Even if you're not working with irrigation, this article has some great tips for transitioning to intensive grazing, stockpiling pasture, and considering the downsides. This is the first in a series from Dave Scott so stay tuned!
While many were using the internet to Facebook friends or Youtube a favorite homemade video, this grass/apple whisperer was Google-‘ing for inspiration on wild...
From 1997 to 2003, Kathy Voth directed a research project using goats to create firebreaks to protect homes and firefighters from wildland fires. These excerpts from the federal Joint Fire Science Program's "Fire Science Brief" on her project describes the project and its findings. Thanks to Rachel Clark for putting this brief together! Learn what goats can accomplish and why other livestock are good firefighters too!
Consumers DO want your product. It's just that many don't really understand what different terms mean. Here's what some researchers and focus groups tell us about what is important to our customers and how to tell the story of our product.
This isn't the article we'd planned for this week, but the flooding in Colorado means that some of our fellow producers need some information NOW! Here's what we all need to know when disaster strikes.
If you’re raising chickens for meat and lack easy access to a humane, local slaughterhouse, a mobile slaughter and processing unit may be what you need. This guide shows you how fund, build, and permit a mobile facility to be used by a community of farmers, or as part of a business.
You've heard it before, and you'll hear it again. The average age of farmers and ranchers is on the rise. The last U.S. agriculture census showed that 25% of all farm operators are over 65. Here are some tips for those farmers and their families about how to transfer to the next generation.
Have you seen the Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial where the guy freaks out because he thinks he ate the bones? Here's Forrest Pritchard's take on how that works at his place.
The committees responsible for deciding how the budget is divided to assist farmers and ranchers are meeting now and they're wondering if you really need on farm/ranch visits or personal assistance from NRCS staffs. What do you think?
Troy has some great ideas and experience dealing with pesky knapweed. By the end of the article you might be thinking of it as an excellent forage too!
Recently, I heard a farmer state that mid-summer foliar grass diseases are the most significant problem on on his farm. It's true, these diseases, that are found everywhere, can reduce forage quality and palatability. Here's how to recognize some of them, and what to do to reduce the problem.
