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Thinking of Seeding Your Pastures?

By this time of year, any seeding of forages would be considered a dormant seeding. Seeds planted now will lay there until the right...

To Plant Or Not To Plant My Ryegrass

Even if you're not a candidate for planting ryegrass, you'll want to check out the principles of grazing management that Don describes in this piece about working with your local climate, understanding forages, and making grazing pay.

How Do You Graze in November When the Weather is Warmer or Wetter Than Usual?

I mentioned last month that there are still plenty of good growing days left this fall and they need to be taken advantage of....

Beef and Bobwhites – How to Maximize Livestock Production While Helping Wildlife

Thanks to Nick Schell, a wildlife biologist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service for sharing this article with us. I added the section...

The Four Principles of Soil Health Applied to Forages

  Soil Health is one of the main tools that will help sustain farms in the future. It will help us feed the world. NRCS...

What Makes Grass Grow Back Fastest – Trampling, Clipping or Cow Spit?

Troy started this piece, Kathy Voth added some, and Jim Gerrish shared his observations. And with all that, we're still not sure we have...

It’s Time To Start Thinking About Stockpiling to Extend Your Grazing Season

In this 5:00 video two On Pasture authors, Troy Bishopp and John Suscovich, talk about how it is that on December 8, they're standing...

Is Seeding for New Forages in Your Future?

Are you thinking about seeding for improved summer forages? Are you wondering what to seed, how much to seed and how to prepare the...

What Kinds of Forages Are Good in Grassfed Systems?

This article comes to us from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE) and Jan Holder's book, "How to Direct Market Your Beef."...

Selecting for Heat Tolerant Cattle Using Coat Shedding Scores

Scientists and the Farmer's Almanac agree: this summer is going to be hotter than normal all across the U.S. and Canada. In fact, many...

Moderate Grazing Repairs Soils

Thanks to Dennis O'Brien and researchers at the USDA Agricultural Research Service for their assistance on this article. Decades of plowing throughout the Piedmont region...

Let’s Waste Grass With Jim Gerrish – Part 2

This piece is drawn from a presentation Jim Gerrish did in 2015 sponsored by the Iowa Beef Center. We've embedded the 15:20 video of...

A Visit With Greg and Jan Judy

I (Kathy) got to spend a couple days with Greg and Jan Judy at Green Pastures Farm last week. I had so much fun! I...

Intentional Management: Matching Needs With Resources

Thanks to Jonathan Rupert of Smith Seeds for this piece. A number of years ago, I had the privileged of visiting one of the many...

When Does Fertilizing Pasture Pay? – Part 2

Last week, Bruce Anderson shared information about break even points when it comes to spending money on nitrogen fertilizer for pastures. This week, we...

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