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New Research Reveals How Grazing Management Practices Affect Cattle Weight Gain by Altering Foraging Behavior

Rotational or continuous grazing? Which system allows for more sustainable and profitable free-range livestock production? Ranchers often rotate cattle seasonally among different pastures on their...

My Guiding Principles

I like principles because they're easy to remember when suddenly faced with a challenge or problem. For graziers, there are soil health principles, plant...

Considering some Grazing Changes This Year? Let’s Think About It

You're probably watching your pastures closely right now for the signs that it's time for spring grazing. If you're not quite sure, last week's...

Let’s Turn Sunshine Into Money

When should I turn my livestock into pasture? What should I look for in my plants to know when it's time to move the herd to a new pasture?

Starting Spring Grazing With Healthy Livestock

As we head into grazing season, let's make sure our livestock are ready for the green grass. We start with this short list of reminders...

We’re All in This Together

I like watching ants, especially the leaf cutter ants that live in my backyard. They are such hard workers and I like how their...

Win the War On Weeds – Have Your Livestock Eat Your Enemies

We're finishing up our March March on Weeds with this set of articles on some more edible enemies. Here's the rest of the month's articles...

Eat Everything

The way I looked at the world changed when I got my first goat. Everything looked like goat food. I hauled home tree limbs,...

FAQs on Teaching Livestock to Eat Weeds

You've got questions and I've got answers. This week I'm continuing my quest to make myself obsolete by sharing more information on my method for...

Should I Have Done Something Different With My Life?

I'm in D.C. this week. My husband has work meetings and I came along to visit a friend and see the sights. It's a...

Steers That Eat Rabbits

Here's a little-known fact: On Pasture exists because of this picture:   If I'd never met Fred Provenza, and if he'd never invited me to audit...

Weeds Are Great Forage and Grazing Them Makes You Money

As we head into grazing season, there's an especially joyful feeling that comes from watching pastures green up. But then, there's that downer from...

Farmers and Ranchers are a Hard-Headed Lot

Nineteen years ago, in February of 2004, I began developing a method to teach cows (and other livestock) to add weeds to their diets....

Planning for Spring Grazing

The Spring Equinox is just three weeks away, but according to the USA National Phenology Network, actual green up may be arriving early in...

When Will Spring Arrive?

If you type this question into Google, you'll get information about the Spring Equinox which will happen this year on March 20 at 11:33...

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