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Fall calving with tall fescue
Spring may not seem the right time to be thinking about the virtues of fall calving, but if you live in the tall-fescue zone of the U.S., you should be...
Five steps to winter savings
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all...
Stock water and winter grazing
Providing stock water on winter pastures is one of the ongoing challenges of a year-round grazing program. Many cattlemen feel they don't have the water...
Wildlife-friendly fencing
Farmers and ranchers across the U.S. have a love-hate relationship with wildlife. For many ranch families, one of the perks is seeing wildlife, from big...
The value of education
A lot of farm and ranch kids growing up in the '70s and '80s were told by their parents to get an education and find a better job than farming or ranching....
Manage your pasture's N cycle
My April issue column discussed how effectively pastures can run on legume nitrogen (N) alone. While legumes can put quite a bit of N into the pasture...
Manage Your Pasture's Nitrogen Cycle
While legumes can put quite a bit of nitrogen (N) into a pasture, just how effectively are you as a grazier recycling N in your pasture system? ...
Can legume nitrogen do it alone?
The question of whether pasture can run on legume nitrogen (N) alone always arises when fertilizer prices increase, as is the case today...
From Our Columnists
Even With High Prices, Be Sure To Weigh The Return
Depending on which side of the biscuit you butter, these are fixing to be halcyon days in the cow-calf business. At least they are judging by the chatter you hear...
Key Economic Opportunities In Calf Marketing
My last series of articles focused on the economic challenges occurring in the beef-cow sector since the start of the biofuels era. This month, I’ll focus on the key economic opportunities...
Nitrate Accumulation In Plants Is A Matter Of Many Factors
Drought has made it a very rough year for many herds in the U.S. In the midst of this scramble for forage in drought areas, we need to be careful about where feeds originate...
