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Monthly Archives: September, 2014

Cooperative Farming/Ranching – Frameworks for Working Together

Working together can make things easier and better, especially if you know how to set yourselves up for success. Here's a resource that will make that a lot easier to do!

Pasture Management: Perennial or Annual Forages?

One of the questions grazing farmers often ask are, what type of forages will grow well on their farms or, which will best suit...

Helping Each Other is in Our Blood

This week's article about cooperative farming/ranching frameworks reminded us that helping each other and working together is in our blood.  None of us would have...

How Do I Know When My Cattle Are Finished?

Here's a great video to help you answer that question.  You'll follow a handsome, grass-fed and finished, Lakota Ranch, Devon steer around the pen...

No Sitter?

Troy shared this on his Facebook page and now he's sharing it with us!  

Lard Can Actually Be GOOD For You

Why do we make oat cakes, empanadas and pie crust with lard at Smith Meadows Kitchen? After listening to NPR’s story “Who Killed Lard?” and many...

Small Ruminant Toolbox Now Available

No, it's not a toolbox for goats and sheep. They don't have thumbs! Better than that - it's a toolbox of information to help sheep and goat producers prosper.

Guide to Financing the Community Supported Farm/Ranch

Here's a look at some new, innovative ways that you might consider for financing projects on your farm or ranch.

If you’re going to bloom where you’re planted, you have to adapt

Last night the cat tried to bring me a present.  It was something wiggling around on the doormat and when I took a closer look...

Capturing the Wind for $1000

Last week, Mr. On Pasture got stuck two days in a row behind a flatbed carrying a single blade of a wind turbine. The...

Music Down On The Farm

Here's a donkey that really sings for its supper! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5wypSxHgTg?hl=en_US&version=3&w=560&h=315] And for our tablet readers - the link. 🙂

Batt-Latch Lets Your Animals Move Themselves!

Being a farmer is simply one of the busiest human activities so, what grazing farmer wouldn’t benefit from an automatic gate opener? We recently learned...

Just a Few Fences Can Improve Pasture Health and Increase Stocking Rates

This video comes to us from our friends Downunder.  It shows one sheep producer's experience with using rotational grazing to improve his pastures.  With...

Your Guide to Figuring the Right Farm Rental Rate

Last week's articles described how you can make more money leasing pasture, and shared a website that can help you find pasture to lease anywhere in the United States and Canada. Now, here's how you can figure out what the right rental rate is.

Cow Efficiency

When the cattle industry embarked on the performance race 40 plus years ago, two things happened. Weaning weights went up, which was the prime...

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