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Monthly Archives: May, 2019

How Do You Graze When Your Pastures Are Saturated?

I got an email from a reader this past week asking just this question. Rain, rain, and more rain had soaked his soils. Not...

Are You Running a Marginal Business?

What starts out as a bar conversation becomes a lesson in what to do if you want to make more money farming or ranching.

What’s in a Name?

The difference between success and failure....

Greg Judy Talks Electric Fencing and Gates for Sheep and Cattle

While Greg designed these fences to keep goats, sheep and guardian dogs in, they work for his cattle too. See what he's using and consider how you'd adapt it to your operation.

How Does Carbon Get From the Atmosphere Into the Soil?

Understanding this process can inform how you manage your livestock, forage and soil to not only increase your ability to produce food, fiber and flora, but to make a big difference in slowing and even reversing climate change.

Tapas: One Bite of Local Opportunity

My first first response to the idea of a tapas menu or plate was "That's too small to  satisfy a hungry farmer!"  My meat...

Marshmallow Orchards in Trouble

As the time for summer hot dog roasts nears, we may run into a S'mores shortage. https://youtu.be/yflTu150QZw Want more marshmallow news? Here's the horrible truth behind...

Twelve Steps to Amazing Grazing – Part 2

This is Part 2 by Matt Poore and Johnny Rogers. Here's Part 1 if you missed it. These steps aren't just 1-2-3 and you're done....

Polioencephalomalacia – A Danger for Young Goats, Sheep and Cattle

In 2002, I was raising 60 baby goats by hand. We started them in a barn, and by Spring had transferred them to pasture...

Farmers and Ranchers Are The Future

In this week's issue, we have two articles that describe the important role farmers and ranchers play in creating a healthy planet. In one,...

Partnerships Demonstrate That Profitable Ranching and Healthy Ecosystems Go Hand in Hand

Thanks to my co-author on this piece, Pete Bauman. He sent me the video and shared the key takeaways that makes the video so...

Three Things You Can Do Starting Now to Be More Profitable

When Greg Judy wrote this in February of 2017, farmers and ranchers were reeling from the ups and downs of the market from the...

How Farmers and Ranchers Are Going to Save the Planet – Part 1

In this video, you'll meet my good friend, John Wick and you'll learn about an amazing discovery made on his ranch. It's a discovery...

Is Grass Fed the Worst Thing That Happened To Agriculture?

James Matthew Craighead has studied sustainable agriculture for a decade and the result is a lot of questions. Some of these are hard questions and may trigger a little defensiveness in us all. Just remember, he's sharing them here to open a constructive dialogue that might lead us all to a place where we are better both individually and as a group.

Twelve Steps to Amazing Grazing – Part 1

This article comes to us from Matt Poore and Johnny Rogers. Amazing Grazing, in addition to being something we all aspire to, is...

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