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F is for Focus

Mar 24, 2009 2:26 PM, By Kindra Gordon

In today’s fast-paced, hectic world, we all make the mistake of trying to do too much. We want to be everything to everybody. ...

Pasture & Range

Spring strategies, can help combat summer drought

Apr 16, 2009 3:15 PM

With snow, rain and flooding in many parts of the country, it is tough to think about drought. But, drought is still plaguing many areas, and can quickly return with the heat of summer. ...

Prepare your expired CRP for pasture or hay use

Apr 16, 2009 3:12 PM, Source: Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska

If you’ve got expired CRP acres that you intend to use as pasture or hay, those acres often need several preparation steps before they meet growers’ needs. ...

Western Juniper: Possible bioherbicide of the futureWestern Juniper: Possible bioherbicide of the future

Apr 16, 2009 2:49 PM

It’s been said that a weed is a plant we haven’t yet found a use for. If that’s the case, western juniper – often viewed as undesirable because of its invasion onto Western rangelands – could be earning a new reputation as a bioherbicide used to kill other weeds....

Stretching ranch dollars by working smart

Apr 2, 2009 3:43 PM, By James Rogers, Samual Roberts Noble Foundation

Getting more out of less is an attractive concept in tough economic times. In 2008, average cow costs ran around $534 per head including depreciation. ...

Considering cover crops

Apr 2, 2009 3:34 PM, By Kindra Gordon

The increasing cost of traditional feedstuffs has many livestock owners looking to alternatives for extending their available forages for grazing. The answer may be to consider planting cover crops for cattle to graze....

Reminder: 10 Principles of Holistic Management

Apr 2, 2009 3:14 PM, By Kindra Gordon

Kirk Gadzia, a certified educator in holistic management from New Mexico, offers up these 10 principles of holistic management for land managers to consider....

Pasture and range blog available

Mar 24, 2009 2:23 PM, Source: South Dakota State University

A new Extension blog focused on pasture and range livestock production is up and running on the Internet. The SDSU “South Dakota Pasture and Range Livestock Production” blog....

From Our Columnists

Wes Ishmael

Tracking failure

"Hard to believe six years have passed since the cow bearing BSE stole Christmas in the U.S. Harder to believe there's still no cattle and beef industry...

Business Archive

Harlan Hughes

The next decade: Part I

I truly believe ranching in the next decade will not be "business as usual." Thus, my next few columns will look to stimulate ranchers'...

Harlan Hughes Archive

Mark Hilton

No Silver Bullet

I think I can speak for all the “Vet's Opinion” authors in saying that we enjoy feedback on our columns, particularly when a correspondent gives...

Vet's Opinion Archive

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