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A Fungus in the Cold: When too much fall growth is a bad thing

Matting grasses, extra fall regrowth, and long stretches of snow cover = Snow Mold: a fungus among us.

Transitioning from Confinement to Pastured Dairy – One Farm’s Process

This is the first of a series of articles about the transition to grazing for Jonathan and Maryann Connor of Providence Dairy in Addison,...

Nitrate Awareness: Is Your Herd Safe?

I just got the forage test results back from the lab and the nitrate score was 3,000. Am I in trouble? Every year I get...

Tighty Whities Can Tell You About Your Soil Health

This is a fun experiment you can try with your own pastures and fields. It comes to us from Anthony Bly and Sara Berg...

Tips As You Prep for Winter Grazing and Feeding

It is the time of year to be thinking about winter or at least preparing for it. So what should we be thinking about?...

Fall Stockpiling and Pasture Housekeeping Tips

Here's what Victor has been doing to get ready for his extended grazing season. It's been a little different this year thanks to all the moisture he's gotten. Whether its been dry or wet where you are, he's got useful ideas.

May Calving is Now the Rule for Dickinson Research and Extension Center

For the last five years, North Dakota State University's Dickinson Research and Extension Center has been turning its bulls out in August for May...

Choose Variety for Conservation

If you don’t care about the long-term results, then sure one size fits all… It seems like we have to learn the same lessons over...

Soil Health – Go Deeper

Dr. Ray Weil has spent his whole life looking at and learning about soils and how they work to keep us all fed. In...

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...

NDGLC Mentoring Program Helps Ranchers Make Big Improvements

Joshua Dukart, Executive Director of the North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition, and Kenneth Miller, rancher and former NDGLC chair, share how their community of ranchers is working together to help everyone be successful.

Does Compost Tea Improve Pasture? Part 2

After a thorough investigation, these farmers aren't sold on using compost tea for pasture improvement.

Two Soil Improvement Practices – Should You Spend Your Money?

Asking the right questions can save you time and money. Here we demonstrate how we asked questions about Keyline Plowing and Soil Balancing to decide if those practices work for farmers and ranchers.

Does Compost Tea Improve Pasture?

You may have heard of compost tea and theories that it can be used to improve pastures. With little research done on its benefits, one group of Indiana farmers decided to do their own tests to see if this treatment was as good as its claims.

Acorn-Finished Hogs at Black Holler Farm

Editor's Note: Two Things Thing one - Forrest Pritchard, owner of Smithfield Meadows Farm and author of Gaining Ground, has written a new book with...

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