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Monthly Archives: February, 2017

A Walk in the Rain Tells You A Lot About Your Pasture’s Health

Is your soil and forage healthy and absorbing rain and moisture? Grab your raincoat and talk a walk with Victor Shelton to see what your pasture tells you.

A Conservation Group That Loves Farmers and Ranchers

Since it's Valentine's Day, here's a little love for all our readers.

Don’t Forget Your Valentine!

If you've got sheep or a manure spreader, here are some Valentine ideas for you! This Australian farmer had help from his 800 sheep to...

Steps to Prosperous Entrepreneurship – Real Simple

Rachel started Monday morning with her annual physical and the flu. Like all trips to the doctor's office, this one involved some time in...

Working Successfully With Your Meat Processor

  Miscommunication is at the root of so many problems, including working successfully with meat processors. That's why our friends at National Center for Appropriate...

Ten Paraprosdokians to Tickle Your Brain

Paraprosdokian: a figure of speech where the latter part of the phrase is humorously surprising or unexpected and causes the reader or listener to...

Better Than Circling the Wagons

Circle the wagons… An expression “…traditionally used by 19th century American settlers traveling to the West in convoys of Conestoga wagons. When faced with attack,...

Frost Seeding Now For a Better Pasture This Summer

Its a good time of year to get the seeds on the ground so they have enough time to get into the soil and won't be eaten by other critters.

Is Your Beef Finished? Use Frame and Body Condition Score to Find Out

These are helpful tips for figuring out if your animal will be well-marbled and tender while it's still on the hoof.

Extending the Grazing Season With Bamboo

Cairncrest Farm in West Winfield, New York is experimenting with Bamboo as a forage to extend their grazing season. Here's the ins and outs of their field trial along with some video of cows grazing bamboo in a snowy pasture.

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