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!
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...
Those piles become a thing of beauty with this suggestion from Troy and featuring another On Pasture author, Jenn Colby, and her husband Chris Sargent from the Howling Wolf Farm in Vermont.
Thanks to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana for this article and video.
Bryan and Chelsea Phipps are using their cattle as tools...
Thanks to Justin Fritscher of the NRCS for this great information!
Out West, wildfires and weeds are closely linked. The spread of invasive grasses is...
It's always nice to get a little inspiration from other folks when it comes to creatively housing poultry. Even if you don't have a trailer, this could give you some good ideas for repurposing something you already own at little to no cost.
Here's a 4:13 video from the Land Stewardship Program's Bridge to Soil Health Initiative. In it, Kaleb Anderson shows how he uses "sacrifice" pastures...
If grass growth got away from you, like it did many Nebraskans this spring, you might be wondering how to graze it when the herd comes around to it again. Bruce has some ideas for you.
