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The Thinking Grazier – Tools for Expanding Your Brain

This week I’m introducing a new column. “The Thinking Grazier” goes beyond the hows and how-tos of grazing to focus on developing our skills...

Alfalfa: A Winner for Producers and the Environment

Here's some good news about how alfalfa can feed our livestock and our soils. Thanks to Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications, for this...

Should You Diversify? Or Is There Beauty in Simplicity?

We tend to over complicate things. A simple business that does a few things well and at scale, is a thing of beauty! It...

Pinkeye and Fly Management Made Easier

In the summer, the most popular searches at On Pasture are about how to treat Pinkeye. Why? This is when fly populations seem to...

Grazing Salt Marshes Improves Resistance to Erosion and Sea Level Rise

More and more places around the world are facing the challenge of flood risk due to sea-level rise, land subsidence and frequent storm surges....

Feed Alternatives When Drought Puts a Halt to Forage Production

This week's report on forage and drought conditions in North Dakota provides some good information for everyone suffering from drought conditions, and that includes...

A Tip for Monitoring Livestock Water Tanks

A simple DIY project from items everyone has at home!

New Vaccine Cocktail Protects Cattle from Johne’s Disease

A few months ago, I shared a two-part series on Johne's disease. I talked about the disease itself, and my personal story of losing...

Flerds: Sheep and Cattle Grazing Together for Predator Protection and Pasture Management

Multi-species grazing isn't just about diversifying your operation and making good use of your pastures. It can also be a way to protect small ruminants from predation!

How Plants Can Beat the Heat: Their Memory Mechanism for Adapting to Heat Stress

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." But what if you're a plant and that's just not possible? It turns...

You Can Be Paid for Protecting Your Grasslands, Rangelands and Pastures

  USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting applications for Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands from July 12 to August 20, 2021. The program is an...

Some Days Nothing Goes Right – So watch a funny video instead!

I thought I knew what I was doing this morning. I worked hard last week to create a special surprise for you. But today,...

Turning Out the Bulls – Later

Thanks to Kris Miner, South Dakota Grassland Coalition for sending on this reminder! With the traditional bull turnout date for most producers coming in the...

Clear Goals Make This Rancher’s Grazing Management Work

After spending 30 years in the car business, Brent Durham knew what he wanted to do when he retired: hunt. So, in 2012, he...

Goal Setting to Get You Where Want to Go (An Easy Version)

I was recently working with a colleague on a series of emails we hoped would increase visibility and engagement for a project she's working...

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