While on a recent barnstorming journey from southern Wisconsin to southern Arkansas, I was able to make some spring pasture observations both from the vehicle window and while walking across numerous fields

High-quality, lush pastures offer tremendous benefits for supporting animal performance in grazing systems. The following provides a few tips on how to use these pastures most effectively

One of the common questions that comes up when planning for a grazing season is how many times a pasture can safely be grazed each year

Little things often lead to big results. That’s always been the case when it comes to pasture and forage production

ONE way to think about plants is as sugar factories. But they are a funny type of factory where the product they make is also used to make the factory larger

When it comes to feeding cows in the wintertime, grazed forage in the field is usually the lowest cost feed source

Grazing management is getting more attention these days, but the vast majority of cow-calf producers still use continuous or lax rotational grazing

Every livestock producer needs to develop a contingency plan and then carefully monitor specific aspects of their pasture system to ensure survival through extreme weather conditions

In a grazing operation, how do we decide when and where to feed hay? This may seem like a silly question, but the answer is more complicated than one might think

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

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

Late fall and winter are typically thought of as slow times for management of introduced warm-season perennial forages

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

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

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

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

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

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

Successful winter grazing starts with planning before the first blade of grass appears in the spring

Just mentioning the word Crabgrass can make some producers cringe and mutter disapproval while others smile and nod with appreciation