Dec. 29, 2020
What I found on my final solo venture of the summer was a house on a hill that was surrounded by a pasture full of cattle. It was the home farm for Grant Bauman and his family in Vienna, Ill...


Dec. 1, 2020
In the southern Great Plains, wheat is by far the most common annual forage that is utilized by cattle operations. Thousands of winter wheat acres are used as dual-purpose grazing and grain crops or g...


Nov. 17, 2020
Late fall and winter are typically thought of as slow times for management of introduced warm-season perennial forages...


Nov. 17, 2020
As the western United States again grapples with the effects of widespread fire and crippling drought, supplemental feeding must be considered for beef herds...


Nov. 17, 2020
This is the time of year when farmers like to put their perennial pastures out to pasture . . . so to speak . . . and let their cattle consume cornstalks, although the stalks are generally not what get devoured. It might seem that grazing corn residue is pretty straightforward, but the reality is that a high level of management is needed to maintain cattle performance and be good stewards of the land. In a University of Nebraska (UN) beef cattle extension webinar last...


Nov. 16, 2020
One of the most shocking statements for a group of ranchers to hear is when I tell them that ranching is really a land management business...


Sept. 15, 2020
It was probably close to 30 years ago — one of the first American Forage and Grassland Council conferences that I ever attended. The most anticipated presentation at that meeting was a political cam...


Aug. 25, 2020
There are a couple of things we know about the term “overgrazing.” First, it’s the most common mistake made regardless of grazing system. Second, it’s all about time.Time comes in two forms wh...


Aug. 24, 2020
It is no secret that improving forage quality will improve animal performance and probably lower costs due to less need for supplemental feed...


Aug. 21, 2020
Successful winter grazing starts with planning before the first blade of grass appears in the spring...