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Easy Techniques for Turning Cattle and Moving Them Out of Corners

If you want to develop your stockmanship skills, you're in the right place. Thanks to the talents and contributions of Whit Hibbard, there's a...

Tips for Low-Stress Cattle Gathering and Driving

If you want to develop your stockmanship skills, you're in the right place. Thanks to the talents and contributions of Whit Hibbard, there's a...

Here’s the Impact of Fencing and Planning on Grazing Days and Profitability

In November I shared thoughts on the economic importance of stockpiling grass. In that article, I made the case for building internal fence on...

Be a Business, Not a Charity – Lessons From a Young Grazier

One of the things folks say they like about On Pasture is that our authors are also willing to share mistakes and lessons learned...

Let’s Watch Grass Grow!

You know how we always tell you that leaving more leaves of grass results in quicker recovery, and quicker recovery means more forage for...

Is Soybean Stubble Good Cattle Feed?

After soybeans are harvested, cows sometimes are put out on the residues to graze. Some bean residues are even baled. But how good is...

Bison Create Their Own Green Up

Graziers often cite bison as their inspiration for managing livestock in pastures and on rangelands. But what did bison actually do? Here's what researchers learned from years of study of the Yellowstone bison.

This Ranch’s Grazing Management Improves Soil and Vegetation

The Bench Ranch has been using intensive, rotational grazing for at least 35 years and they have seen a change that includes more grass, healthy soils, and double the stocking rate the ranch used to carry. We add ideas for how you can follow in the ranch's footsteps.

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...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling – Working Cattle in Alleyways

This piece comes to us from Whit Hibbard and Dawn Hnatow. In their first piece in this pen-working series, they described how to move...

First Steps for Economic Success Integrating Livestock and Cover Cropping Systems

This information comes to us from the latest newsletter of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Grassland Studies. As part of its mission, the...

How a Grazing Plan Prevented a Wreck

“The pencil is mightier than the pen,” Robert M. Pirsig, of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. “If I’d written my plan in pen,...

Understanding the Two Sides to Soil Organic Matter Can Help Us Improve Soil Health

This story comes to us from Anne Manning at Colorado State University. It's helpful to our community because it gives us a better understanding...

Make These Lists to Get Your Year Off to a Good Start

Another year has come and gone and now comes the time for all of the resolutions to be made for the New Year. Folks...

We Finally Get a BudBox

Animal handling can go a lot more smoothly with the proper facilities. Here's how On Pasture author John Marble made that happen at his place.

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