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Back in October we talked about taking an inventory of your pastures, hay, and other feed stuff and weighing that against what your ruminant...

If you go to enough workshops about grazing, you're bound to see an illustration that shows how biting off the tops of plants impacts their roots,...

Editor's Note: Two Things Thing one - Forrest Pritchard, owner of Smithfield Meadows Farm and author of Gaining Ground, has written a new book with...

A forgotten meadow fescue brought to the United States in the 1800s could be making a comeback thanks to the ARS and a Wisconsin farmer. High value without the toxic effects of other fescues, this could be just what you are looking for.

You saw the headlines. Scary, huh? Well here's the rest of the story, and it's a lot less scary than you may have thought.

Want to get more folks interested in grazing? The Maryland Grazers Network suggests that success comes from regular conversations among farmers.

It's something preppers are concerned about: how do we survive if something apocalyptic happens? Well, the answer is: save all the farmers first, and then eat jello. Yep, we explain why here.

My family and I operate Cold Springs Ranch, a 100% grass fed beef operation in Maine. We purchased the farm ten years ago and...

Is year-round grazing possible in the rugged hill country of Steuben County? John Burns thinks so and is putting a lot of planning and...

One of the nice things about Management-intensive Grazing is that it gives you lots of opportunities to look at your animals and make sure...

Recently headlines in the popular press say you may be healthier when you don't make your bed. But is that what the science really says? Here's what I learned. In the end you'll know if science can tell you to make your bed or not, and how On Pasture gathers and translates science for you so you can use it in your daily life.

Sometimes the way we think is what gets in the way of our being as successful as we can be.

When Myron Martin realized that all his dairy animals would become beef one day, he decided to take the bull by the horns and make sure they were good beef. Here's a look at dual purpose cows at Peace Hollow Farm, and what breeds you might consider.

This is Part 2 of Joe Trlica's series on knowing your forage. Here he shares how you can best schedule your grazing to make sure that your grass grows the best it can.

Help your livestock maintain health and productivity by thinking about their rumen microbes and what they need when they change to new feed sources.