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Yearly Archives: 2016

NRCS Helps New Iowa Farmer Develop His Grazing System

When Iowa livestock producer Ryan Collins bought his 170-acre farm near Harpers Ferry, he knew from experience with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling – Approaching Your Cows Before Driving

Whit Hibbard has been sharing tips for how we can all improve our stockmanship skills. If you've missed anything in this series, here are...

Customer Service

Not every person you meet is going to like you or want the product or service you provide. But if you like yourself and what you're doing, you'll be able to tell those people where to go in a way that will have them thanking you for it!

Quitting, the dirtiest word in the farmer dictionary?

Farming is family. Rarely have I encountered a group of people who are more motivated, dedicated, innovative and tenacious as farmers. Whether you are...

How to Manage Bitterweed in Pasture

One of our On Pasture readers in east Texas wrote us to get some ideas for controlling bitterweed on her place. She raises natural...

Supermarket Scents

Sometimes marketing can go a little too far.   Save Save Save

Stupid Is As Stupid Does

If I ever had any doubts in the wisdom of learning to operate a cattle operation without all of the accepted-as-normal inputs, something I...

It Doesn’t Take Long for a Change in Grazing to Make a Difference

If you've ever thought to yourself, "Why bother changing my grazing system? It probably won't make much difference anyway," here are some pictures to consider. They come from the McGinn Ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska and show some good improvement in just 2 years.

Custom Grazing Rates and Contract Structuring

This is the second part in Meg's series on Custom Grazing. Here's the link to the first in the series. Contract Structuring The way I like...

Congress Says “Cows Eat Salted Weeds”

On Pasture reader Kirk Cunningham wanted to know if I had ever found studies on cows grazing teasel. I knew of nothing off the...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling “Dance Steps”

Kathy's Note: Ever since I attended a Bud Williams Low-Stress Livestock Handling workshop, I've thought of the process as a kind of dance where...

Not Everything Happens For A Reason

From the folks over at Pink Tractor, these words of wisdom: Save Save Save

Taking Advantage of Plants’ Little Fungal Helpers

Thanks to Susan Fisk and the Soil Science Society of America for sharing this with On Pasture! In the Southern Great Plains of the United...

Yoga With Goats

Thinking of diversifying? Here's an idea from Lainey Morse of No Regrets Farm in Williamette, Oregon: Yoga with goats! People drive over 100 miles just...

Digging Into the Business of Custom Grazing

Meg is back with the first in a two-part series to help you get started in the custom grazing business.

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