Wednesday, April 17, 2024

How Often Should You Move Your Herd?

Are you a competitive grazier? By that I mean, do you measure your success against other folks by how often you move your animals...

Making Money With Sheep Grazing

While lots of graziers think of cattle as their first option, raising sheep as a primary enterprise, or as part of a multi-species grazing...

Heading Back to Pasture – Tips from Victor Shelton

Your timing for heading back to pasture is different depending on where you live. In Oregon, John Marble already has "run-away" grass and is...

Safe Animal Management Tips

Did you see this recent story? His Best Friend was a 250-Pound Warthog. One Day, It Decided to Kill Him. What I was most amazed by was...

Intentional Management: Matching Needs With Resources

Thanks to Jonathan Rupert of Smith Seeds for this piece. A number of years ago, I had the privileged of visiting one of the many...

Great Fence: Electrified High-Tensile Woven Wire

Rebekah Perry sent us this piece on her experience with electric fencing. We'd love to hear from you about your own experience as well!

San Juan Ranch – Stewardship With a Vision

  George Whitten and Julie Sullivan own and operate the San Juan Ranch in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. The  Valley is known for...

Comparing Rotational and Continuous Grazing – A Time Lapse Video

Seeing how two pastures function side by side under different management is one good way to consider what kind of management we'd like to...

High Density Grazing for Spotted Knapweed Suppression

Spraying herbicides wasn't doing the job of reducing spotted knapweed and was just reducing legumes and other forbs in pasture. So Jim decided to work with his cattle to take care of the problem and create healthier pastures. The results were tremendous!

Graziers and Crop Farmers Benefit From Working Together – Part 2

This two-part two of a series from the Beef Cattle Research Council of Canada on the ins and outs of graziers can work with...

Living Crop Mulch Feeds Livestock and Improves Soil Health and the Bottom Line

Thanks to Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications for this article. Who doesn’t like a two-for-one deal, or a double-double, win-win? A team of USDA scientists...

Want to Know How Much Forage You’ll Have This Summer? Check Out Grass-Cast

Every spring, ranchers face the same difficult challenge—trying to guess how much grass will be available for livestock to graze during the upcoming summer....

Let’s Talk Turkey – Pasture-Raised Turkeys That Is

As we head into the Holiday season, some of you may be asking "I wonder if I should raise turkeys?" Here's some food for...

Training Livestock and Wildlife to Electric Fence

I always like to start an electric fence conversation with this statement: "Electric fence is not a Miracle." Quite frequently it is a miracle...

Considering Raising Meat Goats? Here’s What the Market Looks Like

Thanks to Steve Bryns, Texas A&M Agrilife, for this article. Researchers at Texas A&M just finished a  six-year study proving what many of their West...

Calving While Moving With the Mob

When the spring flush of grass kicks off with pastures exploding in growth, it can be difficult to keep up with new growth. Then...

Grazier's Focus of the Month

Winterizing Your Grazing Infrastructure and Some Winter Water Tips

Hopefully we're not too late getting this to you. But even if you've seen the first flakes of winter, it's not too late to make sure you're ready for all the flakes to come.

Get Your Grazing Chart, Make a Plan, and Get a Life!

On Pasture's New Year's Resolution is to help you develop a grazing business based on a vision and goals that ensure a happy, healthy...

Grazing Season Prep Step 2 – Mapping Your Pastures and Soils

On Pasture's New Year's Resolution is to help you move into this grazing season in a way that ensures a happy, healthy life, and...

The Thinking Grazier

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...

Moving Toward a Better Life With Grazing

Welcome to the On Pasture Virtual Grazing Conference! One of the great things about going to a grazing conference is that getting out of your...

Adapting to a Changing Climate

Editor’s Note: I just got back from 5 days in the largest 2C hot spot in the Lower 48. Grand Junction, Colorado is in...

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