Slideshow: Here is a look at 10 plants that thrive in pastures.

Mindy Ward, Editor, Missouri Ruralist

August 22, 2019

10 Slides

Native plants can provide nutritious forage. Find out what your livestock graze on by walking pastures. Here are a few plants to look for. If you don't recognize any in your fields, you may want to consider adding a few to next year’s seed mix.

About the Author(s)

Mindy Ward

Editor, Missouri Ruralist

Mindy resides on a small farm just outside of Holstein, Mo, about 80 miles southwest of St. Louis.

After graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural journalism, she worked briefly at a public relations firm in Kansas City. Her husband’s career led the couple north to Minnesota.

There, she reported on large-scale production of corn, soybeans, sugar beets, and dairy, as well as, biofuels for The Land. After 10 years, the couple returned to Missouri and she began covering agriculture in the Show-Me State.

“In all my 15 years of writing about agriculture, I have found some of the most progressive thinkers are farmers,” she says. “They are constantly searching for ways to do more with less, improve their land and leave their legacy to the next generation.”

Mindy and her husband, Stacy, together with their daughters, Elisa and Cassidy, operate Showtime Farms in southern Warren County. The family spends a great deal of time caring for and showing Dorset, Oxford and crossbred sheep.

Subscribe to Our Newsletters
BEEF Magazine is the source for beef production, management and market news.

You May Also Like