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Do You Know the Difference Between Organic Material and Soil Organic Matter?

This article comes to us from Eddie Funderburg, Ed.D., Senior Soils and Crops Consultant at the Noble Research Institute. Since we talk a lot...

Copper Deficiency in Cattle Can Reduce Conception Rates

Last week Beth Burritt wrote about animals ability to recognize and solve mineral deficiencies. She noted that mineral nutrition is extremely complex and that...

The Four “P”s to Success

In this week's issue Aaron Berger writes about the four "P"s that help us identify our competitive advantage. For each "P" we think about...

Want More Spring Forage? Leave More Winter Residual

Last fall, I hosted Victor Shelton at my farm. Victor is Indiana's NRCS Grazing Specialist, a beef farmer, and the author of “Grazing Bites,"...

How to Time Your Grazing to Improve Plant Yield and Quality

As our livestock head out to pasture, we're all thinking about how to time our grazing to get the most out of our pastures....

Can Animals Detect Mineral Deficiencies?

If you’ve ever seen your animals eating soil, bones, feces or other unusual items, you probably took this as an indication that they may...

Rotational Grazing System Increases Profit and Resilience

"With rotational grazing, what really turned me onto it and got me into it was, honestly, the economic value of it, obviously in dollar...

Garlic for Fly Control?

You've probably seen testimonials from fellow farmers and ranchers who claim that feeding garlic can keep flies off their cattle. Maybe like me, you're...

Managing for Resilience Begins to Pay Off

I am a fairly young man seeing things I never thought we would. In the midst of a global pandemic we’ve all been shaken...

Dog Fence Art

I like these folks' solutions to dogs wanting to see what's happening on the other side of the fence.

Patch Burning Means Fewer Fences, Better Grazing Management and Improved Wildlife Habitat

Ranchers on the tallgrass prairie traditionally burn their pastures each spring before summer grazing. After fire, plants grow more quickly, and the new growth...

Yes! Your Livestock Can Eat Horsenettle! (and Mimosa/Chamberbitter weed, Teaweed/Spiny Sida, and Goldenrod)

In September of 2014, I worked with Alan DeRamus of the Univerity of Louisiana and Don and Betty Ashford of Ethel, Louisiana on a...

Answers to the Bovine Art Pop Quiz

Here are the answers to the Bovine Art Appreciation Pop Quiz. I run a seasonal operation with a focus on buying under-valued animals and increasing...

Goat Health Handbook – Free Download

As a novice goatherd, this handbook saved my bacon a number of times. It helped me diagnose the first case I'd ever seen of...

Multi-species Grazing – Diversification Instead of Expansion

This week, we're talking a bit about diversification, providing some examples of what it might look for different operations and how folks make the...

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