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Monthly Archives: September, 2018

Is It Possible for a Cattle Operation to Be Sustainable Without a Subsidy?

This question has been bothering me since attending a workshop a few weeks ago. There were presentations by several producers with the usual stuff,...

Is Glyphosate Killing Bees?

This comes to us from the University of Texas at Austin.   The world's most widely used weed killer may also be indirectly killing bees. New...

What Makes Grass Grow Back Fastest – Trampling, Clipping or Cow Spit?

Troy started this piece, Kathy Voth added some, and Jim Gerrish shared his observations. And with all that, we're still not sure we have...

It’s Officially Fall!

Since we don't really have Fall in Tucson (which makes me sad), we only know it's arrived when we start seeing Pumpkin Spice everything!   Thanks...

Slugs for Solving Bio-Film Problems in Floats, Tanks and Pipes

Oregon is a funny place. We recently changed our State bird from the Meadow Lark to the Osprey, mostly because several other States were...

Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

Is this a girl with four legs?! How did that Chihauhua get in the box? What is that guy doing with his really long arm?! Is it...

Can Cover Crops and Rotational Grazing Extend Your Grazing Season?

Thanks to the UDSA Natural Resources Conservation Service for sharing this story and the photos with us! Jared Namken is an Angus man. Red Angus,...

Learning to Market from the Heart – What I Learned from Charlotte Smith

In 2019, On Pasture author Jenn Colby was one of the people who participated in Charlotte Smith's free webinar and then went on to...

Improve Your Stockmanship by Understanding the Flight Zone

We've all seen those diagrams of the flight zone. But sometimes seeing a group of animals demonstrate how it works is a lot more...

Bad Grass

Sandra Miller sent us this one. Do any of your livestock have this problem?

Here’s My New Favorite Book on Farming

There is no set recipe for success in farming and ranching. What works for one person isn't guaranteed to work for another. And even...

The Language You Need to Be Using in Your Marketing

You’re Not Selling What You Think You're Selling... Most farmers think they sell grass-fed beef, or raw milk, organic chicken or fresh flowers. But when...

Cover Crop Seeding – Build Your Own Seeder Or Use the One You’ve Got

Readers who responded to our 2018 survey asked if we could include a little more information on cover crops. So here's a start of...

Can You Be a Grazing Soothsayer?

Back in 2014/15, Troy Bishopp took us all along on his journey to extend his grazing season. He showed the good and the bad and all the planning that went with getting to 257 grazeable days on his New York state farm. This year he's trying something different - and he's going to show us all how it goes as he does it. Check this out!

Cow Calf Operation Costs Are Up. Tell Us How You’re Managing For This

The business success of beef enterprises often suffers because two questions are not evaluated regularly: 1. How much do I have invested in my cattle...

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