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Yearly Archives: 2017

Rotational Grazing on a Large Scale: Duval County Ranch in Texas

My name is David Kitner, and I am the manager of Killam Ranch Properties, Ltd. I manage several ranches from South Texas to the...

Rube Goldberg Cow

This hand made cow shows you how food moves from one end to the other. [vimeo 15577865 w=640 h=360]

What Size Cow Is Right for Grass-Finishing?

One of our On Pasture readers sent this question: I would like to know what size I should be buying cows in order to grass...

Are the Cows Ready to Breed?

Assuming a 283-day gestation, if the cow that calved on April 1 wants to maintain her position as the first cow to calve on...

Farmer to Save 1 Billion Gallons of Water a Year Thanks to a Conservation Partnership

Wolfe Family Farm and The Freshwater Trust are working together to transition nearly 1,100 acres of forage and grain crops from flood irrigation to...

Body Condition Scoring

Here's Body Condition Scoring for beef cattle and goats and a piece telling you how to tell when your lamb is finished. We'll be...

Your Role In A Better Tenant Landlord Relationship

We have had very good results with keeping long land leases by focusing on keeping good landlord relationships. This article is going to review...

Please Keep Off the Grass: Post-Drought Grazing Management

For many livestock producers it has been a difficult year requiring significant amounts of extra feed. Now it is the beginning of May and...

Voting Has Consequences

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Runaway Grass – What Can You Do?

If you're looking out at pastures that are growing so fast you don't know how to keep up, here are some tips for managing your grazing so that you slow the speed that forage matures, and you maintain quality forage.

A Radical Homemaker’s Take on Investing

I received a phone call recently from someone in the media, who introduced himself by way of exclaiming “Is it true that you have...

Zero Tolerance for Bad Cows

I apologize if the following words are too harsh, but they are true. Unfortunately, some know the feeling all too well. The beef business has...

Ute Creek Cattle Company’s Success With Holistic Management

Jack and Tuda Libby Crews are the seventh generation living and working on the Ute Creek Cattle Company near Mosquero, New Mexico. When they...

The Future of Conservation and Ranching Looks Like This

Jason Saulan landed in Eagle Point, Oregon three years ago. "General Manager of C2 Cattle Company," a 9,200-acre, 800 head cattle operation, was the...

What Do Different Plants Tell Us About Our Soils and How to Improve Them?

Greg Brann, Natural Resources Conservation Service Grazing Specialist in Tennessee, recently sent some information out to his local farmers about "indicator plants" along with...

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