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Monthly Archives: May, 2018

Selecting for Heat Tolerant Cattle Using Coat Shedding Scores

Scientists and the Farmer's Almanac agree: this summer is going to be hotter than normal all across the U.S. and Canada. In fact, many...

Back to Grass – Turning Marginal Cropland to Pasture For a Diverse Sustainable Operation

Darin Michalski's direction in life was influenced by his father. "Dad didn't like farming much. He was more into cattle. He always cussed some...

Everything You Need to Include in a Farm/Ranch Lease Contract – Part 2

Over the last few months, my Boneheaded Beef Business Blunders articles have related how I’ve been burned by ineffective land lease and custom grazing...

How to Graze For Water Quality and Quantity

"Healthy watersheds through good land management, that's what we work on," says Robert Potts, President and CEO of the Dixon Water Foundation. "Managing the...

Black is Only a Color

In a market that seems to tell us that we can only make money selling black cattle, Don Ashford has a different story to tell.

Walking the Walk, Talking the Talk: Our 2018 Ranch Walk-About

A lot of folks talk about how non-farmers need to understand where their food comes from and what farming and ranching is all about. Here's how John Marble is actually doing something about it.

New Cross Breed Dogs

There may be some excellent reasons to get one of these new breeds!

How to Get City Folks to Understand and Support Farmers and Ranchers

It's a common complaint among ag producers: "Those city folk don't understand us and they don't even know where their food comes from!" We...

Wait! A Test to See if Your Grasses Are Ready to Graze

Bethany Johnston of UNL Extension tells us what leaf stages look like and what that means for grazing. Take her picture test and see if you pass!

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