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How to Use the Most Important Tool A Grazier Has

We all have one, and oddly, it doesn't come with instructions. But when given the proper care, it can be the solution to every...

Regenerative Agriculture Pioneers: Honoring the Legends

Long before regenerative agriculture became a buzz word, and before the era of social media, four remarkable individuals forged a path less traveled in...

Five + Five Things You Can Do For Healthy Soils

On Pasture readers are always thinking about their part in creating healthy soils. To help, I shared a 5-week series on the principles of...

Get to Know Your Soils

We read a lot about soil health and how following the five soil health principles can maintain or improve soil health. But soils vary...

Add Sixty Years of Experience to Your Toolbox

This week we're celebrating Don Ashford's birthday. We're not going to say how old he is because you'd never guess it by looking at...

Which Kind of Grazing is Right for You?

There are so many different names for different kinds of grazing management that sometimes it gets a little confusing. So, to help you pick...

Soil quality critical to help plants weather heat stress from climate change

According to findings published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, the soil's capacity to hold water will be critical in determining the success of...

Why Cows Can Eat Weeds – The Science Behind How Animals Choose What to Eat

This is Part 2 in the "Cows Eat Weeds" Series. If you missed Part 1, Weeds Are Great Forage and Grazing Them Makes You...

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...

What’s the Best Month for Calving/Kidding/Lambing?

This collection of articles focuses on the benefits of choosing a calving/kidding/lambing time to coincide with warmer temperatures and grass growth. It's a great...

Learning from the Past

The other day I read an intro to a book on pasture management that compared corn production and pasture management. The author contended that...

For More Forage, Improved Soil and a Better Climate Future Just Spread Compost

Studies have shown that if farmers spread a quarter inch of compost on just 50 percent of California’s rangelands, 42 million metric tons of...

Your Livestock Can Help You Win the War on Weeds

This month we’re focusing on weeds and the way we think about them. In fact, my goal is that you start appreciating them for...

What I Learned After 12 Years of Using Grazing Charts

Three weeks ago, I got a lesson in context when I helped my dad into an ambulance because a sudden stomach bug left him...

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