Sometimes landscape terrain and size makes temporary fencing too expensive or difficult to set up. Here’s an alternative that I’ve used successfully. From November of 2015 – an alternative to fencing that still directs your animals where you want them. via Fenceless Targeted Grazing Using Supplement Blocks — On Pasture
Over the last few months, my Boneheaded Beef Business Blunders articles have related how I’ve been burned by ineffective land lease and custom grazing contracts. As a result, I’ve changed what I include in contracts. via Everything You Need to Include in a Farm/Ranch Lease Contract – Part 1 — On Pasture
For many livestock producers, the grazing season is about to come to an end and it will be time to start feeding hay. There are several different methods of feeding large round bales of hay, with advantages and disadvantages of each. Maybe one of the most common practices I see is the use of round […]
When is the best time to apply fertilizer to pastures? Every spring I get questions from producers about fertilizing their pastures with nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K). Many producers coming out of winter want to give their pastures a boost or they are fertilizing crop fields and figure they might as well do […]
Back in September of 2016, On Pasture readers were wondering if their fall and winter grazing might have an impact on the health of their pastures come spring. 32 more words via Grazing Too Short in Fall and Winter Can Mean More Weeds in the Spring — On Pasture
TOP TIPS & ADVICE ON GETTING THE BEST OUT OF YOUR PADDOCK. Free helpful advice on managing your paddock. Correctly managing your paddocks can make a big difference to the amount of grazing available for your horses and also help it to withstand the pressure of horses movement. Good quality grazing pasture is the […]
Pasture planting allows you to bring the right mix of pastures to your grazing system. In this video, the NRCS’s Eddie Martin walks us through the options of which pastures to plant and how, when and where they are best planted.
Utah Cattleman Darrell Yardley attended an NRCS pasture management school and instituted a rotational grazing system on 23 acres that has produced more forage for his cattle.
We’re bringing this article to you from an August 2017 issue of On Pasture because this is a great time to start thinking about setting up bale grazing this coming winter. 24 more words via This Winter, Improve Soil Health (and Your Life) With Bale Grazing — On Pasture
Last year about this time, an On Pasture reader asked us when he could start grazing a planting he’s was getting ready for fall forage. We figured there’d be more of you out there this summer with the same question. 16 more words via Is It Ready Yet? How to Know When You Can Start Grazing […]
