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Tips for Extending Your Grazing Season

Stockpiling - or saving feed for later use - is a great way to extend your grazing season and a topic we've covered a...

A Thought for Graziers: We’re All In This Together

I have a game I play when I’m having a meal by myself. It’s called “I am grateful for…” and it involves naming and...

Two Goals Graziers Should Work Toward

A couple of years ago I was working with Don Ashford on the Grazing 101 Ebook. He shared these thoughts with me. Enjoy! Two of...

Which Kind of Grazing is Right for You?

There are so many different names for different kinds of grazing management that sometimes it gets a little confusing. So, to help you pick...

Soil quality critical to help plants weather heat stress from climate change

According to findings published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, the soil's capacity to hold water will be critical in determining the success of...

This is NOT Your Grandmother’s Summer

If you haven't noticed already, this summer is different. Or, as one weather person put it recently, "This is not your Grandmother's summer." Floods,...

Impacts of Heat on Plants and Animals and What You Can Do

Just like people across the world, graziers are dealing with some especially difficult weather. Too much heat in most places, too much precipitation in...

Time to Talk Drought. Again. (Apologies to those in the floods in the Northeast)

Let's start with a bit of data. About 41% of the U.S. cattle inventory, 31% of hay acreage, and 33% of alfalfa hay acreage...

Timely Tips From Greg Brann

This week's email is inspired by Greg Brann and his latest issue of Timely Tips. I'm highlighting some of what he shared here and...

Leverage – It’s Not Just for Moving Heavy Rocks

A lever to move a rock, a pry bar to move break off something stubborn. We've all done it, right? We're "leveraging" an existing...

Improve Your Pastures by Using Livestock as Vegetation Managers

Let's start this week with a question: How much better would your life be if you had your livestock take over some of the vegetation...

Managing Fast Grass, Weed Meanings, and Ornery Animals: Answers to your May Questions

After ten years of running On Pasture, I have a bit of a feel for what graziers are asking themselves as they look out...

Continuous Grazing vs Rotational Grazing. How Often Should You Move Your Herd?

This week's article collection was inspired by an email I got from the Agricultural Research Service presenting the results of some research looking at...

A Little Cognitive Dissonance

If you only like to read things that match your view of the world, this week's article collection might be a little uncomfortable. It's...

New Research Reveals How Grazing Management Practices Affect Cattle Weight Gain by Altering Foraging Behavior

Rotational or continuous grazing? Which system allows for more sustainable and profitable free-range livestock production? Ranchers often rotate cattle seasonally among different pastures on their...

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