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Monthly Archives: October, 2017

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.

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.

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...

Trunk or Treat!

Candy for the kids - and a little advocating for agriculture at the same time!

Halloween Candy Caution

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Vital Farms Raises Bullsh*t Free Eggs

When we first watched this video, it made us laugh, and it was headed for the On Pasture "Funnies" category. But then we visited...

Corn Mazes Are Hard

Kathy has a hard time navigating corn mazes. She thinks this is one she could manage. But she's always glad to see that help might...

Winter Shelter for Bale and Swath Grazing Cattle

If you're thinking about leaving your cattle out to graze this winter, you might be wondering what kind of shelter they'll need to protect...

Insurance – Don’t Be Without It

Not long ago, On Pasture published an article entitled "Does the Lack of Affordable Health Insurance Threaten Farm and Ranch Viability?" The answer without...

Trees Communicate via the “Wood-Wide Web”

One of Rachel and Kathy's all time favorite podcasts is an episode from Radiolab called "From Tree to Shining Tree." It starts with a...

How to Use Snow as a Water Source for Wintering Beef Cattle

We got questions about how well cattle do on snow as a winter water source so we headed out to find some answers for...

How Do You Monitor Your Pastures?

This question comes to us from an On Pasture reader. It's a big question. I provided an answer here, but we'd love to have...

Cow Depreciation – What It Is and Why It’s Important to Know

This article is also available as a BeefWatch podcast, if you'd like to listen instead. Just go to iTunes here, or paste http://feeds.feedburner.com/unlbeefwatch into your...

Babysitting Hack

The cost for this hack is just $10 and it gives you hours of free time. Save Save Save

Success With Pigs On Pasture

Thanks to PennState Extension for this story! Mike Yezzi from Flying Pigs Farm shared his pastured pig production system at this year’s Pennsylvania Association for...

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