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Joshua Dukart, Executive Director of the North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition, and Kenneth Miller, rancher and former NDGLC chair, share how their community of ranchers is working together to help everyone be successful.

We got a question from a reader about renovating pasture. So we asked one of our On Pasture authors to share some thoughts.

Here's a collection of past poultry articles to get you started. Find even more by clicking on "Livestock" in the menu above and choosing...

Do you have a commodity that you raise or grow that you are turning into a value added product and need to expand your...

Sometimes farming doesn't make sense from the outside. But if it makes sense from the inside, that might just be what counts.

For your herd, a high-forage diet can help your bottom line, but you should take care to use high-quality forage. Here's how to make a high-forage diet work for you.

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!

Editors Note: This piece, prepared by Carrie Abels, comes to us from Vermont's Farm to Plate, and describes "How Bread & Butter Farm worked with...

There are a variety of ways to figure out how much forage you've got. Here Jim Gerrish describes three of them and the one he likes the best.

It is a fact that 8 out of 10 of the small business start-ups fail within 5 years. Why do you suppose this is...

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….

A cow's body condition is a good indicator of how well her calves will do and whether or not she'll breed back. Now is a good time to check in on your cows so you can adjust their feed so they can do their best for you. AND if you're a technology kind of person, there's even an App for that!

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?

Is your spring late or early? Does it seem like some forages aren't springing up like you wish they would? Victor Shelton shares some background on "Growing Degree Days" and their impact on photosynthesis and plant growth.

One of our readers wrote in and asked for an article on how to plan a pasture walk. Thanks, Carol. We hope this helps you and all the other folks who want to learn from their fellow graziers.