We saw that it is very important to have good breeding animals (see pages 18 and 19).
Animals of a good breed that have good parents can be sold at a high price.

Modern farmers are ready to spend money to buy a good sire to improve their herd.