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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...

What You Need to Know to Be a Successful Grazier – No Matter the Weather

This morning I got a call from Don Ashford, my adopted Louisiana Dad. Naturally, our conversation started with the weather. He told me they...

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!

What’s the Impact of Grazing Without Recovery Periods?

This is a little inspiration for thinking about your grazing management and what your goals are.  In this two minute, time lapse video you'll see...

Harvesting Free Sunlight Successfully Requires This One Thing

Free for the taking. Free lunch. Absolutely no cost. Something for nothing. Don’t you love it when you can get something for free? Input costs...

How to Reduce Stress on the Farm or Ranch

I used to own goats. And as you all know, goats get out. And when they're out they do bad things, like dance on...

Modern Methods for Forage Improvement

A few weeks ago we introduced Robert E. Williams and his piece in the Journal of Range Management about best grazing management practices. Though...

Managing Risk and Social Pressure

This 3 minute video is part of the NRCS-sponsored series Soil Health How-To. In this series, Dr. Buz Kloot, visits farms, orchard and vineyards...

Management By Principle

For the past 8 years I've published 5 to 6 "How-To" articles a week. Because readers live everywhere across the United States, and the...

Math and the Art of Grazing – Figuring Your Stocking Rate

Thanks to Krista Ehlert, Assistant Professor and South Dakota State University Extension Range Specialist, and Jameson Brennan for this article! Like many of us Krista...

How to Be a Creative Problem Solver

It seems that being a grazier means that you have some kind of problem to solve every day. I know plenty of you rely...

Pasture Management for Nutrients and Preventing Parasite Problems in Small Ruminants

Thanks to Kim Cassida for this great piece. Here she focuses on practices for small ruminants, but the principles work for cattle as well. A...

The Turnaround: A Rancher’s Story

Dave Pratt has a new book out and it's one all graziers should read. Packed with principles and processes drawn from the widely acclaimed Ranching...

What You Do This Spring Impacts Your Whole Grazing Season

Believe it or not, sometime in the very near future you will be turning animals out to pasture. Some of you will have a...

Modern Methods Part 2 – Managing Where Livestock Graze

A few weeks ago we introduced Robert E. Williams and Part 1 of his article in the Journal of Range Management about best grazing...

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