Managing Forages In Drought

Despite cold,wet weather, Upper Midwestern pastures still have aftermath effects of last year’s drought to deal with....More

A total of $5.3 million in grants have been awarded for research to help farmers and ranchers prepare for drought, announced USDA....More

Early spring grazing won't help cows, and can harm pasture growth later in the year....More

An adaptable perennial shrub may be the answer to fighting a weed that is taking over rangelands in the Intermountain West....More

We can all appreciate, on cold winter mornings, how an old truck’s temperature gauge rises and helps its engine smooth out and run at peak efficiency. It works much the same when there’s enough organic matter in a pasture’s soil. Soil organic matter, functioning as a kind of gauge, can even out a pasture’s soil performance and ensure that it functions at peak efficiency....More