Well, that time of year is almost upon us. You know what these coming winter months mean — greasy, slimy, aggravating mud. It makes a mess of your tractor, your livestock, and occasionally, you may have to rescue one of your boots from its miry clutches.
So how do you handle this part of our […]

Earlier in the year there were several articles in this column addressing planning ahead for the possibility of drought.
In April, Mark Sulc warned us to “Plan now for the summer slump,” which is the time of slower growth we experience every summer. In his article he addressed the importance of not overgrazing your pastures, […]

Many of you have seen them — farms split into paddocks where the animals are rotated each week, every three days, once a day or even every 12 hours.
Some of you may wonder why? Why go to all of that hassle? Is it really worthwhile?
I suppose to some, all of those division fences […]