The Best 120 Seconds on Tillage. Ever.
I was at a weed management conference recently when one of the participants asked when we were going to be able to change farmers’ minds about tillage. Here’s an article from the October 2013 issue of On Pasture on just that topic. We all complain about too many commercials. Commercials about soil quality, though…who knew? […]
Read More →On Pasture Needs You in 2017
This is a special appeal from On Pasture. We can’t operate without your help. Thanks to the readership and interest of you and everyone else in the On Pasture community, we now offer over 1600 separate articles, with 8 coming out every week. Beginning this year, we also offer 12 Special Collections, so you can […]
Read More →Reducing Heifer Development Costs By Growing Smaller Cows and Using Lower-Quality Forages
More recent research is overturning old ideas about heifer development and providing ways to reduce costs while maintaining breed-back rates and longevity in the herd.
Read More →Bamboo as a Season Extending Forage Is Showing Promise
Cairncrest Farm in West Winfield, New York is experimenting with Bamboo as a forage for grazing when deep snow makes it difficult for livestock to get to stockpiled pasture forage. Brothers Edmund and Garth Brown started with a lot of reading, testing different varieties over a number of years for their resilience, nutrition analysis and more. Here’s the latest installment in their ongoing on-farm research project.
Read More →Dairy Cows On Pasture: An Environmental Plus
This article comes to us from Ann Perry and the Agricultural Research Service’s Ag Research Journal. It was originally published in the May/June issue of 2011. Every year, a hefty dairy cow tucked away in a snug barn produces more than 20,000 pounds of milk, along with an impressive amount of manure and an array […]
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