“It’s summer cattle roundup time in the Flint Hills of Kansas.” Cowboys and cowgirls are gathering short-season, double-stocked, intensely grazed native grassland pastures. It’s a different scenario ...

For most small-scale farmers, the biggest challenge is deciding where to start, beginning with what the land can ...

“Efficient forage management and utilization is important to the profitability of a livestock operation,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. The best way ...

Figuring out the best way to graze cattle, increase soil health, help the environment and save money seems like a daunting task. But the folks at Cheney Lake Watershed knew it was possible, so they ...

A study by USDA’s Economic Research Service finds 40% of cow-calf operations use rotational grazing and less than half of them use intensive rotational grazing. Of the operations reporting using ...

The sun beat down over a windless, open pasture. The temperature was over 80 degrees Fahrenheit. But even under the relentless sun with no shade for hundreds of feet, the temperature was bearable, ...

Feeding cattle can be a labor intensive process, and research at Central Grasslands Research Extension Center in Streeter, North Dakota, provides some guidance on practices that can ease the time ...

CALDWELL — Wayne Hungate’s holistic ranching method has enabled him to graze a bigger herd on a much smaller acreage of pasture, and yet his forage always seems to grow back thicker and more verdant ...