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Yearly Archives: 2016

Can the Weather Predict Your Calves’ Weaning Weights?

Editors' Note: This article was drawn from a piece by Ann Perry of the USDA-ARS. The article was published in the July 2014 Issue...

Managing Medusahead – Start Early, Stay Late

Medusahead grass is an "Ecosystem Transformer" species. Not only does it compete for resources with other plants, but it can change ecosystem function to...

Spring “To Do” List for Grass Managers

As winter loosens its surly grip and dreams of spring abound, it’s a good time to remind yourself how important it is to actively...

Free Grazing Charts Help You Do Your Job AND Get a Life

Every year since On Pasture started, I've shared the new grazing charts for the year along with information about how they've made me a...

See Low-Stress Livestock Handling In Action

So you've read Whit Hibbard's series on Low-Stress Livestock Handling Process about all the things you need to incorporate in your thinking process when...

Growing Warm Season Annuals for Lambs

While Sarah focuses on forage for lambs, these are good planting and growing tips that work no matter your livestock.

Happy Saint Paddy’s Day!

Here's a little known fact about the source of Bailey's Irish Cream:

Strategic Grazing Plans – The Steps to Meet Your Goals

You're a lot more likely to make better and more timely grazing decisions if you have a grazing plan in place for the upcoming season. Here's how to get started.

Starting a Ranch From Scratch – An On Pasture Reader Asks, “What Would You Do?”

We recently got this email from a reader who's getting his new ranch up and running in northeastern New Mexico: I have an opportunity to...

Mapping How Much Daylight You Get With Daylight Savings Time

Would you like daylight savings more if you knew how many extra hours of daylight it was helping you take advantage of? Here are some interactive maps to figure that out.

Supervising Creative People is Hard!

These instructions written for an employee in a deli at a Walmart might make you happy you don't have someone as creative as Shane...

Winter Feeding Made Easy For Young Farmers

American economist and professor at the Harvard Business School, Theodore Levitt, said, “Creativity is thinking up new things; innovation is about doing new things”. ...

The Moves You Need to Know For Low-Stress Livestock Handling

Now that we have made the case for low-stress livestock handling (LSLH) as an essential component of operating sustainable and profitable livestock operations, reviewed...

Gardening With Grandpa

My Grandfather had a tradition of keeping every fish that we caught.  From the water and into a five gallon bucket we would take...

Did Your Wet Pasture Get Mucked Up? Don’t Worry!

Occasionally we can experience what looks like some pretty substantial pasture damage with high high stock density grazing in wet conditions, but first looks...

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