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Monthly Archives: August, 2017

Start Stockpiling Pasture for Fall and Winter Grazing

Tall fescue is great for stockpiling. Here's how much you need to lengthen your grazing season, along with tips on managing grazing now to get the most out of your winter pastures.

Cow Poop Analyzer App Estimates Forage Quality

You can use your Smartphone and a pile of poop to figure out your forage quality! With the "Cow Poop Analyzer" app, you take a...

Saving a Chicken Saves Cattle and Ranchers

What do cattle and lesser prairie-chickens have in common? They both love grasslands. But grasslands are in trouble. Thanks to decades of fire suppression, redcedars,...

It’s National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day!

Get out your camo and your excess zucchini and celebrate "National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day!" That's what August 8 is, and...

How to Work Successfully With Non-Farming Landowners

A successful, long-term farm tenure arrangement between farmer and non-farming landowner depends on good communication, and can help you decide whether or not you,...

Does Lack of Affordable Health Insurance Threaten Farm and Ranch Viability?

Worries about health care coverage prevent farmers and ranchers from working full time on their operations, and create barriers for young and beginning farmers...

Dairy Cows Head to Pasture for the First Time on Providence Farm

Vermont's Providence Dairy is transitioning from a tie-stall barn to pasture-based dairying. Here are some of the challenges the Connors faced this first spring and how they've solved them.

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