From the Feed Trough: Essays and Insights on Livestock Nutrition in a Complex World

Woody Lane, PhD, is a nationally-known livestock nutritionist and forage specialist who owns the independent consulting firm, Lane Livestock Services. He is an expert on sheep and beef cattle nutrition, pasture management, and grazing techniques. He teaches courses in livestock nutrition and forage management to ranchers in western Oregon and facilitates a number of rancher study groups. He also helped to develop the classic SID Sheep Production Handbook, served as the operations manager for the American National Sheep Improvement Program, and created the instructional videos Lambing Time Management with veterinarian Don Bailey. Lane earned his doctorate and master's degrees in animal nutrition at Cornell University and has published more than twenty-five research articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He writes the popular monthly column "From the Feed Trough . . ." for The Shepherd magazine. He currently lives in Roseburg, Oregon, with his wife, Jeri Frank.