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Monthly Archives: May, 2016

Portable Solar Water Pump for Watering Livestock

This video comes to us from the Full Belly Project and shows a mobile solar pump system to take advantage of small streams and...

Forecasting Unintended Consequences of Grassland Conversion

Written collaboratively by Roger Gates, Ben Turner, Melissa Wuellner and Barry Dunn (former SDSU College of Agriculture & Biological Sciences Dean, former SDSU Extension...

Top 10 Reasons Ranch Trucks Are Never Stolen

Don't let this make you feel bad about your truck! 10. They only have a range of 20 miles before they break down or run...

Out of Debt and On To Profit – The Sand Ranch Starts Winter Grazing and Stops Haying

Last week we started a series of articles about Cody and Deanna Sand and how the changes they've made since 2011 have gotten them...

How To’s for Pastured Poultry Egg Production Success

Thanks to Kevin Ellis for this article! Demand for eggs from pasture-based poultry is increasing. Setting up and operating a system in which laying hens...

The Grazing Stick: Tool or Toy?

Do you want to quickly figure out how much forage you have and how many animals can graze for how long? Get out that grazing stick and follow these instructions and you'll have the answer in no time! PLUS there's a link to grazing stick sources if you don't have one already.

Grazing for Biodiversity

Biodiversity in your pastures provides many benefits to pasture productivity, soil health, animal performance, and wildlife habitat. The table below shows typical composition of...

How the Sand Ranch Got Its Groove Back

In just a four short years, the Sands went from $20,000 in carryover farm debt to owing nothing. The added bonus? They had more time to spend with family AND they started having fun again. This is the first in a series about the changes they made and what they learned along the way. We hope it inspires you!

Deseret Land and Livestock Manages for Wildlife AND Cattle

As you might guess from its name, Deseret Land and Livestock isn't just about raising cattle. Though they do run a lot of cattle...

How to Make a Clarinet From a Carrot

Now you too can be a musician without spending lots of money on an expensive instrument. Just make your own from a carrot! Linsey...

How On Pasture Was Born

On Pasture was just a twinkle in Kathy's eye about four years ago when she was at a grazing conference in New York. She...

A Climate Change Picture Worth Thousands of Words

It's challenging for scientists to try to explain the results of their work to the rest of us. There's a language barrier made up...

Meet Kathy Voth, Your On Pasture Editor

We thought you might like to know a little more about how On Pasture gets to you every Tuesday. So here you go...

Researcher Looking to the Future of Legumes and Nitrogen-Fixing

Nitrogen fertilizer costs are going up, and will continue to rise. Dr. Judy Grossman of North Carolina State University is concerned about the impact...

How to Set Up Good Stock Tanks

I've learned these do's and don'ts of stock tank installations over the course of my life and am sharing them so you can learn...

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