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Monthly Archives: February, 2014

The Most Valuable Tool On My Farm — Livestock Guardian Dogs

  While I have been quite handy with a shotgun complete with MagLite duct taped to the barrel, dashing after has sent the poultry...

Why Don’t Chickens Lay Eggs in the Winter?

It's all about the birds and the bees.

Finding New Markets – the Imperial Ranch Story

You asked for more farmer profiles and examples of how other producers make things work. So here you go! This is a really great example of how to look at what you're raising in a new way so that you can find and serve new markets. Regardless of what you produce, you can use their example to think of new ways to improve your own success.

Forages That Can Improve Grazing on Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue

Researchers have recently discovered that when animals graze plants containing tannins and sapponins, they eat more endophyte-infected tall fescue. That means that including plants like birdsfoot trefoil and alfalfa in pastures of endophyte-infected tall fescue will make your livestock healthier and more productive.

How We Turned the Cattle Industry Into an Unsustainable, Artificial World

Trying to beat mother nature with technology is an expensive proposition. Sometimes it's better to work with her than against her.

Free Range Strauss From the Pitch Perfect Poultry

Bet you'll sing this for the rest of the day! //www.youtube.com/v/jd8nfEdo59I?hl=en_US&version=3 Here's the link for those of you on tablets.

Do you believe in Santa?

Santa can help us figure out if we want to believe, or if seeing is believing. When it comes to information you'll see in On Pasture, here's where we stand.

How to Harvest Methane

It turns out you've known how to do this all along!

How to Build a Walk-In Freezer

Sure, you've got all the cold you can handle right now. But when the weather warms, you might be hoping for a place you can store things for your upcoming customers. Forrest shows you how to get going!

Genetic Parasite Control in Cattle

Once again we have to go back in time. Cattle in the wild would have had as much parasite resistance as present day wild...

Finding a Cost Effective, Persistent Legume for Pastures

Is there a legume that establishes and yields well, persists in pasture, and is cost-effective for the producer?  That's the question that Jim Munsch,...

“Cows Save The Planet” by Judith Schwartz: Science or Storytelling?

Just the title made me want to like this book.  When I got into it deeper, there wasn't much about cows or how they...

Who Am I?

Kathy tells you some of the little known, interesting things about her.

Can Cows Eat Snow?

Thanks to Jim Keyes for sharing this article with us! When winter hits and temperatures drop below freezing, it becomes harder to keep a fresh...

What Can You Do When the Weather Won’t Cooperate?

You are not alone when it comes to frustrations with weather, and with actual changes in the climate.   In the Midwest, growing seasons have...

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