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Yearly Archives: 2018

Best Venn Diagram Ever

Don't remember what a Venn Diagram is? You will the instant you look at this!

Getting Water to the Herd – Sometimes Old Tech is the Best Tech

The reason I often mention the Natural Resources Conservation Service as a good resource is that NRCS is known for providing one-on-one, personalized advice...

Battling the Scourge of ‘Embalmed Milk’ – A Story From Our Past

Have you ever wondered how we arrived at our current dairy regulations? Well here's part of the story. From Deborah Blum and Undark.org, here's...

Livestock Handling Basics – Part 2

One of the things readers have asked us for is more information on low-stress livestock handling. Whit Hibbard, of the Stockmanship Journal, has given...

A Visit to an Almond Milk Dairy!

"Milking a 600 kg holstein - that's easy! Milking a 1 gm almond, that's hard. Tiny little udders! Tiny!" https://youtu.be/JJCTIPWPNtw A Funny with something to make...

Thank You, Rachel!

November makes it 5 months since Rachel moved on from On Pasture, and I didn't want her to go without telling all our readers...

Cow-Q-Lators for Figuring Feed Costs, Cow-Calf Share Lease Rates And More

One of the reasons some of us don't track our costs well, or we find out too late that something we're doing is more...

How Do You Graze in November When the Weather is Warmer or Wetter Than Usual?

I mentioned last month that there are still plenty of good growing days left this fall and they need to be taken advantage of....

An Excerpt From Kathy’s Favorite New Farming Book

About a month ago, I shared a review of Start Your Farm: The Authoritative Guide for Becoming a Sustainable 21st Century Farmer, by one...

Improving the Power and Reliability of the Charge for Your Solar Powered Fencer

Dean Schneider of Bell Rule Genetics wasn't satisfied with the typical all-in-one solar charged fencers he'd used. He'd tried a variety of brands and...

Beef and Bobwhites – How to Maximize Livestock Production While Helping Wildlife

Thanks to Nick Schell, a wildlife biologist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service for sharing this article with us. I added the section...

Seeking Succession vs Seeking Success

There’s a lot of talk about “succession” being tossed around in agriculture. It occurred to me that some people might not be quite sure...

The Four Principles of Soil Health Applied to Forages

  Soil Health is one of the main tools that will help sustain farms in the future. It will help us feed the world. NRCS...

Stick Horse Dressage Competition

Grown ups on stick horses performing...really!

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