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Yearly Archives: 2019

The Farm and Ranch Leasing Tips You Need Going Into 2020

It's that time of year when we reflect on what we liked or didn't like about last year and what we might like to...

Cody and Deanna Sand – Inspiration for Making Change and Being Happy

I'm sharing these series because I think that Cody and Deanna Sand can inspire all of us to think about how we approach change....

Loading Day – Goodbye to 2019

  Here I am; pasture empty, pants dotted with cow manure and a hoof imprint on my calf, standing in an empty pen wondering about...

It’s the Holiday Can Can!

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and Happy Kwanzaa to you and yours. Thank you for being part of the On Pasture Community! https://youtu.be/7E-47VmFopE Haven't had enough? Here's...

How to Manage Wet Winter Grazing

I walked across some pastures on the last day of November and shook my head as water splashed up from my gum boots and...

Tell Me – Show Me – Watch Me: How to Train and Inspire New Hires

In 2004, I stumbled upon a book by Robert Kiyosaki entitled Cash Flow Quadrant.  It really changed the way I looked at what I...

Cows in Christmas Sweaters

I don't know where they got these, or how they got the cows in them. Thanks to  Metro UK for sharing this. (And that's where...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling and Corral Work – Part 1

It’s important that we talk about corral work for the simple reason that that’s where we spend a lot of time with our livestock,...

This Regenerative Rancher Manages for Grass

This piece was first published in November of 1962 in "Soil Conservation," the monthly magazine of the Soil Conservation Service. It was written by...

Seaweed Can Reduce Methane From Cows, But….

By now, you've probably heard the news that supplementing cattle with seaweed could reduce methane belched by livestock. In fact, researchers in Australia and...

On Pasture and the Yule Book Flood

Jolabokaflod - In Iceland that's the word for this time of year. Translated directly, it means "Yule Book Flood." It's a celebration of both...

Soil Health Principles Part 5 – Diversity is Key

In the fifth part of our series on soil health principles, Buz Kloot focuses on the benefits of diversity for improving soil health. In...

Snowman vs Rabbit

Please notify authorities if you've seen this rabbit!

Use Your Phone to Check Livestock Water and Pastures

This idea comes to us from the Beef Cattle Research Council of Canada. They're sharing ideas from producers about how they improve the efficiency...

Some Dos and Don’ts of Setting Up a Grazing Operation

I want to discuss the steps that we focus on when designing a new grazing operation on a new farm, starting with this saying: ...

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