Start the grazing year right: Tips for healthier pastures and better performance
Prepare for a successful grazing season by auditing soil health, frost seeding, and infrastructure now. Plan your 2026 pasture strategy to maximize forage.
Goats are browsers; sheep are grazers
Learn how to to make small changes to your feeding program based on BCS scores to evaluate and maintain your flock's nutritional program.
Raising pigs on pasture
Learn the basics of raising pigs on pasture and decide if it's right for your operation.
How to fight foxtail in forages
Foxtail is infamous for seeds that get caught in the gums of livestock, leading to feed rejection and potential infections. Learn how to combat this weed.
How I use watergates on my cattle farm
In the ideal world, they need to be able to hold in or deter livestock, but be able to allow water and debris to pass during periods of high water.
Managed grazing the only way to go
If you have not yet adopted management intensive grazing, you should now. At the end of 2007, I figured I would be spending my winter talking about how to evaluate and renovate pastures after the drought. Boy, was I wrong.
How to divide pastures for better performance
The essential principles are to avoid overgrazing the grass plant and to provide a rest period that allows the plant to regrow to a target grazing height.
Paralephostrongylus tenuis affects small ruminants
Species primarily affected by P. tenuis include camelids such as elk, moose, llamas and alpacas as well as small ruminants such as sheep and goats.
February is an ideal time for frost seeding
Ohio State University's Christine Gelley details the reasons February is the perfect time to frost seed legumes.
How to build a heavy use pad
It's time to consider installing heavy use pads in areas around waterers and locations where hay will be fed that have been an issue in the past.
