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UH-OH! I’m running out of grass! What should I do?

First off, let's not panic.  You have options for stretching your forage supply.  One or a combination of the options below could improve forage...

One Grazier’s Experience With Ultra-High Stock Density Grazing

Increasing the density of animals on a piece of pasture changes grazing behavior, and is one tool graziers can use to meet certain vegetation...

What To Do When You Run Out of Feed

One of the most common problems I've been seeing lately is folks running out of forage for the number of animals they have. The...

Here’s What Short Grazing Does to Spring Regrowth

As you walk or drive your ATV around your pastures, you may notice differences in plant growth. The reasons for those differences can vary...

Ten Steps to Better Pastures and Grazing

As an extension educator at the county level, I read a lot of publications about the use and management of pasture and hay resources....

Timely Tips: Don’t Stop Feeding Hay Too Soon

I wanted to send out a Timely Tips to encourage everyone to feed hay a little longer in the spring to let the grass...

Soil Temps and Grass Growth – What’s happening now?

In his latest issue of Grazing Bites, Victor Shelton paused to think about a question someone asked him: “Don’t you think that the grass seems...

Can grazing be a low-input pasture renovation tool?

I've seen questions lately about how to revive old, worn fields. So, from March 2015, here's the results of one woman's research on using...

Are you choosing the right females for your herd?

This article comes to us from March of 2017. While Steve Freeman focuses on cattle, the principles he's using can be adapted to other...

Impacts of Fall and Winter Grazing on Spring Regrowth

It might be early February, but I’m already thinking about new spring forage growth and I guarantee the livestock are too. In the past,...

Collect More Sunshine to Grow More Grass

ALERT: It's science time again and we're going to show you what you need to know to use your livestock to manage your pasture solar collectors so they're always catching the maximum amount of sunlight.

Want to Know How to Get the Most From Your Pastures? Ask a Dairy Grazier

When Oregon dairy farmer Jon Bansen decided Double J Jerseys was going all grass fed in 2017, he faced a challenge. Milk production requires...

Red Clover Hay Supplementation Grows Fat Cattle

To jump right to the end of the story, researchers have found when 15% of the diet of steers in pasture was a supplement...

Twice as Many Cows, Twice as Easy

This piece comes to us from Clarence Kelly,* work unit conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service (now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service)....

Winter Strip Grazing – Determining Strip Size

We reconfigured our farm’s permanent, hi-tensile fence to better allow the use of portable fencing. Portable fencing allows flexibility, and flexibility allows the management...

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