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Planning For, and Managing Through Drought

Some readers are in the middle of a severe drought, and it comes for all of us at some point. Having a plan for how to respond and manage through it can help you survive, and even thrive.

Grazing Height Determines the Health of Your Forages

As livestock producers, you know very well how forages will impact the growth or productivity of your animals. However, we very seldom think of...

Custom Grazing Rates and Contract Structuring

This is the second part in Meg's series on Custom Grazing. Here's the link to the first in the series. Contract Structuring The way I like...

Small Grains as Forage AND Cover Crops

Small grains like triticale or rye are popular forages right now, but their soil building attributes can be overlooked. Here are a few of our thoughts about the ways they can benefit us just by growing.

An Animal’s Early Experience Outside Can Change Its Body Inside

The animals you've got could behave and eat differently and even have different internal adaptations if you give them different experiences when they're young.

Should You Opt for the Legume? Adding Cowpeas to Forage Sorghum

Cowpeas are a viney summer annual legume that can climb, tolerate some shade, and fill in the spaces in a summer annual grass, so...

Diverse Yet Smart Cover Crop and Forage Mixes: 4 Rules for Perfect Pairings

When you make a mix or interseed one crop in another for a “relay effect”, you’re looking for the most bang for your diversity...

Bloatless Alfalfa Grazing

After attending a conference for dairy graziers I was somewhat surprised when one of the speakers spent a considerable amount of time explaining all...

Bring in the Bees: Farmscaping With Pollinator Mixes

Dave Wilson, King’s AgriSeeds, co-authored this piece with Genevieve Why draw more insects to the field? Most row crop fields are acres upon acres of...

Managing Medusahead – Start Early, Stay Late

Medusahead grass is an "Ecosystem Transformer" species. Not only does it compete for resources with other plants, but it can change ecosystem function to...

Tips For A Drought-Ready Grazing Playbook

Even if you're not a football fan, you've probably heard that the Super Bowl is coming. Just like teams write playbooks to boost their chances of success, we can build a grazing playbook to help us deal successfully with the things that Mother Nature throws at us.

Living With Endophyte Infected Tall Fescue

Here's a coordinated approach to turn your fescue "scourge" into cost-effective, productive pastures.

Be Who You Are, Eat What You’ve Got

It's good to get ideas from everyone. But be sure that when you choose something to do, that you adapt it to fit with the place you are.

An Old Forage Makes A Come Back

A forgotten meadow fescue brought to the United States in the 1800s could be making a comeback thanks to the ARS and a Wisconsin farmer. High value without the toxic effects of other fescues, this could be just what you are looking for.

Making Direct to Consumer Sales Work

My family and I operate Cold Springs Ranch, a 100% grass fed beef operation in Maine. We purchased the farm ten years ago and...

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