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In this 5 minute NCAT video, Dave Scott shows you how to look at your pastures to make sure you're leaving behind as much as you'd hoped. He also gives you a good look at overgrazing and the downsides of that.

Forage intake is key to animal performance. Grazers do best when the forage is a certain height and quality, AND when they have experience with grazing those kinds of plants.

Heat stress can be a significant cause of economic loss on the farm during the warmer months of the year. Excessive heat, humidity, drought,...

Silvopasturing is the sustainable (long-term) production of timber, forages and livestock on the same land. Silvopastures are dynamic, symbiotic and intensively managed grazing systems....

In every animal's life there will come a time when they need to survive on less than the best. If they've tried it out when they're young, they'll thrive anyway.

Understanding how a plant grows through the grazing season is the key to figuring out when grazing it will make the most impact. The...

This is Part 2 from UMN's chapter on Managing Pastures for Year-Long Forage Supplies.

Businessman Nido Qubein said, “Change brings opportunity.”  With the volatility of conventional milk prices and the surging interest in local beef and organic grass-fed...

Even if you're not grazing rangelands, the results of this study might give you some ideas of what to expect in grazed and ungrazed areas after fires. It might also give you some ideas about how you want to manage your grazing to protect forage and wildlife habitat.

Got Winter? Take advantage of these "quiet" months to design your cropping plans. That way you can avoid the domino effect of mistimed applications or harvests, because you'll know just what to do when as the weather starts to warm up. It may seem complicated, but Kitty helps you start the journey with one step at a time.

As you read through this, you might think "DANG! This is really complex!" And you're right it is! But that doesn't mean you can't figure it out. Think of it as one of those strategy games where you're trying to maximize your points in the face of lots of variables. If you're not good at those kinds of games, we bet you know someone who is. Just see it for the game it is, and go out and WIN!

True grazing artists understand that when things aren't going as planned, or Mother Nature gives you a surprise, you don't give up on science. You just remix your paint.

Since the beginning of agriculture, successful farming has meant the extraction of minerals from soil as plants grow. A relatively small world population and a...

It takes time and money, but the difference can boost your bottom line.

If you're writing an equation to determine whether or not a farmer will succeed, you might include these three things.