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Got Lice? Keep Them From Sucking the Life Out of Your Herd

This article, courtesy of the Beef Research Council, is a follow-on to their recent webinar, Prevent External Parasites from Bugging Your Cattle. It covers...

Match.com for Grazing? These Exchanges Match Graziers and Folks Who Need Them

There are lots of reasons for adding livestock to landscapes. Grazing crop residue and cover crops is a low-cost way to recycle nutrients back...

The How-Tos of Pastured Turkeys

This time of year, most people only have two questions on their mind: 1) Why has the Christmas music started already? 2) Where am I going to...

Here’s a Tool to Make Farm/Ranch Financial Analysis Easier

If you're not a great record keeper, you're not alone. Most folks I know would rather be outside doing chores than inside filing receipts...

Why Can We Look at the Same Thing and Come to Different Conclusions?

An old friend called me the other day and asked me this very question. I hear it from a lot of folks, so I...

How to Graze During the Dormant Season (Summer or Fall)

Whether it’s fair or not, people seem to believe that northwest corner of America is a fairly unique place. Folks like to rave about...

How Good Are You at Assessing Animal Temperament?

Thanks to University of Nebraska-Lincoln's BeefWatch, and  Jamie Parham and Dr. Ronald M. Lewis, UNL Professor of Animal Breeding and Genomics for this article....

If it’s so great, why don’t we see silvopasture everywhere?

I was at a pasture walk some time ago, when the farmer pointed to the few scraggly trees strewn throughout his paddocks. They were...

Build Your “Room” for Success

A year ago I listened to an interview with author David Weinberger on CBC radio. The host was asking questions about Weinberger’s book ‘Too...

Grazing Pigs – Fencing Tips

Check the end of the article for opportunities to learn more about raising livestock and marketing and selling meat. Of all the animals we have...

Is a Second Dust Bowl on Its Way?

Thanks to Paul Gabrielsen, science writer, University Marketing & Communications, University of Utah for this piece. Got any spaces left on that 2020 bingo card?...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling Part 2 – Observation, Driving and Parallel Movement With a Focus on Sheep

Last week we shared a video from Boyd Holden about best practices for low-stress sheep handling. Boyd is an animal handling consultant from Australia...

When the Fire Came – A Rancher Works Through Oregon’s Holiday Farm Fire

On September 9, John Marble's short voice mail on my home phone said, "We have fire on three sides and we're evacuating cattle." He...

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...

Farmer Manages Variety and Builds Resilience Through Soil Health

Thanks to the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition for this article! South Dakota is known for its variety, and Don Nickelson’s operation in Frederick...

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