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Turning a Livestock Operation into a Profitable Business – First Steps

March 15 is the day that business taxes are due. I don't know why it's a month earlier than regular taxes, but ever since...

Where to get good grazing advice

As we near the start of the Spring grazing season, more folks have questions about setting up their grazing, watering, and fencing systems. I...

What Calving Season is Best for Your Bottom-Line?

These graziers focus on calving with nature to reduce inputs and make more money. But while May-June is great for them, it doesn't fit...

Modern Methods of Getting Uniform Use of Rangeland – Part 1

In the paper he presented at the Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Range Management, in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1953, Robert...

Turn Your Livestock Into Weed Eaters

In 2004, Kathy Voth began developing a method to teach cows to eat weeds. Her first attempt was with a small herd at Grant-Kohrs...

Plant growth under rotational grazing

ALERT: A little more science, but this time we take it to the next step - using science as background for creating a grazing plan that is sustainable for the pasture plants and our livestock.

Are you choosing the right females for your herd?

This article comes to us from March of 2017. While Steve Freeman focuses on cattle, the principles he's using can be adapted to other...

Is Compost Tea a Good Way to Add Nutrients and Microbes to Soil?

Last week's article on the results of on-farm research about the value of compost tea raised some questions from readers. To answer them, I've...

Calving Season Timing – Three Producers on Why They Choose Fall, Winter or Summer

Thanks to the Beef Cattle Research Council of Canada for this great article! Just as every farm operates with an independent set of circumstances, and...

Keys to Good Grazing From the Slovek Family

Basic grazing management principles are the same, no matter the scale you're working at, and Bill Slovek and his family do an excellent job...

Jim Gerrish Talks “What Really Matters in Grazing Management”

In this 15:39 video, Jim Gerrish breaks grazing down to the very basics to help us focus on the principles behind what we do,...

Plant Vigor and Range/Pasture Production

This article comes to us from J.L. Lantow and the February 1945 issue of Soil Conservation. It's a good reminder of how long the...

Making History in Grazing Management

Some years ago, I spent a week at one of the most important sites in range management: the Great Basin Experimental Station. From 1912...

Low-Stress Livestock Handling Part 2 – Observation, Driving and Parallel Movement With a Focus on Sheep

Last week we shared a video from Boyd Holden about best practices for low-stress sheep handling. Boyd is an animal handling consultant from Australia...

Farmer Manages Variety and Builds Resilience Through Soil Health

Thanks to the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition for this article! South Dakota is known for its variety, and Don Nickelson’s operation in Frederick...

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