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Yearly Archives: 2014

Breeding a Cow Herd to Fit Your Place

You may not choose the same breed as Steve, but the process he used to create a cow herd for his place can be adapted to fit any operation, or species.

Stress Can’t Kill You Unless You Believe It Can

We want all our On Pasture readers to live long and prosper, so we're sharing this life-saving advice from a health psychologist.  In this...

Handle Your Meat With Care

Here's an important Public Service Announcement from Heritage Hollow Farms about how to take care of your packaged, frozen meat so that it doesn't...

World Soil Day

December 5 is World Soil Day. And there are SO MANY WAYS to celebrate!

Stockpile Grazing Progress Report 3 – Grazing Through Snow

Editors Note: Troy Bishopp is sharing his progress this winter as he custom grazes dairy heifers on stockpiled pasture. If you've missed the first two...

Do You Answer the Phone When It Snows?

Sometimes there are people you just don't want to talk to.

Cut Up Your Chickens to Make More Money

Tom and Ruth Neuberger run a free-range poultry operation on their farm in Canistota, South Dakota.  In search of additional income from their operation,...

Management-Intensive Grazing Is A Lifesaver

Without being too dramatic this is a true statement. Management-Intensive Grazing without question is a lifesaver, and in our case it was the answer...

Hunting for the Thanksgiving Turkey

Just another person confused about where his food comes from…..

Lead Steers – Clifford and Buddy – Worth Their Weight in Feed

Brains and leadership can be just as important to your operation as the product you're growing.

What’s Your State’s Official Soil?

Did you know that your state has an official soil?  Yes, just like the state flower, the state bird, and the state motto, each...

Nothing Challenged My Readiness to Live in the US More Than a Chicken Sandwich

The origins of this week's Thanksgiving Holiday is a meal shared between natives and immigrants. So we thought it was fitting to share this story from someone new to the continent. Ali Shahidy is the first student from Afghanistan to study at Norwich University in Vermont. During his first days in the US he realized that all his English studies hadn't prepare him for ordering a simple sandwich at the airport.

Plants Beat Steel When It Comes To Reducing Soil Compaction

Alan Sundermeier, a researcher at Ohio State University says, "You can't solve your problems with steel.  Even with a subsoiler that may have minimal...

Confusing Road Signs

Here's the translation for this one to help you next time you see it.

Build Your Own Beef Marketing Cooperative

Business is booming for members of the Adirondack Grazers Beef Cooperative. Working together to market their product in the big city has meant that payments to farmers for their beef is up 115% and herd size has grown 55%.

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