Established deer farmers know how to run their business. However, a new deer farmer always has questions about where to start and where to find information. Mistakes are often made and lessons learned. But the question is what if some of these costly mistakes could be avoided? Finding all of the needed information surrounding the deer farming industry is time consuming. There is not currently one location for new farmers to find answers. Robin Winters has taken the time and mystery out of searching for answers and compiled them into Deer Farming: From Dream to Reality, A Guide for New Deer Farmers. All farmers have made mistakes and gone through the trial and error of learning the industry. Winters has taken the most important issues and laid them out plainly for any new farmer to follow. This guide allows the reader to understand the basics of starting a deer farm and the knowledge needed in the beginning. Also contained in this guide are valuable resources and facts about the trade as well as the animals. This 122 page book includes areas to help you develop your resources as well as creating your go to guide for quick access. It contains where to start, how to set up your farm, getting into the industry, and insightful information you will need along the way. Robin Winters started a deer farm with her husband in 2012 and has compiled this information from their experiences, mistakes, and triumphs.

The first International Conference on the Biology of Deer Production was held at Dunedin, New Zealand in 1983. That meeting provided, for the first time, a forum for those with interests in either wild deer management or farmed deer production to come together. Scientists, wild deer managers, domestic deer farmers, veterinarians, venison and antler product producers, and others were able to discuss common problems and to share their knowledge and experience. The relationships formed at that meeting, and the information amassed in the resulting Proceedings, sparked new endeavors in cervid research, management, and production. A great deal has taken place in the world of deer biology since 1983. Wild deer populations, although ever increasing in many areas of the world, face new hazards of habitat loss, environmental contamination, and overexploitation. Some species are closer to extinction than ever. Game managers often face political as well as biological challenges. Many more deer are now on farms, leading to greater concerns about disease control and increased needs for husbandry information. Researchers have accumulated considerable new in formation, some of it in areas such as biochemical genetics, not discussed in 1983.

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