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A Part-Timer and Proud of It!

Thanks to Curt Gesch for this piece reminding us that we don't have to be full-time farmers/ranchers to be considered critical to our communities....

Alfalfa or Clover? Adding Quality Forage to Your Pasture

Reader Question: Is it possible to overseed alfalfa into existing permanent pasture? We have clover that is coming in but alfalfa greens up faster in...

Tips for Adding Soil Fertility While Weathering High Fertilizer Prices

One of the bigger challenges for this season is going to be fertilizer costs. If you have “stockpiled” some soil fertility in your pastures...

Winter Grazing to Protect Soils

This month's Grazier's Focus is on managing our winter grazing to future forage. Victor Shelton adds to this by reminding us what to do...

How to Raise Pigs on Pasture

Forrest Pritchard has been through several versions of raising pigs on pasture. Here he shares versions 1.0 - 3.0 with the benefits and drawbacks he found along the way.

Adding and Spreading Pasture Nutrients With All Four Feet on the Ground

Want to improve your pastures? Work with your manure spreaders to get the good stuff on the ground!

Are You Ready For Winter? Here’s How Much Feed You’ll Need and How to Serve It Up

Here in Indiana, the rains are finally replenishing reserves in most areas. Though a bit late for some things, it is still a boost...

Time to Start Prepping Your Pastures for Fall

My dear Mother always said that the older you get, the faster time goes, she was right. I really don’t know what happened to...

Stockpiling to Extend the Grazing Season

Stockpiling is a practice graziers use to reduce winter feed costs and increase profitability. It's nothing more than setting aside some of your pastures...

Using Wood Ash to Improve Pasture Soils and Forages

Graziers in many parts of the country often deal with acidic soils that are low in several nutrients. In many parts of the United...

Principles for Grass Fed Success

 Forrest Pritchard is a farmer with actual experience raising grass fed beef, and is also a very talented New York Times Best Selling author....

Hasnolocks and the Three Pastures – a Parable About How Graziers Change

You can lead a farmer to pasture but you can't make him change. Which of these farmers are you? And do you have a reason to change your mind? (Thanks to Katharine Brainard for illustrating the story.)

Here Are the Minerals Cattle Require and What Deficiencies Look Like

This is an excerpt from information provided by the Beef Cattle Research Council of Canada, so naturally it's focused on cattle. Because sheep and...

Key Nutrients Ruminants Need to Thrive

This is an excerpt from information provided by the Beef Cattle Research Council of Canada, so naturally it's focused on cattle. But the descriptions...

Pasture Management for Nutrients and Preventing Parasite Problems in Small Ruminants

Thanks to Kim Cassida for this great piece. Here she focuses on practices for small ruminants, but the principles work for cattle as well. A...

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