We thought you'd all enjoy this video because it looks at the benefits of grass-based dairying from the perspective of the producers and their cows and the chefs using their products. What can you use from their inspiration to make your operation easier to operate and more profitable? How can you use this information to market your own product?
When we were getting ready to write this, Kathy read Jessica Toothman's piece called "10 Completely False Facts Everyone Knows." In her conclusion she...
Dr. Temple Grandin designed livestock handling facilities with solid sides based on her theory that they prevent animals from seeing outside distractions. In this part of their analysis of these kinds of handling facilities, Hibbard and Locatelli demonstrate how animals move much more easily through open-sided facilities.
Here's a look at young farmers trying to get started in grazing with little money but lots of willingness to work. Do you have suggestions that might ease some of their frustrations and get them growing?
Thanks to stockmanship experts and authors Whit Hibbard and Dr. Lynn Locatelli, On Pasture readers are getting a look at ground-breaking analysis of animal behavior, and will likely shake up some old patterns of thinking.
Do you think you need a new cattle handling facility? Are you trying to figure out what will work best for you? Here’s an analysis of the Grandin system and how it matches animal behavior in action.
1. Grandin, T. (1989). Behavioral principles of livestock handling. Professional Animal Scientist, 5(2), 1-11.
2. Grandin, T. (1990). Design of loading facilities and holding pens....
As the Global Roundtable on Sustainable Beef circulates its draft principles and criteria, folks are asking a lot of questions. The most important one might be whether in a world used to choosing sides and then fighting, can folks actually talk to each other to find mutually beneficial solutions? Check it out and see!
Being kind to your spring pastures will make all the difference this summer. Troy Bishopp describes starting times and shares the Pasture T Account for figuring pasture production and animal demand, all to help you avoid springtime wrecks.
