Yes! It's our favorite time of year when Troy shares the new, blank grazing charts so that we can all get started planning for the green up. And this time, he's sharing a little about why he does what he does as well.
Yes, this title is a joke since keeping a goat in a fence can be almost impossible. Just the same, here's a primer on fencing goats, and some pointers for keeping a goat inside one.
Victor ponders the changes in the beef industry since the 1930s and '40s and considers where we might be going next. Can increasing our productivity on pasture also give us more time to relax?
Sustainable farming as a career move? Let’s dive right in, starting with a battle royale:
1) Farmers versus Zombies
During a zombie apocalypse, two life-skills are...
This Western SARE funded project gives you the information you need to teach animals NOT to eat something. While this project focuses on sheep, with adjustments, it can be used with other livestock as well. Use this as an example to think creatively about how you can use livestock to meet vegetation management goals.
Got Winter? Take advantage of these "quiet" months to design your cropping plans. That way you can avoid the domino effect of mistimed applications or harvests, because you'll know just what to do when as the weather starts to warm up. It may seem complicated, but Kitty helps you start the journey with one step at a time.
The most difficult part of pasture leasing may be figuring out a rate that works for both parties. We can't make it a breeze, but with this series of articles, we'll give you some tools so you'll have an idea where to start.
As graziers, we all focus on good manure distribution as a way of keeping nutrients in our soils so we have better forage for our animals. We thought that knowing what the nutrient composition of animal manures might help us better understand what we're accomplishing with our good manure management practices.
Here's what the Arbuckles found out when they compared how different supplemental feeds affected the cost and nutrient density of their free range eggs.
Many areas in the Western United States are dominated by sagebrush. The increase in sagebrush density over the past century is generally attributed to:...