Thursday, May 8, 2025

Scientific breakthroughs that change things for graziers

One of the things that has made American agriculture a leader in the world is our commitment to funding the science that improves outcomes...

A Stress Reduction Tool That Makes Sense for Graziers

For many of us, our world is full of problem-solving, logistics, errands, taxes, and responsibilities. In the farming/ranching community, that’s figuring out the next...

Weed-Eating Livestock Means 43% More Forage

Every magazine has its regular spring features, tweaked just a bit for whatever new product or idea is out that year. On Pasture is...

What’s Below the Surface Counts!

Three things showed up in my inbox today that reminded me that what's below the surface can impact us. Whether it's in the soil...

Let’s Turn Sunshine Into Money

When should I turn my livestock into pasture? What should I look for in my plants to know when it's time to move the herd to a new pasture?

Clear Goals Make This Rancher’s Grazing Management Work

After spending 30 years in the car business, Brent Durham knew what he wanted to do when he retired: hunt. So, in 2012, he...

Three Things You Can Do Starting Now to Be More Profitable

When Greg Judy wrote this in February of 2017, farmers and ranchers were reeling from the ups and downs of the market from the...

I Got Burned – My Lesson About Hot Fence

There are two different types of high tensile fences on my place.  The original fence was built to hold and protect sheep so it...

Why Inoculate, Exactly?

That little packet of dark powder you are coerced into purchasing along with your clover seed can be mystifying. It only weighs a few...

Can Cover Crops and Rotational Grazing Extend Your Grazing Season?

Thanks to the UDSA Natural Resources Conservation Service for sharing this story and the photos with us! Jared Namken is an Angus man. Red Angus,...

Greg Judy on Stockpiling to Extend Your Grazing Season

Last week we started a discussion about how to go about stockpiling in the coming months. This week we continue with some thoughts from...

Organizing Pasture Walks

One of our readers wrote in and asked for an article on how to plan a pasture walk. Thanks, Carol. We hope this helps you and all the other folks who want to learn from their fellow graziers.

Prevent Grass Tetany in Beef Cows

Thanks for this article go to Karla H. Jenkins, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cow/Calf Systems and Stocker Management and Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems...

Flashing Night Lights Can Protect Livestock from Predators

Back in March of 2015, On Pasture published an article about Richard Turere, a 11-year-old Masai boy from Kenya, who invented a way to...

Can Animals Learn to Prevent Bloat?

Bloat is a big problem for producers, but based on research at Utah State University, it could be one that animals can solve for us.

A List of USDA Processing Plants for Your Chickens

I was told by a well established USDA inspected poultry processor that there were only a dozen or so small-scale USDA inspected poultry processors...

Grazier's Focus of the Month

Bonus week – A New Place to Get Farming/Ranching Information and Ideas

Note from Kathy: I recently tuned into a new podcast that I think On Pasture readers will like. Farmer and On Pasture contributor Jenn...

Win the War On Weeds – Have Your Livestock Eat Your Enemies

We're finishing up our March March on Weeds with this set of articles on some more edible enemies. Here's the rest of the month's articles...

Where are you, where do you want to be, and how can you get there?

In December On Pasture featured two graziers who are making changes to their grazing operations to create more time and better lives for themselves...

The Thinking Grazier

Challenges to Preconceived Notions

This is the last in our month-long reflection series. This week I've pulled two very different articles for you, but both present challenges to...

Great Reading for December 2023

It's my last post of 2023, but I'll be back with you in the New Year. This is the time of year when we're all...

Leading Instead of Herding – Why and How to Teach Your Livestock to Follow

Last month in The Thinking Grazier, John Marble got us thinking about our relationship with our animals and how behavior (theirs and ours), along...

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