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Yearly Archives: 2018

Wahl Family Farm Part 3 – What’s the Pay Off For Changes in Grazing Management

This is the third in a series about the grazing management changes the Wahl family has made and how it has improved soil health...

Livestock Handling – Starting With the Basics

If you've been reading On Pasture for very long, you've certainly seen Whit Hibbard's articles sharing the ins and outs of moving cattle and...

Greg Judy’s Stockpiling and Grazing Advice for Kentucky 31 Fescue

Here's a 3:14 video from Greg Judy talking about Kentucky 31 fescue and red clover. He starts off saying, "It's probably the best forage...

The Wahl Family’s Mobile Flock – Part 2 of Managing for Healthier, More Productive Animals and a Better Bottom Line

This is the second in a series about the grazing management changes the Wahl family has made and how it has improved soil health...

Grouping Calves For Sale – Good Idea or Bad?

A couple of years ago the idea was brought up by some of the members of what was left of the Heifer Project groups...

Words of Wisdom

From the Indian Hills Community Center in Colorado....   It's October and we have only 3 months left to make our grant match that helps keep On...

The Ongoing American Dairy Crisis and Its Impact on the Family Farm

This is an issue close to Jason Birchfield's heart. He doesn't think there's a silver bullet. But he believes in the small family farm and wanted to share this in hopes of starting a dialogue that could lead to solutions.

Something Beautiful That Can Only Happen On a Farm

From the college lots of my family attended, Farmer Derek Klingenberg, and a brand new grain bin. It made me happy and I hope...

Arkansas Beginning Farmer Gets Financing to Get Started

This example of resources available to beginning farmers comes to us from Nicole Gurley, Farm Loan Officer, Washington County, Arkansas. There are links throughout...

How the Wahl Family Manages for Healthier, More Productive Animals and a Better Bottom Line

This is the first in a series about the grazing management changes the Wahl family has made and how it has improved soil health...

Can We Put Our 100,000 Heads Together To Solve Problems?

Here are a couple articles I hope will promote some discussion about what kinds of results we want from federal programs. One is a...

Should Uncle Sam Bail Us Out of Drought?

It was a very difficult summer. We suffered through more 90-degree days than any year in history. It was just plain hot and dry,...

What’s YOUR Favorite Essential Oil?

The folks at El Arroyo Restaurant choose...

Choosing the Right Partner for a Custom Grazing Deal

Custom graziers and herd owners both need to be very careful when choosing to work with one another. It’s difficult to put together a...

Use Caution When Feeding Soybeans to Cattle

With drought impacting feed availability, and tariffs reducing soybean exports, some of us may be looking at ways to use what we have a...

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