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Monthly Archives: January, 2019

Preventing the Spread of Medusahead

Last week we looked at why Medusahead Rye is so dangerous. This week Beth shares how we can prevent its spread. These tips are...

Pugging Prevention For Wet Winter Grazing

Last week Troy Bishopp described how he met the challenge of grazing with wet weather and late freezing temperatures. (Of course the best prevention...

Prepping for Calving Season

Most of these tips apply to any kind of livestock that will be giving birth. So check it out!

The Curse of Medusahead Rye

A team of genetic engineers couldn't have devised a more ecologically lethal and effective invasive weed than Medusahead Rye. Beth Burritt is one of the researchers working on ways to stop it in it's march across the U.S. from west to east. In this series of articles she shares what we need to know about the plant, and about a treatment that a rancher discovered that just may be a solution.

How My Grazing Plan Helped When Everything Went Wrong

Troy has been sharing how he extends his grazing season every year thanks to charting his management. But this fall Mother Nature threw him a big curve with rain 28 days out of 40 and a killing frost that came a month late. Here's how he made it through.

Proper Opossum Massage

OK, so that meme you've read that says opossums eat thousands of ticks a day? It's not true. Turns out, that information came from...

Ranching in the Future – What Should Young Ranchers Expect?

I recently received a note from a young friend (let’s call her Peggy Sue) who desperately wants to be a rancher. Since her childhood...

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