Yearly Archives: 2014

When I studied Agronomy in Brazil, my grazing mentors recommended that farmers that walk in the paddock or grazing strips for a few minutes...

Safety first in the hen house!

You're probably already reaping the benefits of conservation practices on your operation like better soil, cleaner water, and bigger profits.  But what if you...

I was lucky enough to visit Mark Kossler when he was the manager of Turner Enterprises' Vermejo Park Ranch in New Mexico. The ranch...

From folks at University of Minnesota Extension, this guide helps you look at your pastures and your stock so you can develop your own grazing management plan or tweak the one you've got.

Want to know how much your cattle are gaining per day without weighing them? Here's how looking at their manure will give you a pretty good idea.

There are some pretty scary statistics out there about farm income and the difficulties of being profitable. But looked at another way, those same statistics give us interesting indicators of things we might do to swing the tide in favor of farmers and ranchers. On Pasture wants to help make a difference, and here's how.

Sunscreen is always a better choice than soaking up the sun.  But if you have to perfect your tan, here's how.

There's a lot of buzz lately about how a bacteria found in soil may help reduce depression. But that's not the only thing dirt...

These safety tips come to us from Rob DeClue of the Chenango County Soil and Water Conservation District and the New York Grazing Coaltion's Grazette newsletter.

All states have some kind of "right to farm" legislation but only two have amended their constitutions to include this kind of language. The first...

Good fences make good neighbors, but electric fences make hilarious stories. Rachel: Years ago, I heard this one, from a really neat guy named Bill Stout....

Great protein, grows well, and has tannins that help livestock deal with parasites. Plus, it's pretty! What's not to like about this forage?

A season of managed grazing can be hard on your fences and changes in vegetation and soil moisture take their toll. Here are some suggestions for figuring out what's wrong and fixing it.

Managing livestock means more than just dealing with the animals in our herds. It also means taking into account the animals that we live amongst. In some cases, grizzlies, and the humans who are there to protect them.