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Yearly Archives: 2019

A Canadian Farmer’s Success Grazing Alfalfa

After last week's article about how to reduce our fear of bloat when grazing alfalfa, I got some good feedback from our readers and...

Teaching Livestock to Respect Electric Fences

Electric fencing is fine. It makes it possible to be more flexible and versatile with our management and I recommend it without reservation. As...

Another Option for Herding Livestock

If you haven't yet perfected your livestock handling skills, maybe you need an assistant. https://youtu.be/LwShQiBb-h0  

Fear of Bloat Costs More Money Than Actual Cases of Bloat

Thanks to the Beef Cattle Research Council for this excellent article! I've made a few edits adding information for U.S. graziers. This is part...

Settling Your Herd – Letting Them Know They’ve “Arrived”

Big thanks to Dawn Hnatow for co-authoring this article! In the last five articles we talked about how to properly drive cattle. So lets assume...

Water Development for Effective Grazing

Getting water to livestock is one of the challenges to managed grazing systems. It's also a problem for graziers trying to take advantage of...

Surviving the Naysayers – Part 2 of Thinking Outside the Box

Greg has spent a lot of time thinking and working outside the box. In part 1 of this series he shared ideas on how...

Thinking Outside the Box Can Be Fun and Profitable

One of the easiest things to do on the farm is to get in a pattern of doing things the same way. This may...

For Earth Day, Do What You Do Best – Graze!

This week I ran across a video from one of On Pasture's sponsors, Organic Valley. In it, Kevin Mahalko talks about one part of...

A Model for Getting Local Meats and Produce Into Supermarkets

Fifteen years ago, it was unheard of for a small farm to sell beef to a supermarket. But today, thanks to Diana Endicott and...

SACB Method for Grafting Orphan Calves

SACB Method: (pronounced ‘sawb’) a simple and easy way to graft calves. Everyone and their dog has a sure fire method for grafting a twin...

The Conservation Stewardship Program – Funding for Improvements to Your Operation

"What CSP has done for us, it has allowed us to explore better options and produce a better product. it gives you a little...

A New Opportunity for Diversifying

If you're going to do this, you might want to see what kind of releases your gym members should sign. Without you, On Pasture doesn’t...

Surviving Volatile Cattle Prices

When we first shared this article in October of 2016, John started with, "The cattle market is in the toilet. The future looks even...

Greg Judy Talks Spring Turn Out on Green Pastures Farm

Folks asked me to do a video showing what it looks like as I'm getting ready to turn cows out this Spring. So here's...

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