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This idea comes to us from the Beef Cattle Research Council of Canada. They're sharing ideas from producers about how they improve the efficiency...

Troy Bishopp and John Suscovich of Farm Marketing Solutions get together now and then to share tips for how farmers and ranchers can be...

Thanks to my co-author on this piece, Pete Bauman. He sent me the video and shared the key takeaways that makes the video so...

Getting water to livestock is one of the challenges to managed grazing systems. It's also a problem for graziers trying to take advantage of...

Thanks to Heather Emmons of the Natural Resources Conservation Service for this story of how to get water where livestock need it. (It comes...

"This is so much more than just stewardship of the land. It's about modeling the behaviors that we all should have, whether we're a...

This is a story of the importance of private lands for providing clean water and wildlife habitat, and how the changes this ranch made enhanced habitat and increased water availability and made their livestock more productive and profitable. Thanks to Robert Hathorne of the NRCS for sharing this story. I've added ways to apply the principles this ranch uses to help you translate this to your operation, and information on how to pay for the improvements.

The reason I often mention the Natural Resources Conservation Service as a good resource is that NRCS is known for providing one-on-one, personalized advice...

In the drought of 2009, Kregg and Diana McKenny's well ran dry. They had to haul water, and ultimately sell all their livestock except...

"Healthy watersheds through good land management, that's what we work on," says Robert Potts, President and CEO of the Dixon Water Foundation. "Managing the...

Keeping stock watered in winter can be a challenge. With that in mind we thought we'd check with our neighbors to the north to...

This comes to On Pasture from Meg Belais, Restoration Project Manager & Analyst with The Freshwater Trust. The Freshwater Trust works with farmers and...

Wolfe Family Farm and The Freshwater Trust are working together to transition nearly 1,100 acres of forage and grain crops from flood irrigation to...

Thanks to  Justin Fritscher, Natural Resources Conservation Service, for bringing us this summary of research benefiting ranchers and wildlife. Removing invading conifer trees improves the...