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Planning for a Stocker Operation – Homework To Do If You’re Considering This Option

Blake Allen follows up on his first article about switching to and running a stocker operation, going into more detail about considerations for folks...

Here’s a Great Resource for Learning More About Your Plants

Are you considering planting a new kind of forage in your pasture? Do you have trees or bushes that you're trying to manage and...

How to Manage Wet Winter Grazing

I walked across some pastures on the last day of November and shook my head as water splashed up from my gum boots and...

Soil Health Principles Part 5 – Diversity is Key

In the fifth part of our series on soil health principles, Buz Kloot focuses on the benefits of diversity for improving soil health. In...

Answers to Reader Alfalfa-Related Questions – Fall Nutrition, Varieties, and Reseeding

Here's an article answering alfalfa-related reader questions. The answers come to us from Genevieve Slocum and David Hunsberger of King's Agriseeds. Question: My cows and calves...

Can Cattle Help With Seeding?

Readers have asked if cattle can be used for seeding pastures, or if there are examples of others that have done this. This article...

Intensive Pasture Management Pays – Everything Old is New Again

This article comes to us from Glen Murray* and the September 1962 issue of the Soil Conservation magazine. This was the monthly publication of...

Here’s What Could Happen to Forages in the Future and What It Means For Our Management

Could warming temperatures and elevated atmospheric CO2 levels affect the quantity and quality of forage used to raise livestock? That's the question that David...

Don’t Freak Out About the IPCC Report

Let's start with this: The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report that was released on August 8 does not say we should quit eating...

Reduce Your Feed Costs This Winter With These Tips for Extending Your Grazing Season

Winter feeding accounts for 40+% of the cost of producing a calf, so reducing or eliminating this bad habit can help keep your ranch...

New Forage Available

A few weeks ago we shared the results of a study that provided some insights into the value of legumes as forage. The study...

Best of OP – Managing Multi-Species Grazing

On old MacDonald’s Farm, there were all types of animals—here a moo, there an oink and over there a cluck, cluck—but managing multiple species...

Multi-Species Grazing Part 3 – Grass and Soil Management Principles

No matter what kind of stock you're grazing, these management principles apply.

A Canadian Farmer’s Success Grazing Alfalfa

After last week's article about how to reduce our fear of bloat when grazing alfalfa, I got some good feedback from our readers and...

Fear of Bloat Costs More Money Than Actual Cases of Bloat

Thanks to the Beef Cattle Research Council for this excellent article! I've made a few edits adding information for U.S. graziers. This is part...

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