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What About Tall Fescue?

I sometimes get in a hurry when I sit down to write.  That sometimes causes me to have a bit of tunnel vision and...

What Should You Charge for Prescribed Grazing?

Note from Kathy: I get this question a lot from folks who'd like to make money running livestock to manage vegetation. What they're hoping...

What Works for Wildlife Is Also Better for Montana Rancher and Her Livestock

Janet Endecott thought she was just being nice when she agreed to improve fish habitat on her ranch. It turns out the livestock loved the change too!

What You Can Tell by Looking At – And Touching – Your Soil

Thanks to Nick Comerford, University of Florida, and the Soil Science Society of America for this article! If you are outside and want to know...

More Grass Than Cattle – What Do You Do?

This week we're sharing some questions from readers that we think you, the On Pasture Community, will have some good answers for. One reader...

What Size Cow Is Right for Grass-Finishing?

One of our On Pasture readers sent this question: I would like to know what size I should be buying cows in order to grass...

Runaway Grass – What Can You Do?

If you're looking out at pastures that are growing so fast you don't know how to keep up, here are some tips for managing your grazing so that you slow the speed that forage matures, and you maintain quality forage.

What Do Different Plants Tell Us About Our Soils and How to Improve Them?

Greg Brann, Natural Resources Conservation Service Grazing Specialist in Tennessee, recently sent some information out to his local farmers about "indicator plants" along with...

What Are Your Soils Capable Of?

Not all soils are created equal. You can improve your soils to a degree, but it's always a good idea to set your expectations based on your soil's capabilities. That way you're working with what you've got and not throwing good money after bad. So do yourself a favor and check out the Natural Resources Conservation Service's web soil survey site.

What Do Cows Eat, and Why?

On its face, this seems like a silly question. Don't we all know what cows eat?! So when Fred Provenza, as a new professor...

What’s the Difference Between Grain-Fed and Grass-fed?

Shannon shares what grass-fed customers need to know about what makes a piece of grass-fed meat different from grain-fed, and what that means in the kitchen so they can have the best meal possible.

What’s Better For Tracking Finances – Quickbooks? Quicken?

If you're like me, every year you think, "I resolve to keep better financial records," and then maybe, like me, you get stuck because...

Adding it Up: What Does it Cost to Develop a Bred Heifer?

Written collaboratively by Taylor Grussing, Heather Gessner and Shannon Sand of South Dakota State University. With all the day to day tasks that need...

It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know (who can save your barn)

Here's a tip for all of us, and for folks new to agriculture especially. You'll need the right people to be successful.

What Happens When We Make Plans?

Grass Whisperer Troy Bishopp found these graphs to be quite true based on his own experiences with planned grazing. Save Save Save

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