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Tools for Deciding How to Diversify Your Operation

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...

Can We Graze Now?

  Yes, there is green grass. Yes, both you and the livestock are more than eager to utilize it. Yes, you both should wait before grazing it. It...

Utah Rancher Gets Results With Conservation Program

This article, by Donald H. Fulton, range conservationist with the Soil Conservation Service in Roosevelt, Utah, first appeared in the Soil Conservation magazine in...

Can Manure Be Made Into Toilet Paper?

Alexander Bismarck was vacationing in small village on Crete when he had an "Ah Ha" moment. He was watching goats grazing summer-dry grass when...

Hacks That Make and Save Money – The Dog-Goat Tractor and More

Self-sufficiency is on the minds of many folks these days. Victory gardens and chicken tractors were/are in the toolboxes of many families looking to...

Managing Grazing to Target Cheatgrass and Other Weeds

Thanks for this article go to Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator, and Mitch Stephenson, UNL Range Management Specialist. They give us an excellent example...

Calving While Moving With the Mob

When the spring flush of grass kicks off with pastures exploding in growth, it can be difficult to keep up with new growth. Then...

Are Your Livestock Genetics in Balance With Your Forage?

Selection of production traits that exceed the capacity of the production environment may not increase output, but will increase costs. Now that is a very...

Astrophysicist Gets Magnets Stuck Up Nose While Inventing Coronavirus Prevention Device

I like this story because A) it's a great example of problem solving, and how it can run amuck, B) it's also a great...

I Couldn’t See the Forest…or the Water, For the Trees

After digging a well and running polyethylene tubing all over the place, my intensive grazing operation was humming right along. Cows never needed to...

Grasslands and the Herds that Graze Them Provide Critical Ecosystem Services

Cattle play a vital role out on the landscapes for grasslands. They mimic in many ways what historic bison used to do. That's why...

Why Cows That Learn to Eat One Weed Will Choose to Eat Others

In 2004, I trained cows at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site to eat Canada thistle, leafy spurge and spotted knapweed. Then, they started eating...

Creative Problem Solving – Yes! YOU can think like Einstein! (Free)

I love it when I come across people who think creatively about common problems. So I'm especially tickled with a couple articles in this...

Enhanced Livestock Handling Facilities for the Single Man/Woman (With or Without Short Legs)

Because he usually works stock by himself, John Marble has modified his handling facilities to make it easy and safe for a single man/woman. Check out his tips and then share yours with the On Pasture Community.

The Best Treatments for Pinkeye

When visiting Greg and Jan Judy a few weeks ago, I asked Greg "What do you do about pinkeye?" "We don't treat it," he said....

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