Tuesday, August 6, 2024
HomeSearch

what - search results

Try more precise search terms to refine your results.

Minerals – Serving Up What Our Animals Need

This week's collection looks at what minerals livestock require to be healthy, and ways for feeding those minerals in pasture. We start with this great...

What Winter With Livestock Taught Me

I'm sure we all have a list of lessons learned from caring for livestock through the winter. Here's mine. 1. Insulated Carhartt overalls rock! Kidding in...

The Tyranny of Small Decisions: How U.S. Agriculture Became What It Is Today

"The tyranny of small decisions is a phenomenon in which a number of decisions, individually small and insignificant in size and time perspective, cumulatively...

Impacts of Heat on Plants and Animals and What You Can Do

Just like people across the world, graziers are dealing with some especially difficult weather. Too much heat in most places, too much precipitation in...

Predators and What to Do About Them Part 2

In Part 1 of our series on what to do about predators, we focused on thinking outside-the-box about predators and their place in our...

Predators and What to Do About Them Part 1

In the decades since I started raising livestock, I've had my share of issues with predators. There was the coyote that ate one of...

Why Cows Can Eat Weeds – The Science Behind How Animals Choose What to Eat

This is Part 2 in the "Cows Eat Weeds" Series. If you missed Part 1, Weeds Are Great Forage and Grazing Them Makes You...

What’s the Best Month for Calving/Kidding/Lambing?

This collection of articles focuses on the benefits of choosing a calving/kidding/lambing time to coincide with warmer temperatures and grass growth. It's a great...

What’s up this week?

I don't have a lot to tell you this morning as I've been busy with some other work. I've been writing a chapter for...

What’s Going on Under the Soil Surface?

Last week, in the first in this series, we looked at how carbon gets into the soil, the different carbon fractions and what they...

What Would You Do to Save the Third Largest Salamander in the World?

The eastern hellbender is the third largest salamander species in the world. It depends on clean, cool, swiftly moving waters to survive, and is...

What to Read in September

Check out these articles from our archives suited to the work you're doing this month: Extend Your Grazing Season https://onpasture.com/2021/08/30/how-to-work-with-neighbors-to-graze-their-cover-crops-and-crop-residue/ Keep Production Up When Transitioning from Pasture...

Creating A Successful Family Farm/Ranch – What I’ve Learned

As On Pasture begins to head off into the sunset, I wanted to be sure to leave you with some of the most important...

What’s Soil pH and Why Do I Care?

Every soil test you get back tells you what your soil’s pH level is, and you’ve probably used that to figure out ways to improve your pasture’s productivity. But what exactly is pH and what is it doing to your forages?

I’ve Got This Weed In My Pasture. What Does It Tell Me About My Soil?

You may have seen this On Pasture article before, but since this month we're focusing on weeds, I thought you'd like to see it...

Welcome to the On Pasture Library

Free Ebook!

Latest Additions

Most Read