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Wayne wrote this article back in 1998, and even though some of the technology has changed, the mistakes we make haven't. While this is geared toward high tensile fences, most of the tips will serve you just as well for your temporary, polywire fences.

Shannon Hayes got angry when her sister observed that "everybody is looking for a handout"…until she realized how many times she'd said it herself. We share this post from her blog because it helps us think about asking for help and why we sometimes don't.

Anders Gurda created this set of videos as part of his graduate-thesis work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They answer the questions we all have...

I didn’t think this kind of thing happened anymore. I got the first phone call two weeks ago from a local reader of my blog. ...

Using his own pastures as an example, Victor shows how checking what's growing (or not) helps plan for the upcoming grazing season based on the needs of the forage.

I've built a lot of fences in the last 15 years and even though I know that fences are important for my livestock, my...

This SARE supported on-farm research project is so full of information and lessons learned that it's worth your while to read no matter what kind of livestock you raise. 

This is Part 2 from UMN's chapter on Managing Pastures for Year-Long Forage Supplies.

Hey, it's the first in a series about how to plan for season-long forage in your pastures! We're going to talk plants, planning, supplemental pastures, and supplying high quality fall forage. Here we go….

Businessman Nido Qubein said, “Change brings opportunity.”  With the volatility of conventional milk prices and the surging interest in local beef and organic grass-fed...

Gabe Brown is known for the work he's done improving his soils and his farm's profitability. He quit tilling back in 1993, turning instead to...

Even if you're not grazing rangelands, the results of this study might give you some ideas of what to expect in grazed and ungrazed areas after fires. It might also give you some ideas about how you want to manage your grazing to protect forage and wildlife habitat.

Are you raising livestock near an urban area? Do you see all those empty lots and abandoned pastures as possible forage? Here's how one family farm created a Cow Taxi to take their herd to the food. While they're dairy-based, there's no reason that the concept couldn't be adapted for other livestock.

What respectable ag-based publication would fail to address the switch to daylight savings? Here are some of the myths about why we do it, some of the real reasons, and, if you really hate it what you might do to fix it.