Patch-Burn Grazing for Forage, Wildlife Habitat, and Firesafe Grasslands
What do you get when you combine grazing and prescribed fire? According to researchers and ranchers, you get reduced danger of catastrophic wildfires, better forage and better weight gains for livestock, and more lesser prairie chickens and other wildlife. Wildfires on the Great Plains are three times more frequent and four times bigger than they […]
Read More →Training Cattle to Follow – Part 1
Several readers have asked for instruction in teaching cattle to follow. John Marble has written a two-part article on the subject. Part one begins with some basic thoughts on animal behavior, both human and bovine. It’s a good bet that with small modifications, this could work for all livestock. Dateline: Raub, North Dakota, circa 1935 […]
Read More →Determine Land Area and Distance With Your Smartphone
The next time you need to measure something, leave the tape measure in the toolbox and use your phone.
Read More →December To Do List: 1) Find the Perfect Gift, 2) Save Net Neutrality
Two things you’ve probably figured out about On Pasture already: 1) We’re not big into telling you to spend money and, 2) we don’t like to get into politics. But it’s December, and there are two things that we all need: 1) Gift ideas and 2) an easy way to get those gifts. So here […]
Read More →Plants Are Better Than Subsoilers For Reducing Soil Compaction
Here’s an article from November 2014 that puts conventional wisdom on it’s head. Enjoy! Alan Sundermeier, a researcher at Ohio State University says, “You can’t solve your problems with steel. Even with a subsoiler that may have minimal surface disturbance, it’s really not solving the problem. We’re seeing that soil structure can be better solved […]
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