Monthly Archives: May, 2017

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

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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.

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

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...

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

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...

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

There are people that we meet in this life who, for reasons that we are not smart enough to understand, hold a special place...

Not all soils are created equal. You can improve your soils to a degree, but it's always a good idea to set your expectations based on your soil's capabilities. That way you're working with what you've got and not throwing good money after bad. So do yourself a favor and check out the Natural Resources Conservation Service's web soil survey site.

University of New Hampshire researcher John Aber has been using a Northeast SARE Agroecosystems award to explore the waste streams and energy cycles on...

As Vermont continues to seek to invest in sustainable energy, interest in on-farm solar generation has grown. (It's probably no surprise that some of...