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Year-Round Grazing Paradise (or at least moving towards that)

Don’t you sometimes wish it was spring year-round? As I write this, snow is coming down towards the tail-end of February, and it feels like...

How to Get Rid of Broomsedge in Your Pastures

  This time of year, I get a lot of questions on how to rid pastures of broomsedge grass. It's a problem because animals will...

Ten Steps to Better Pastures and Grazing

As an extension educator at the county level, I read a lot of publications about the use and management of pasture and hay resources....

Before You Graze, Know Your Goals: What Are You Doing? Why Are You Doing It?

Last week we published the 8th annual set of grazing charts thanks to our friend Troy Bishopp, the Grass Whisperer. So it seems like...

Get Your Free 2021 Grazing Planning Chart and Instructions Here!

It's that time of year again! Grass Whisperer Troy Bishopp has updated the grazing charts and they're ready for you to download. Troy developed...

Do You Need a Grazing Chart? Only if You Want More Grazing Days and More Fun Days

From March of 2019, here's what the Grass Whisperer says about why he keeps encouraging everyone to use a grazing chart. It’s that time of...

Honey locust pods as part of a complete (livestock) breakfast

“And all trees bear an awful big crop which the stock like so well that they will break down the fence to get them.” -J...

Fencing so a 12-Year-Old Can Run the Ranch

If you set up the day to day operations of your ranch so a 12-year-old can run things, your level of enjoyment will be...

A Simple Spreadsheet For Figuring Forage Availability, Winter Feed Needs and More

I created this calculator for the OP community way back in 2013. The calculator is really an Xcel spreadsheet. You plug numbers into the...

How to Graze During the Dormant Season (Summer or Fall)

Whether it’s fair or not, people seem to believe that northwest corner of America is a fairly unique place. Folks like to rave about...

Build Your “Room” for Success

A year ago I listened to an interview with author David Weinberger on CBC radio. The host was asking questions about Weinberger’s book ‘Too...

Use Good Stop Grazing Heights For Animal and Soil Health and More Spring Forage

It is late September as I write this, and so far this month I’ve had a total of two-fifths of an inch of rain...

Grazing Through Drought, Too Much Rain, and Fire

Because Oregon has been in a long-standing drought, John Marble has lots of practice acting on his drought plan and rebounding when it rains. His examples of what works can get you through, rain or shine.

Teaching Cattle to Graze Through Snow

We've covered some of this information in other articles, but I thought it would be helpful to gather it in one spot for you so you can begin to plan your winter management.

The Answer to “Why Do We Ranch This Way?” Leads to Better Grazing for This Rancher

The Atlas Blizzard of October 3, 2013 was a big shock to Jody Brown of Faith, South Dakota. The freak storm dropped as much...

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