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Yearly Archives: 2019

Two Graziers With 65 Years of Experience Put Their Heads Together

Victor is in the house! A nice benefit of having the 2019 Grasstravaganza in Cobleskill, NY is that conference guest and Indiana’s seasoned grazing guy,...

The Three Hardest Things to Say

I can only help you with one of these: https://youtu.be/oPerqGHwj3k Hey! I see folks visiting this lately (1/26/2021). Out of curiousity, where are you coming from?...

How We Start a Movement

Back in 2013, some friends and I decided to start a movement. We wanted to create a community of learners who were looking for...

Canopeo – An App to Help You Measure Your Pasture Cover

In his article this week, Troy Bishopp describes an app that Victor Shelton used to look at cover on Troy's pastures. With just a...

Tips for Evaluating Property for Raising Cattle

This article comes to us from the Noble Research Institute's Robert Wells, PhD., Livestock Consultant, and Rob Cook, Planned Consultation Manager and Pasture and...

Original Whopper vs Impossible Whopper

Here you go! We need $5,000 more to make our grant match that helps keep On Pasture online. Any amount helps! If it’s an option for...

How to Successfully Go Solar on Your Electric Fencing

Like many of us, Dean Schneider of Bell Rule Genetics, wasn't satisfied with the performance of the typical all-in-one solar charged fencers he'd tried....

What’s Up With Root Exudates?

Thanks to Susan Fisk and the Soil Science Society of America for this article. Most of us pay attention to new shoots, stems, leaves, and...

This Predator Awareness Training Can Help Protect Cattle

In 2011, the first wolf in nearly a century entered the state of California. It was this news that led Siskiyou County rancher Mark...

A Path to Becoming a Successful Grazier

The leaves on your plant are like the alternator on your car. And the roots are the battery - they story energy. The leaves...

Your Pastures Would Make Great Solar Farms

A recent Oregon State University study found that the top three land covers with the greatest solar power producing potential are croplands, grasslands and...

Bison Rancher Protects Great Lakes With Buffer Strips

Thanks to Savannah Halleaux of the Michigan Farm Service Agency for sharing this article with On Pasture. Orv Kabat raises bison in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula....

Which Side?

When you've had a long day, some question are just hard... Have you sent in your support to keep On Pasture online? We can’t do it...

Silence of the Calves – No-Bawl Weaning Saves Stress and Money

Turn your sound on, then click on the sound clip below to get a feel for what weaning used to be like for John.   Our...

Could This Winter Be as Wet as Last? Here’s How to Prepare

The Old Farmer's Almanac has released their forecast for this winter. “Mild, with soakers” is how Indiana is labeled. I don’t put a lot...

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