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Yearly Archives: 2019

Stockpile, Clip, or Hay? What To Do Now

I cannot believe the weather. I have never seen a spring quite like this. After a long discussion recently with an old friend who...

Farmers and Ranchers Who Talk With Each Other Are More Profitable

A few years back, the agriculture and food development authority in Ireland analyzed the impact of farmers participating in discussion groups. They learned that...

Making Dreams Come True

There is a line in one of Bruce Springsteen’s songs, “is a dream a lie if it don’t come true?” We all have our...

An Animal Rescuer We Could All Use

Better than a St. Bernard?

Multi-species Grazing Management Part 1 – Saddle Horses Are Jerks

First off, let me assure you I do not hate horses. In fact, this article is not really about horses at all. It is...

Birdwell and Clark Ranch – Moving 5,000 Head of Cattle Multiple Times a Day

When Emry Birdwell and Deborah Clark bought their 14,000 acre ranch in north Texas in 2003 it was a monoculture of little blue stem...

Not “No” but “Hell No”

James Matthew Craighead asked this question: "Is grass fed the worst thing that happened to agriculture?" Don Ashford, one of On Pasture's Writers in...

Greg Judy IDs Grasses and Legumes in His Pastures

Folks like to know what I grow in my pastures - and it's what's in a lot of your pastures too. So here's a...

The Horses Tell the Story of the Kentucky Derby

Everyone was running, so I ran. I assumed it was a fire alarm. Also, there was a small man clinging to my back. I don’t know why.

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...

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