Goats as a brush-management tool on pastures is well-documented ("Cleaning Up With Goats," August BEEF (www.beef-mag.com), but they offer a growing market payoff, as well, with the ethnic groups that prefer goat meat being the fastest growing...
Though still a novel concept to most cow-calf producers, a growing number of stocker operators are utilizing program feeding to work their way around a lack of forage, and to improve the predictability of cattle performance.
USDA announces two new risk-management tools for pasture, rangeland and forage, beginning with the 2007 crop year. The two programs, which allow livestock producers to buy insurance protection for losses of forage produced for grazing or harvested...
For the past five years, the South Dakota Grasslands Coalition has sponsored a grazing tour around the state to showcase how grassland management can be incorporated into successful working operations.
Seeding grasses as early as possible during August in the Midwest will produce the best results for next year’s yields, reports Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin forage agronomist...
If drought is playing out your pasture, Rick Rasby, University of Nebraska beef specialist, offers the following feeding and supplementation advice for those looking to feed corn...
Monitoring rangeland and pasture can be a quick, easy and useful way of gathering information to help a rancher’s bottom line. South Dakota State University Extension range livestock production specialist Eric Mousel says simple monitoring...
The seven regional honorees that will vie for the 2006 National Environmental Stewardship Award (ESA) have been named. Among the honored are: Blight Family Farms, Albion, MI; Hayston Farms, Mansfield, GA; Clan Farms, Atlantic, IA; San Pedro Ranch...