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Troy’s Grazing Charts and How To Use Them

Here you go!  Everything you need to get going with your own grazing chart to help you plan for making best use of your...

How to Set Up Paddocks For Managed Grazing

Managed grazing means gaining more control of your grazing. When we built our first grazing system 25 years ago, portable fencing using reels and...

Breeding Matters III – Inbreeding vs. Line Breeding

Confused about the difference? Here's what separates the two "relatives."

Farm Hats Make the Man

Mark Twain said, “Clothes make the man”.  I wholeheartedly agree, however when it comes to working on the land, the farm hat is a...

One Wire Electric Fences Make Managing and Teaching Calves Easy

As you're thinking about next year's grazing season, here's a fencing technique to work into your system. Easy for you, easy for your calves!

Line Breeding is Good For Profit

A couple months ago I wrote an article for On Pasture called Breeding Matters. I briefly alluded to Line Breeding as a method of...

Monkey Bread, Cricket Brownies, Fried Larvae and Horse Nettle = A Perfect Trip!

I spent the last week of September in  Louisiana.  Dr. Alan DeRamus of the University of Louisiana invited me there to talk to farmers about how...

Cooperative Farming/Ranching – Frameworks for Working Together

Working together can make things easier and better, especially if you know how to set yourselves up for success. Here's a resource that will make that a lot easier to do!

Pasture Management: Perennial or Annual Forages?

One of the questions grazing farmers often ask are, what type of forages will grow well on their farms or, which will best suit...

Helping Each Other is in Our Blood

This week's article about cooperative farming/ranching frameworks reminded us that helping each other and working together is in our blood.  None of us would have...

Lard Can Actually Be GOOD For You

Why do we make oat cakes, empanadas and pie crust with lard at Smith Meadows Kitchen? After listening to NPR’s story “Who Killed Lard?” and many...

Small Ruminant Toolbox Now Available

No, it's not a toolbox for goats and sheep. They don't have thumbs! Better than that - it's a toolbox of information to help sheep and goat producers prosper.

Guide to Financing the Community Supported Farm/Ranch

Here's a look at some new, innovative ways that you might consider for financing projects on your farm or ranch.

If you’re going to bloom where you’re planted, you have to adapt

Last night the cat tried to bring me a present.  It was something wiggling around on the doormat and when I took a closer look...

Batt-Latch Lets Your Animals Move Themselves!

Being a farmer is simply one of the busiest human activities so, what grazing farmer wouldn’t benefit from an automatic gate opener? We recently learned...

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