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Victor is in the house! A nice benefit of having the 2019 Grasstravaganza in Cobleskill, NY is that conference guest and Indiana’s seasoned grazing guy,...

Thanks to Dawn Hnatow for co-authoring this piece! A lot of ranchers have trouble gathering their cattle; that is, it takes a lot of riders...

Tom Krawiec has been handling 2,000 to 3,000 head per year for close to 15 years. His MOBs can include saddle horses, cattle, sheep...

This article comes to us from Matt Poore and Johnny Rogers. Amazing Grazing, in addition to being something we all aspire to, is...

Thanks to the Beef Cattle Research Council for this excellent article! I've made a few edits adding information for U.S. graziers. This is part...

Even if you're not a candidate for planting ryegrass, you'll want to check out the principles of grazing management that Don describes in this piece about working with your local climate, understanding forages, and making grazing pay.

This is a story of the importance of private lands for providing clean water and wildlife habitat, and how the changes this ranch made enhanced habitat and increased water availability and made their livestock more productive and profitable. Thanks to Robert Hathorne of the NRCS for sharing this story. I've added ways to apply the principles this ranch uses to help you translate this to your operation, and information on how to pay for the improvements.

This is a quote from Eric Hoffer who was known as the longshoreman philosopher. Mr. Hoffer has been dead since 1983 but these words...

This is the third in a series about the grazing management changes the Wahl family has made and how it has improved soil health...

This is the second in a series about the grazing management changes the Wahl family has made and how it has improved soil health...

This is the first in a series about the grazing management changes the Wahl family has made and how it has improved soil health...

We've all seen those diagrams of the flight zone. But sometimes seeing a group of animals demonstrate how it works is a lot more...

There is no set recipe for success in farming and ranching. What works for one person isn't guaranteed to work for another. And even...

We all know what's going to happen. Even so, it's funny to watch these folks demonstrate how electric fencing, insulation, and grounding works with...

With six decades of farming experience, Don Ashford has a lot of data to draw on. Here's a lesson he's learned that can help all of us look at our farming operations and decide what we can control and how we want to farm or ranch.