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Monthly Archives: June, 2019

This New Podcast Will Get Your Business Going

Charlotte Smith heard some disturbing USDA statistics a few years ago: "Three hundred farmers go out of business every week in the United States. Eighty...

Top Ten Grazing Management Misconceptions

Sometimes we all suffer from perceptual misconceptions that affect our operations. Resolving them may require a rather steep and abrupt learning curve to achieve...

Stone Barns Mobile Chicken Coop Free DIY Plans

Check out this short video showing Stone Barns' mobile chicken coop. It was built with materials available at any hardware or farm supply store,...

Really Good Reasons Not to Change – Even When You Should

It's not that we need a paradigm shift. It's that we have some very real things that get in the way. And it's hard to figure out how to overcome these challenges.

How Much Time and Money Should You Spend on That Calf?

It is important that cattle producers know the cost of adding gain to cattle and the marginal value of that gain. If you know...

Forage Sampling For Haying and Grazing and Tips on Bale Size

Forage sampling in a standing pasture allows us to get a feed value estimate of forages that will be fed to livestock. It's also...

Help Me Answer This Question

Do you know the answer? (Pardon the misspelling of "argument." :-))

Here’s the Silver Bullet

Today's Scoop comes to us courtesy of On Pasture author John Marble and a conversation he and I had this morning about farmers and...

Sheep Cross Hanging Bridges

Farmers and ranchers everywhere face challenges when it comes to moving their stock, especially when it comes to crossing water. Shepherds have solved water...

Beware of This Rare Bird

Be sure to watch this bird from a distance.

Offset Fencing – An Option for Keeping Wily Animals in Pastures

This is my second summer buying, breeding and flipping yearling heifers in New York. I use two-day moves and high density grazing to get...

Multi-Species Grazing Part 3 – Grass and Soil Management Principles

No matter what kind of stock you're grazing, these management principles apply.

Cover Crop Legumes That Are Great Forage

This study may not have turned out as planned, but it did provide some great information about just how useful some pea and hairy vetch varieties are for providing forage for spring grazing.

Multi-Species Grazing Part 2 – Birthing Season and Grass Management

Tom Krawiec has been handling 2,000 to 3,000 head per year for close to 15 years. His MOBs can include saddle horses, cattle, sheep...

Making Hay While the Sun Shines, Even If You Don’t Want To

All the drought indicators were met, so John's drought management plan kicked in. And then it rained.

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