Saturday, December 2, 2023

How to Use the Most Important Tool A Grazier Has

We all have one, and oddly, it doesn't come with instructions. But when given the proper care, it can be the solution to every...

Planning for Next Year

Last week I got a press release from the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition. Written by Stan Wise, it has some great suggestions for...

Thanksgiving Lessons from the Pilgrims

It's Thanksgiving Week and at On Pasture, we're grateful for the lessons we can take from that first celebration centuries ago, and the people...

Happy Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day

This is Thanksgiving week here in the United States. For our international readers, this holiday is a celebration of the harvest and a time...

Grazing Around Streams – Three Examples of Trying to Do the Right Thing

With growing concerns over riparian management and its effect on water quality, farmers and ranchers are facing tightening regulations and restrictions on grazing next...

Weeds Are Great Forage and Grazing Them Makes You Money

As we head into grazing season, there's an especially joyful feeling that comes from watching pastures green up. But then, there's that downer from...

Managing Multi-Species Grazing

Here's a great overview of how to add different species of grazers to your operation.  Sandy covers the basics of forage, fencing, shelter, handling equipment, and water, with some great tips on inexpensive solutions, and making sure you don't get in over your head. Enjoy!  And if you have some tips of your own, send us a note and we'll add them to the comments section below.

The 2018 Free Grazing Charts Are Here – Dust Off Your Grazing Plan and Create Personal Resiliency

As winter wanes and the longer day-length activates the neurons that control the body's daily rhythms, a grazier’s mind can wander into a pastoral...

Does Management-intensive Grazing Grow More, Better Quality Forage?

Do pastures under management-intensive rotational grazing (MIRG) differ from grasslands under other management in terms of forage quality and quantity, carbon sequestration and biological...

Beware of Grazing Tall Fescue During Hot Months

Duane Dailey of University of Missouri Extension put together this important information for reducing heat stress for cattle grazing tall fescue.

Got Trefoil?

Here's a great forage that you should think about for your pastures, what it can do for you, and how you can manage it best so it can do its job.

To Bale or Not to Bale? To Clip or Not to Clip? Here Are Some Answers

Let’s ponder two questions with this article: “To bale or not bale?” and “Should I put up hay or just buy what I need?”...

How Big is Big Enough

We got a lot of comments on our last article about cow size and profit. Here, Kit Pharo weighs in. According to the USDA Research Center...

Sale Barn Calves Success Tips

Are you afraid to buy calves at the sale barn? Don't be. Don shares how you can buy them and bring them up right to end up with a profit.

Why Cows Can Eat Weeds – The Science Behind How Animals Choose What to Eat

This is Part 2 in the "Cows Eat Weeds" Series. If you missed Part 1, Weeds Are Great Forage and Grazing Them Makes You...

Managing Grazing So Animals Make the Most of Their Time

With everything they have to accomplish in a day, your stock is a lot busier than you think. Here's what you need to do to make sure they make the most of their time grazing.

Grazier's Focus of the Month

What You Do This Spring Impacts Your Whole Grazing Season

These tips from Troy were timely in 2014. They're things we probably need to be reminded about every year! Enjoy! Believe it or not, sometime...

Do You Need a Grazing Chart? Only if You Want More Grazing Days and More Fun Days

From March of 2019, here's what the Grass Whisperer says about why he keeps encouraging everyone to use a grazing chart. It’s that time of...

What to Read in September

Check out these articles from our archives suited to the work you're doing this month: Extend Your Grazing Season https://onpasture.com/2021/08/30/how-to-work-with-neighbors-to-graze-their-cover-crops-and-crop-residue/ Keep Production Up When Transitioning from Pasture...

The Thinking Grazier

Considering some Grazing Changes This Year? Let’s Think About It

You're probably watching your pastures closely right now for the signs that it's time for spring grazing. If you're not quite sure, last week's...

Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management, Multipaddock Rotational Grazing, and the Story of the Regrazed Grass Plant

In this month’s The Thinking Grazier, we’re looking at some research that might challenge some of our preconceived notions. I’ve included questions we can...

What’s a Grazing Decision Really Worth?

I remember it well: sitting on the veranda with my wife and two bottles of wine from our favorite winery, contemplating our future life...

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