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Yearly Archives: 2018

Outsmarting Wild Cattle – Part 2

The cattle business can be hard on your self-esteem. It’s tough when in spite of all your schooling, knowledge, experience and success, you get...

Fenceless Targeted Grazing Using Supplement Blocks

Sometimes landscape terrain and size makes temporary fencing too expensive or difficult to set up. Here's an alternative that I've used successfully. From November...

Free Guide For Managing Stress on the Farm/Ranch

Are you stressed? Or are you feeling anxiety? Turns out that there are specific definitions for these two terms. Understanding the difference, and labeling what...

You Can’t Grow Beans From Cracks in the Ground

Although I was trained in science, I never really made much of a scientist. All that sitting around in the lab, mucking out petri...

Curious Cows

Meg wrote in her article this week how much she could get done by taking advantage of cow curiosity. So I thought you might...

Outsmarting Wild Cattle – Part 1

Meg is back with some more about the skills she's developing and practicing as she grows her cattle operation. This time she's sharing her experience working with newly purchased heifers and techniques she used to move them more easily through pastures.

Are Your Cow-Calf Share and Cash Lease Agreements Up to Snuff?

  The fall of the year is often a convenient time for those involved in cow-calf share and cash leases of spring calving cows to...

Only the Learners Survive – Thoughts on How to Be One of Them

This is a quote from Eric Hoffer who was known as the longshoreman philosopher. Mr. Hoffer has been dead since 1983 but these words...

There’s Just Not Enough Manure in the World

Last week we shared an article from the Soil Science Society of America that pointed out the benefits of using manure to fertilize and...

Do You Know Where Your Turkey Is?

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!  

Coming to the Table to Create Grazing Solutions That Work For Everyone

According to legend, the first Thanksgiving in North America was celebrated when two very different peoples sat down together to eat and give thanks....

THE Pastured Poultry Directory You’ve Been Looking For

Since it's Thanksgiving Week here in the U.S., many of you might have poultry on your mind. If so, you're going to love this directory!

Here’s What Dung Beetles Do For Us, and How You Can Have More of Them

Troy Bishopp (the Grass Whisperer and On Pasture author) says that if he comes to visit your pastures, one of the first things he'll...

Manure vs Inorganic Fertilizer – Which One is Better?

Thanks to the Soil Science Society of America for this article. In a newly published study, researchers dug into how fertilizing with manure affects soil...

Getting the Most Out of Internships – Tips for Interns and Mentors

With the average age of the American farmer holding around 59 years old in 2018, we need to look at who is going to...

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