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Water Makes Grass Grow!

That is a theme I frequently use in my grazing management presentations around the country. I often say I have learned more about grazing...

Choose a Calving Date That Grows Good Calves With Low Inputs

Thanks to Chip for sharing this excerpt from his new book "Cow Country Essays and a Little Slantwise Logic!" Time of calving has to...

Crabgrass is Good Forage

Improved forage crabgrass varieties are not weeds, but high-quality, high-producing forages that fit well from the Mid-Atlantic region through the Southeast. With good fertility...

Cool- and Warm-Season Grasses Make for Better Pastures

This is part 3 in the three part series to help you better understand your forage and your pastures. Here are links to the...

Grass Growth and Response to Grazing

Knowing your forage can help you better manage it. Here's some background on how grasses grow, photoshythesize and store energy - all important things if they're going to grow and feed livestock!

Italian and Annual Ryegrasses in Cropping Systems

Let's talk Italian Ryegrass. Why? It's a great forage, and it has all kinds of uses in cropping and pastures. If you're not already considering it, we hope this series will give you some food for thought.

Why is Barnyardgrass So Abundant in Many Hay Fields and Pastures This Year?

This year many farmers are wondering why barnyardgrass is present in unusual abundance in their hay fields and pastures.  This annual warm-season grass weed...

Tall Fescue: High-Yielding Forage Grass or Toxic and Invasive Weed?

During his travels around the state in 1931, Dr. E.N. Fergus of University of Kentucky observed a patch of grass that he thought was worthy...

The Grass Whispering Journal or WWGWD? (What Would the Grass Whisperer Do?)

Contributor Troy Bishopp has been tracking how his spring grazing has gone so far so that you can see his adaptive grazing management in progress and how he uses his grazing chart to best advantage. Troy is a great photographer, and pictures are worth a thousand words, so this story has lots of them. Click on them when you'd like to see them larger and enjoy!

Planning for Next Year

Last week I got a press release from the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition. Written by Stan Wise, it has some great suggestions for...

Are You What’s Holding Your Grazing Business Back?

Note from Kathy: Welcome to On Pasture's Bonus week! Most months have four weeks. But on those special months with five weeks, On Pasture...

Get Your Perfect Grazing Recipe Here!

Oh dear! If you clicked on this hoping that you'd find the answer to all your problems, I'm sorry. The perfect recipe doesn't exist. Unlike baking...

Helping You Get Where You’re Going

My grazing posse is tired of writing about fences - where to put them, how to set them up. They don't want to write...

Adapting to a Changing Climate

Editor’s Note: I just got back from 5 days in the largest 2C hot spot in the Lower 48. Grand Junction, Colorado is in...

Only the Learners Survive – Thoughts on How to Be One of Them

This is a quote from Eric Hoffer who was known as the longshoreman philosopher. Mr. Hoffer has been dead since 1983 but these words...

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