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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...

This Animal Spells Out What It Is

Take a closer look....

What Should You Charge For Your Eggs?

Doug read last week's piece on the price of eggs and sent us these great thoughts on it. Figuring out how to price your...

Will Cloned Cattle Give Us What We’re Looking For?

If you followed the three part pictorial history of cattle size and type by Dr. Harlan Ritchie (see Part 1 here), you may have...

What Two Grasses Tell Us About Grazing Management

How is grass productivity above and below ground affected by grazing at different heights or by leaving different residuals after grazing? A study at...

From Big to Small to Big to Small: A Pictorial History of How We’ve Changed What Cattle Look Like

How did we get to the cattle we have today? Where should we go from here? These are some of the questions Dr. Harlan...

What is “Back-Grazing” and Should You Do It?

A common question for graziers is what does 'back-grazing' mean. Then their next question becomes for how long is back-grazing acceptable? Back-grazing means letting livestock...

Starting a Ranch From Scratch – An On Pasture Reader Asks, “What Would You Do?”

We recently got this email from a reader who's getting his new ranch up and running in northeastern New Mexico: I have an opportunity to...

Mob-Grazing on Large Landscapes – What You Might Expect

Jay and Krista Reiser were considering taking over a 2700 acre North Dakota ranch they knew they were facing some problems. First, their financial...

What is Your Plan B?

All of us try to have some kind of plan that will make some sense of what we are doing. There are discussions of...

Good Stockmen Understand What an Animal is “Saying”

"Reading" what an animal is saying with it's movements is the best way to know how to tell it what you'd like it to do next. These examples will help you "talk" to your animals.

Be Who You Are, Eat What You’ve Got

It's good to get ideas from everyone. But be sure that when you choose something to do, that you adapt it to fit with the place you are.

Monitoring What’s Left Behind In Your Pastures

In this 5 minute NCAT video, Dave Scott shows you how to look at your pastures to make sure you're leaving behind as much as you'd hoped. He also gives you a good look at overgrazing and the downsides of that.

Did You Know Your Herd Has Its Own Culture? Yep – And That’s Why They Eat What They Eat!

Your livestock can eat a lot more of what's in your pasture than you might think. The only thing that holds them back is their "culture" or what they've learned from their mom and herd mates. Here's the background and what you can do to make a difference.

What Does Sustainability Mean to You?

"Sustainable" and "sustainability" have become the topic of a large number of articles in livestock magazines lately. It seems that some of the writers...

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