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Yearly Archives: 2017

Can Wildlife Improve Your Bottom Line?

This comes to us from Jimmy Doyle, South Dakota State Natural Resource Management Field Specialist, and iGrow a service of South Dakota State University Extension. As...

Reader Question – Should I Continue Rotational Grazing When the Grass Dries Up?

Hello, On Pasture Community! We have another question from one of your fellow-community members. We all have this issue of grasses going dormant for part...

How to Help Farmers and Ranchers Hit by Fires and Flooding

This summer hasn't been a great one for farmers and ranchers across the country.  Fires cover almost a million acres in Montana alone, and...

Success with Stock Dogs

Stock dogs can be an incredible asset to a livestock producer or they can be cause for frustration. It has been a struggle to...

Land Contracts: Owner Financing With a Twist

In the spirit of examining ways to acquire land through seller-financing, it is time to take a look at land contracts.  The land contract...

This Man Has Collected 44 Years of Weather Data. What Did He Learn?

"One winter, billy barr started collecting data from his home in the Colorado Rockies. Four decades later, his 12,000 records are a climate scientist’s...

Do You Have These Traits of a Successful Grazing Manager?

The ten concepts and principles outlined here are all employed daily by successful farmers and ranchers.

A Primer on the Owner-Financed Farm Sale

There are fewer farm acquisition arrangements more attractive for new farmers than the owner-financed sale.  It can be a win-win situation for both the...

What About Tall Fescue?

I sometimes get in a hurry when I sit down to write.  That sometimes causes me to have a bit of tunnel vision and...

Could You Make Money by Adding a Ewe For Every Cow in Your Herd?

Recent Dickinson Research Extension Center sales caused me to ponder the concept of adding a sheep for every cow. The center sold market cows...

Time Grazing to Increase Warm Season Grasses

This project focuses on increasing big bluestem. But similar management could be used to promote other forages as well.

Here’s Your Fortune

A foolish man listens to his heart. A wise man listens to cookies.

Utah Rancher Is Sold on Rotational Grazing

Darrell Yardley of Beaver, Utah started rotational grazing when drought reduced the amount of forage he was producing. Now he's sold on the system...

Reader Question – How Do You Manage Fence Line Vegetation?

Another On Pasture reader has a question and we need your help! How do you manage the vegetation under and around your permanent fence lines...

Stable Flies Can Be a Problem Even If You Don’t Have a Stable

Fly season may be coming to an end as summer draws to a close, but it's never too early to get ready for next year.

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