Tag: grazing
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Shade Options for Cattle
Shade is a must for pasture-based grazing systems. It curtails heat stress,
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Forage Calculators
This program includes three calculators that allow the user to makes estimates for pasture rotations, setting stock density for mob grazing, and estimating field strip sizes for strip grazing stockpiled forage
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Managing Toxic Pasture Plants
Almost every pasture contains some poisonous plants, or is bordered by trees or shrubs that are toxic. https://extension.psu.edu/managing-toxic-pasture-plants
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5 Tips For Finishing Cattle on Grass
https://www.agriculture.com/livestock/cattle/to-capitalize-on-the-grass-fed-beef-craze-proper-finishing-is-key
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Working with Nature
How systems-based research can help inform our farming practices, from creating more regenerative systems to helping with water retention in drought affected areas:
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Have You Considered Bee Keeping?
Bees can bring amazing benefits to your pastures, gardens and tummy!
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Filling the summer forage gap
Valerie Tate shares management solutions, including planting warm-season annual forages such as pearl millet and sorghum-sudangrass https://www.beefmagazine.com/farm-business-management/filling-the-summer-forage-gap?utm_rid=CPG02000003229815&elq2=4f59c09e57ac441ba04619d70f690137&sp_eh=7918b56c11c76f55a8c727b1a7b7dcdc898203486555975c5ae1a7a2ed896fdd
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Grazing Dexter Cattle
Watch as WR Ranch explains their set up and methods for rotationally grazing their herd of Dexter cattle.
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Try Pl@ntNet now!
Pl@ntNet is a tool to help to identify plants with pictures. It is organized in different thematic and geographical floras. Choose the one that corresponds to your region or area of interest from the list below. If you don’t know what to choose, select “World flora” which has the widest coverage but will give less…
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Willow for Grazing
Are cows that eat willow better for the planet? A Queens University research project aims to find out if Willow can make farming more carbon neutral. One aspect of Agroforestry uses trees as forage for livestock, and is gaining in popularity. Willow contain anti-parasitic compounds, they can be a great buffer around water sources, and…
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Utilizing Summer Annual Forage
https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/post/maximizing-forage-production-summer-annuals
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Why Dexter Cattle?
https://www.thenorthcoastranch.com/blog/4-reasons-our-grass-fed-beef-tastes-uncommonly-delicious
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Turning cows out on spring grass
Let’s join Pete at Just A Few Acres Farm as he talks about the decision to start grazing his Dexters in the spring, as well as other spring chores on the farm.
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Farmer-led research
When you are considering trying something new it is always helpful to have the wisdom of others who have tried and failed or succeeded. We’ve done a little winter bale grazing with our Dexter herd, and the effects on the pasture are dramatic and obvious (a swath of lush green and clover through a mostly…
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Small-scale beef production
Below is a great article for those getting in to beef production on a small scale. Thinking through resources, knowledge, budget, production, marketing, as well as talent and interest level. There is a great quote from the last point: “You are much more likely to be successful if you are interested in and passionate about…
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Dexter Cattle – Ideal Small Cattle Breed for Homesteads and Small Farms
Dexters are better at foraging for their food, live long, produce well and rear about 10 calves or more, during their lifetime. Because they are small cattle, you can stock more cattle per acre than you would with conventional cattle breeds. https://www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/dexter-cattle.html
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Keeping Cows in the Winter Part #4
By Shelley Hatfield/Whippoorwill Pines Farm Part #4 of this series is MUD, ugh!!! I’m thinking that most of us have dealt with mud at one point or another. Some of us deal with mud more than others. Right now we are dealing with a lot of mud around my place. You have to really watch…
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Beef Production Strategies
https://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/topic-files/cattle-business-mississippi-articles/cattle-business-mississippi-articles-landing-page/mca_feb2011.pdf
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McDonald’s and Syngenta Team Up.
https://www.producer.com/livestock/mcdonalds-to-pay-for-feed-efficient-corn-use/?utm_source=Glacier+FarmMedia+LP&utm_campaign=cfd51828a4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_06_10_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_be8da64209-cfd51828a4-91362076&mc_cid=cfd51828a4
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Raising Dexter Cattle
Beginner guide to Dexters https://discover.texasrealfood.com/raising-cattle/raising-dexter-cattle-a-comprehensive-guide-for-beginners
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Coming to a solar farm near you: cows?
Letting livestock graze among solar panels isn’t a new idea, but it’s mostly been focused on sheep. – Submitted by Lessie Jo Frazier
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