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Monthly Archives: November, 2015

Can Animals Learn to Prevent Bloat?

Bloat is a big problem for producers, but based on research at Utah State University, it could be one that animals can solve for us.

The Grass Whisperer Rocks the Restoration Spotlight

The Chesapeake Bay Program featured Troy Bishopp recently, giving him a chance to describe good grazing and how it is a win-win for our soils, water, and farmers.

Swine Time

Here's a quick look at a low-cost way to start with pigs, along with a great resource for learning more about making money with whatever livestock you raise.

Stockmanship: An Essential Component of Sustainability

Stockmanship is a powerful, yet under-appreciated and under-utilized component of operating sustainable livestock operations. It requires no additional inputs, yet studies have shown that...

Organic Seed Treatment for Alfalfa Better Than Chemicals

Editors Note: This article comes to us from Dennis O'Brien of the Agricultural Research Service. It was originally published in the July 2015 issue of...

Sale Barn Calves Success Tips

Are you afraid to buy calves at the sale barn? Don't be. Don shares how you can buy them and bring them up right to end up with a profit.

A.I. Sires and Online Dating

James Coffelt, owner of Ohio Land and Cattle believes that breeding is simple. “Use the absolute best bulls you can find, and cull the...

Tips and Resources for Starting Your Own Farmer-to-Farmer Mentoring Program

Farmer-to-farmer support is one of the best ways to help farmers and ranchers be more successful. Here we give you some more tips to success as well as links to articles with more ways to work together.

Stockpiled Grass is Your Ranch’s Heavy Hitter

Want to make a quick dollar? "Stockpile grass!" says Dave Scott of Montana Highland Lamb and ATTRA's National Center for Appropriate Technology. It's half...

A Vet With A Sense of Humor

With signs like this, I'd take my animal here just so I could meet this vet in person! What a hoot!

Parasite Paranoia

Worried about parasites? Here's how grazing management can help you sleep better at night.

Pre-Winter Feed Inventory and Tips for Grazing the Last of Your Cover Crops

Back in October we talked about taking an inventory of your pastures, hay, and other feed stuff and weighing that against what your ruminant...

Great “Grass Farmers” Grow Roots

If you go to enough workshops about grazing, you're bound to see an illustration that shows how biting off the tops of plants impacts their roots,...

Be Who You Are, Eat What You’ve Got

It's good to get ideas from everyone. But be sure that when you choose something to do, that you adapt it to fit with the place you are.

Acorn-Finished Hogs at Black Holler Farm

Editor's Note: Two Things Thing one - Forrest Pritchard, owner of Smithfield Meadows Farm and author of Gaining Ground, has written a new book with...

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