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Best of OP – Great “Grass Farmers” Grow Roots

If you go to enough workshops about grazing, you're bound to see an illustration that shows how biting off the tops of plants impacts their roots,...

Best of OP – Managing Multi-Species Grazing

On old MacDonald’s Farm, there were all types of animals—here a moo, there an oink and over there a cluck, cluck—but managing multiple species...

Best of OP – The Importance of Tail Docking Lambs

Ever had a rotten tooth pulled? I have, and it smarts a bit. But would I rather that tooth was still there, or that...

More Ways to Keep Flies Off Your Livestock

There's more than one way to skin a cat or catch a fly. On Pasture reader Fred Forsburg was inspired to share his method...

Top Ten Grazing Management Misconceptions

Sometimes we all suffer from perceptual misconceptions that affect our operations. Resolving them may require a rather steep and abrupt learning curve to achieve...

Really Good Reasons Not to Change – Even When You Should

It's not that we need a paradigm shift. It's that we have some very real things that get in the way. And it's hard to figure out how to overcome these challenges.

How Much Time and Money Should You Spend on That Calf?

It is important that cattle producers know the cost of adding gain to cattle and the marginal value of that gain. If you know...

Forage Sampling For Haying and Grazing and Tips on Bale Size

Forage sampling in a standing pasture allows us to get a feed value estimate of forages that will be fed to livestock. It's also...

Here’s the Silver Bullet

Today's Scoop comes to us courtesy of On Pasture author John Marble and a conversation he and I had this morning about farmers and...

Sheep Cross Hanging Bridges

Farmers and ranchers everywhere face challenges when it comes to moving their stock, especially when it comes to crossing water. Shepherds have solved water...

Offset Fencing – An Option for Keeping Wily Animals in Pastures

This is my second summer buying, breeding and flipping yearling heifers in New York. I use two-day moves and high density grazing to get...

Multi-Species Grazing Part 3 – Grass and Soil Management Principles

No matter what kind of stock you're grazing, these management principles apply.

Cover Crop Legumes That Are Great Forage

This study may not have turned out as planned, but it did provide some great information about just how useful some pea and hairy vetch varieties are for providing forage for spring grazing.

Multi-Species Grazing Part 2 – Birthing Season and Grass Management

Tom Krawiec has been handling 2,000 to 3,000 head per year for close to 15 years. His MOBs can include saddle horses, cattle, sheep...

Making Hay While the Sun Shines, Even If You Don’t Want To

All the drought indicators were met, so John's drought management plan kicked in. And then it rained.

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