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Yearly Archives: 2019

How Does Fire Affect Soil Microbes?

This article comes to us from Steven Shafer, Ph.D., the former Soil Health Institute interim chief scientific officer and retired soil microbiologist the Noble...

Celebrate “Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch” Day on August 8

  Get out your camo and your excess zucchini and celebrate "National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day!" That's what August 8 is. Instead...

How Important is a Perfect Udder on a Beef Cow?

This article is a summary of the 2019 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report “The Effect of Cow Udder Score on Subsequent Calf Performance in the...

Check Out the Farm Loan Discovery Tool

There's a new online tool to help you find information on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) loans. It's called the "Farm Loan Discovery Tool"...

The Inventory Walk

Woody Lane from Lane Livestock Services in Oregon spoke to me in his article, “Let’s Take a Walk," when he wrote, “The pasture is...

Does Grazing Crop Residue Compact Soils?

This article comes to us from Will Cushman and the Soil Science Society of America. It goes well with last week's article of tips...

Gathering Cattle – These Techniques Make It Much Easier

Thanks to Dawn Hnatow for co-authoring this piece! A lot of ranchers have trouble gathering their cattle; that is, it takes a lot of riders...

I Am Cow. Hear Me Moo!

Here's my favorite song! Courtesy of the Arrogant Worms out of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. https://youtu.be/JohcbfO0OjA

Lone Star Ticks and the Red Meat Allergy

This article comes to us from Canada's Beef Cattle Research Council and Shaun Dergousoff, PhD, a research scientist at AAFC Lethbridge focused on tick...

How Do Animals Choose What to Eat? Part 1 – Mother Knows Best

Learning about how animals choose what to eat and where to live, and that it doesn't work the way we thought it did, has...

New Forage Available

A few weeks ago we shared the results of a study that provided some insights into the value of legumes as forage. The study...

Questioning Our Grass Fed Success

Back in May, On Pasture author and heretic rancher/philosopher James Mathew Craighead had the gall to ask a bunch of questions, and I mean...

Bear Interrupts Photo Shoot

Fortunately he gets away clean...and then brings his buddies back. https://youtu.be/Psx_ZlEw9vo

Facing Short Hay Inventory? Here’s What You Can Do

Flooding in many parts of the country may mean less hay for the winter. Drought is a problem in other places. No matter the reason, here are some tips for making it through the winter.

Livestock Genetic Diversity is Being Preserved Thanks to an ARS Collection

This is an edited version of an article by Dennis O'Brien of the Agriculture Research Service. When the sample of semen from the Duroc boar—a...

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