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Yearly Archives: 2017

Trees Communicate via the “Wood-Wide Web”

One of Rachel and Kathy's all time favorite podcasts is an episode from Radiolab called "From Tree to Shining Tree." It starts with a...

How to Use Snow as a Water Source for Wintering Beef Cattle

We got questions about how well cattle do on snow as a winter water source so we headed out to find some answers for...

How Do You Monitor Your Pastures?

This question comes to us from an On Pasture reader. It's a big question. I provided an answer here, but we'd love to have...

Cow Depreciation – What It Is and Why It’s Important to Know

This article is also available as a BeefWatch podcast, if you'd like to listen instead. Just go to iTunes here, or paste http://feeds.feedburner.com/unlbeefwatch into your...

Babysitting Hack

The cost for this hack is just $10 and it gives you hours of free time. Save Save Save

Farmers, Fish and The Freshwater Trust Collaborate to Save Water and Lives

This comes to On Pasture from Meg Belais, Restoration Project Manager & Analyst with The Freshwater Trust. The Freshwater Trust works with farmers and...

Warm-Season Grasses That Handle Low pH Soils and Hot, Dry Conditions

Native, perennial warm-season grasses produce well compared to cool-season grasses during the hot and dry weather, on soils with low moisture holding capacity, low pH, and low phosphorus levels.

Solutions for Winter Watering While Grazing

What do you do about water in the winter, especially if your cattle are grazing the whole season? These Alberta ranchers have a variety...

Asking the Right Question – Boosting Sales Part 2

We're selling all the time. It could be a calf, a car, an idea. It could be our experience and knowledge when we're competing...

Are We There Yet? How Much Further? – A Progress Report from the Field of Grazing

I sometimes worry that I might be living in an echo chamber. I constantly talk to people who are interested in grazing and soils...

Dinner Science

You know that your On Pasture editors, Kathy and Rachel, are science geeks. So this makes perfect sense to us. 🙂

Does Grazing Sequester Carbon? Part 2 – Some Background

We’re working on a series of articles that explore what the research tells us about grazing and soil carbon sequestration. It’s a complex topic,...

Shoulder Season Grazing Strategies

Use what you've got now to extend your grazing a little longer this season.

Does Grazing Sequester Carbon? Part 1

If you’ve heard that grazing is good for the planet because it can sequester more carbon in the soil, you’re not alone. The hypothesis...

Heads Up On Irrigating and Toxic Plants as We Move Into Fall

A question on irrigating pasture was brought up last week. Here in Indiana, there are typically only portions of three months where moisture may...

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