Do Meat Goats Have a Place in Your Operation?
Aug 21, 2006
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...
Program Feeding Could Provide Drought Strategy
Aug 13, 2006
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.
Insurance Tools For Pasture, Rangeland, Forage
Aug 13, 2006
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...
USDA launches new insurance tools for range and pasture
Aug 10, 2006
rangeland insurance for risk management
Grazing Tour Highlights Sustainable Practices
Aug 06, 2006
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.
August Best Time To Seed Grasses
Aug 02, 2006
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...
Grain-Feeding Cows In A Drought
Aug 02, 2006
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
Aug 02, 2006
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...
Stocking rate vs. stock density
Aug 01, 2006
Stocking rate is the basic relationship between livestock and the forage resource. Stock density is essentially animal concentration.
Environmental stewards named
Aug 01, 2006
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...
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