Field Bindweed – A Nutritious, Overlooked Forage
It’s high in protein – capable of adding 2.2 pounds of gain per day – and spreads 10 to 18 feet a season, AND cows love it. You should too!
Read More →What Your Livestock Eat and Why
From April 2017, this article will give you a whole new outlook on what your livestock can and should eat. 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 at Utah State University, chose this question for his research focus, […]
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These materials are available for free download for paid On Pasture subscribers. Enjoy! Training Recipe for Teaching Cows to Eat Weeds Weeds That Livestock Can Eat How to Manage Livestock to Meet Weed Management Goals
Read More →Managing Livestock to Meet Weed Management Goals – Bonus
Thanks for being an On Pasture Subscriber! Enjoy this bonus content. Grazing timing and intensity is a useful tool for increasing and decreasing target vegetation. Here are some general tips, and some specifics for some of our most common weeds – Canada thistle, leafy spurge and spotted knapweed. Do you have questions about other weeds […]
Read More →Why Cows That Learn to Eat One Weed Will Choose to Eat Others
In 2004, I trained cows at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site to eat Canada thistle, leafy spurge and spotted knapweed. Then, they started eating musk thistle as soon as I put them in pasture. When I trained 110 pairs to eat Canada thistle at the Jumping Horse Ranch near Ennis, Montana, they added musk thistle […]
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