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As Temple Grandin notes, “Every time you are working your animals you are training them. You can train them to be easy to handle . . . or you can train them to be difficult.” Here's how to get the results you want.

After years spent going to conferences and workshops and working with farmers and ranchers all across the country, I noticed two things. First, while...

Stockmanship is a powerful, yet under-appreciated and under-utilized component of operating sustainable livestock operations. It requires no additional inputs, yet studies have shown that...

Sometimes the way we think is what gets in the way of our being as successful as we can be.

I slept in this morning. I allowed myself the indulgence of staying in bed until 5am because of the long day ahead. In addition...

Your livestock can eat a lot more of what's in your pasture than you might think. The only thing that holds them back is their "culture" or what they've learned from their mom and herd mates. Here's the background and what you can do to make a difference.

When I started using electric fence back in 1997, I knew so little that I wasn't even sure which questions to ask. I remember...

When someone asks you for help, do you prefer to be asked nicely and then be rewarded with a "thank you" or "nice job?"...

That's a headline from Teagasc, the agriculture and food development authority in Ireland. Their analysis of the impact of farmers participating in discussion groups...

Mental illness is scary because it strikes at the very heart of who we think we are. When our bodies fail us, it's a...

We're turning two! To celebrate, all month long we're sharing the On Pasture backstory, describing how we got to here, what we think is important about our work, and how we hope to contribute to our Community.

Victor ponders the changes in the beef industry since the 1930s and '40s and considers where we might be going next. Can increasing our productivity on pasture also give us more time to relax?

Sandy Miller is one of the most forward thinking people I know.  She's always coming up with ways to do things better, more easily, and to benefit everyone in her community.  Here, she shares her farm hack for using portable panels to create inexpensive handling facilities for her livestock. We bet you have some pretty good farm hacks as well.  How about sharing them with your fellow On Pasture readers in the comments section below?

Here's an interesting look at an aspect of GMO foods and their labeling from a whole new perspective: the potential impact on the circle of life.

This is the final excerpt in this series. Authors Whit Hibbard and Dr. Lynn Locatelli conclude that investing in training for anyone handling and moving livestock is cheaper and more effective in the long run than trying to create and install expensive handling equipment that doesn't necessarily do the job.