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Alfalfa: A Winner for Producers and the Environment

Here's some good news about how alfalfa can feed our livestock and our soils. Thanks to Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications, for this...

How Plants Can Beat the Heat: Their Memory Mechanism for Adapting to Heat Stress

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." But what if you're a plant and that's just not possible? It turns...

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...

What Happens When Johne’s Disease Appears in Your Herd? Part 2

Johne’s disease is a wasting disease with no cure. It is found in more than 50% of dairy herds in the U.S. and can...

What Happens When Johne’s Disease Appears in Your Herd? Part 1

Johne's disease is a wasting disease with no cure. It is found in more than 50% of dairy herds in the U.S. and can affect beef cattle, sheep and goats. Here's my story of my encounter with the disease in my goat herd and how you can use my experience to save yourself some grief.

Ideas for Promoting Grazing as an Ecosystem Service

In this article about how crop growers and livestock producers can cooperate to benefit each other, I lay out the keys to developing a...

The Turnaround: A Rancher’s Story

Dave Pratt has a new book out and it's one all graziers should read. Packed with principles and processes drawn from the widely acclaimed Ranching...

Year-Round Grazing Paradise (or at least moving towards that)

Don’t you sometimes wish it was spring year-round? As I write this, snow is coming down towards the tail-end of February, and it feels like...

What Do Plant Roots Do for Soil Health?

“Maximizing Living Roots” is the third principle of soil health and it's focused on feeding the soil. When I first saw this phrase, I...

Are parasites a limiting factor in your flock/herd?

The parasites that infest sheep can be an enormous drag on sheep production. Year in and year out, they probably cause more death and...

Honey locust pods as part of a complete (livestock) breakfast

“And all trees bear an awful big crop which the stock like so well that they will break down the fence to get them.” -J...

How much feed can Honey Locust add to your stockpile?

“The tree grows in a Bermuda pasture and is always loaded in the fall with luscious fruit. The cows and hogs stand under it,...

Impacts of Fall and Winter Grazing on Spring Regrowth

It might be early February, but I’m already thinking about new spring forage growth and I guarantee the livestock are too. In the past,...

Do You Know Who Your Market Is?

Marketing is the life blood of any farming enterprise. As cattle producers we have sold most of our stuff at the sale barn. We...

Considering Adding Broilers? Here’s a Tool to Help You Plan

Poultry processing regulations are one of the primary challenges for small farms hoping to add broilers to their farms. To give small farms a...

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