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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. 

With everything they have to accomplish in a day, your stock is a lot busier than you think. Here's what you need to do to make sure they make the most of their time grazing.

Sustainability is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. It is defined literally as “the quality of not being harmful to...

There are plenty of reasons not to have a mobile milking parlor, especially if you just lived through winter in the northeast. Open air...

While Maine may have beat all the other states to the punch, there's still time for YOUR state to get on the band wagon. Here's what happened in Maine, and some tips on how you can make it happen in your state too.

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...

Understanding the primary predators and prey in your pastures is the first step toward managing for everyone's benefit.

The story goes that, backed by a group of dedicated soil scientists, a state delegate in Maryland first brought forward a bill in 2007...

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.

This professional swimmer swims the streets of the Philippines. Perhaps this gives you some ideas of what you can do this summer in stock...

The full title of this new publication is "Scaling-up Egg Production: Management, Markets, Regulation and Finances." As you can see, it's got everything you need to get going on the right foot.