Archive
Managing for drought
Publication date: Thursday, 25 June 2009
Eel River delta said to be California’s Napa Valley of grassland agriculture
Publication date: Thursday, 25 June 2009
Sheep prefer Leafy Spurge and Knapweed to grass
Publication date: Thursday, 25 June 2009
Land and cattle are run as separate enterprises at this Flint Hills Ranch
Publication date: Thursday, 25 June 2009
Washington grazier finds Pacific Northwest’s higher costs are offset by customers willing to pay more for happy animals
Publication date: Sunday, 29 March 2009
Buffalo survivors have advice for other niche meat marketers
Publication date: Sunday, 29 March 2009
Pigs clear preference is for white clover
Publication date: Sunday, 29 March 2009
Grass silage produces healthier milk than hay
Publication date: Sunday, 29 March 2009
Colorado rancher says American sheep industry targeting the wrong market
Publication date: Sunday, 29 March 2009
Nebraska dairyman finds organic pays twice as much for no more work
Publication date: Monday, 29 December 2008
A look at Anibal’s personal farm
Publication date: Monday, 29 December 2008
A pretty landscape with sustainable beef production is the primary product of this Virginia mountain ranch
Publication date: Thursday, 25 June 2009
Switch grass beats corn for ethanol production but violates law of return
Publication date: Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Contract pastured poultry production can work but only if you find the right people
Publication date: Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Texas rancher finds meat shipping can be profitable
Publication date: Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Preventing animal health problems is the key to Certified Organic animal health problems
Publication date: Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Banker leaves town job for a full-time career as a grass farmer
Publication date: Saturday, 2 August 2008
Sulla appears to have everything but a guide as to how to graze it
Publication date: Saturday, 2 August 2008
Scientists endorse healthfulness of consuming grassfed meat and dairy products
Publication date: Saturday, 2 August 2008
A rancher’s son pioneers his own grassfed beef business on beautiful Point Reyes Peninsula
Publication date: Friday, 6 June 2008
Eastern gamagrass loves the heat
Publication date: Friday, 6 June 2008
Three-time world champion weight lifter finds new grass farming career to be great fun
Publication date: Friday, 6 June 2008
Marketing: Your best customers are the “Cream of the Crop”
Publication date: Friday, 11 April 2008
Year around grass finishing is possible in the USA
Publication date: Friday, 11 April 2008
Free beef from afternoon paddock shifts
Publication date: Friday, 11 April 2008
Forage self sufficiency key element in whether or not Certified Organic production will be more profitable than conventional
Publication date: Monday, 10 March 2008
Minnesota abattoir said to be the prototype for new age small scale meat packing
Publication date: Monday, 10 March 2008
Unusual flavor of heritage Large Black pigs has gourmands wanting more
Publication date: Monday, 10 March 2008
Flash freezing provides a quality grass fed product while protecting the producer from demand fluctuations
Publication date: Thursday, 31 January 2008
Ten things you need to know about meat goats before you get some
Publication date: Thursday, 31 January 2008
Cage-free eggs gaining popularity but only pastured eggs show nutritional benefits
Publication date: Wednesday, 28 November 2007
A browse based goat dairy offers urbanTexans unique cheeses with a taste of the land
Publication date: Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Grazing dairies economically competitive with confinement operations in Wisconsin
Publication date: Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Joel Salatin finds turkeys to be both pasture friendly and profitable
Publication date: Thursday, 25 October 2007
Iowa organic grazier finally pulls the trigger on too big cows
Publication date: Thursday, 25 October 2007
Tips on using meat goats to control Eastern Red Cedar
Publication date: Thursday, 25 October 2007
Iowa farm family converting from crops to pasture based enterprises
Publication date: Thursday, 13 September 2007
Grassfed beef rekindles South Dakotans’ interest in hamburger pizza
Publication date: Thursday, 25 October 2007
Texas religious community seeks to preserve and teach essential skills of pre-petroleum agriculture
Publication date: Thursday, 25 October 2007
Midwest's unfair grazing advantage is a warm-season annual called corn
Publication date: Thursday, 13 September 2007
Late maturing cattle producing fat cattle that won’t grade
Publication date: Thursday, 25 October 2007
Dual-purpose cattle give small acreage graziers access to two high profit markets
Publication date: Sunday, 5 August 2007
Pastured dairies really shine with higher oil prices
Publication date: Sunday, 5 August 2007
Innovative graziers find year around finishing quality green pasture is indeed possible in Colorado
Publication date: Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Al’s Obs: The Ghost in the Machine
Publication date: Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Canadian immigrant finds the Missouri Ozarks to be a great place for grass dairying
Publication date: Thursday, 7 June 2007
Still no genetic magic bullets for beef tenderness problems
Publication date: Thursday, 7 June 2007
Virginia grazier Joel Salatin finds pigs can profitably create pasture from cut-over forest lands
Publication date: Thursday, 7 June 2007
Al's Obs on holons and business structures
Publication date: Monday, 10 March 2008
North Carolina research indicates managed pig grazing can actually improve hardwood timber stands while producing an artisanal pork product
Publication date: Thursday, 7 June 2007
Goats said to provide biological fire for brush and noxious weed control
Publication date: Thursday, 25 October 2007
Wood ash can substitute for lime and other fertilizer applications
Publication date: Tuesday, 8 May 2007
Massachusetts couple says thirty cows can provide a great living with farmstead cheese
Publication date: Tuesday, 8 May 2007
Summer annuals can help keep animal performance high and produce tender meat
Publication date: Tuesday, 10 April 2007
Nebraska grazier finds free grass not nearly as attractive once you’ve been paid to graze
Publication date: Tuesday, 10 April 2007
A no fence free range goat dairy thrives in the remote wilds of New Mexico
Publication date: Tuesday, 13 March 2007
Canadian grazier finds selling year around grazing management to be a profitable niche
Publication date: Tuesday, 13 March 2007
Texas couple puts profitable French twist into contract grazing business
Publication date: Tuesday, 13 March 2007
Innovative Vermont diner discovers profit in meat processing
Publication date: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
New Hampshire grazier backs into pasture-friendly seedstock production from contract grazing
Publication date: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Mineral wagon serves as a lead steer for this sand hills grazier
Publication date: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
A checklist of things to consider before going to organic dairying
Publication date: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Arkansas grazier finds that selling meat like candy overcomes price resistance
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
The lies we tell ourselves
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Running a business is like flying a jet
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
A dramatically different product said key to sales success
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Urban meat consumers found to be turned off by cowboy image
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Market researcher says the time is right for meat products with a health angle
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Utah research finds grazed cows have 300 to 500% more CLA in milk
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Feeding tough meat to the dogs may not be as unprofitable as once thought
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Milk, meat and mow (with buffalo) is the goal of this innovative Nebraska ranch
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Galleys say having a small acreage is no reason for not thinking really big
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Uncertainty is normal in a new industry
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Irish research finds grass silage beef healthier and visually more attractive than corn silage beef
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
The story behind the story of
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Northeast Artisanal Cheesemaker Says Great Cheese Absolutely Requires 100% Grassfed Milk
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
A Change in Calving Season Created Forage Tested Bull Opportunity for Colorado Seedstock Producer
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Northern Ireland Produces a Year Around Supply of Forage-Finished Beef From a Six Month Grazing Season - Here's How
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Colorado Ranch Couple Finds 2003 Drought-Forced Changes Have Resulted in Increased Quality of Life
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
What Does a Good Bull Look Like? Do You Know?
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Tips on Irrigated Pasture Management
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Canadian Grass-Finished Producers Find Local Sales Insulate Them from Export Difficulties
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Michigan grazier finds bacon and eggs go well with grass-finished beef
Publication date: Wednesday, 26 July 2006
Innovative Oklahoman says ranch management is the best job in the world
Publication date: Wednesday, 26 July 2006
Market aggregators are the key to marketing efficiency
Publication date: Wednesday, 26 July 2006
Nebraska grazier trails 1600 head to market to save trucking costs
Publication date: Monday, 12 June 2006
Perceived health benefits very important to consumers of farmstead and specialty cheeses
Publication date: Monday, 12 June 2006
Winter annuals could offer quality winter grazing to midwest
Publication date: Monday, 12 June 2006
Heat and cattle genetics
Publication date: Monday, 12 June 2006
A quick review of popular cool-season annuals
Publication date: Thursday, 25 May 2006
Why you can never stop selling
Publication date: Thursday, 25 May 2006
Non-grain energy supplements said to be best for ruminants
Publication date: Thursday, 25 May 2006
Remote mountain abbey pioneered alfalfa grazing in the 1950s
Publication date: Thursday, 25 May 2006
Flint Hills ranch finds selling service pays better than production
Publication date: Thursday, 25 May 2006
Well fattened animals are more tender for a variety of reasons
Publication date: Thursday, 27 April 2006
Kansas grazier finds ancient grass management techniques still work
Publication date: Thursday, 27 April 2006
Wildlife income complementary to cattle ranching
Publication date: Thursday, 27 April 2006
Starting from scratch may be better than a dairy conversion when going to grass-based dairying
Publication date: Thursday, 27 April 2006
Breeding the grain out and the cream in
Publication date: Thursday, 27 April 2006
The French believe beef from older cows is Choice grade
Publication date: Thursday, 27 April 2006
Salatin-designed pastured egg production system lowers labor costs
Publication date: Thursday, 27 April 2006
Genetic purity said linked to beef tenderness and taste
Publication date: Thursday, 27 April 2006
Small acreages can produce big incomes with irrigation
Publication date: Friday, 31 March 2006
A game plan for niche marketers
Publication date: Friday, 31 March 2006
MiG brings an embarrassing surplus of grass to a Missouri ranch
Publication date: Friday, 31 March 2006
Amish look at low-tech European irrigation
Publication date: Friday, 31 March 2006
A mid-life career change to grass farming has produced no regrets for former business executive
Publication date: Friday, 31 March 2006
Crabgrass a favorite of pastured pigs
Publication date: Friday, 31 March 2006
A maze in maize can amaze you with its profit potential
Publication date: Friday, 31 March 2006
The niche within the niche
Publication date: Wednesday, 1 March 2006
Stueve family plans to give San Francisco market a grass fed alternative
Publication date: Wednesday, 1 March 2006
Walk-through fly trap works well for organic grazier
Publication date: Wednesday, 1 March 2006
Low cost irrigation feasible for small acreage
Publication date: Wednesday, 1 March 2006
Farmstead cheese draws city folk to this Alabama grass farm
Publication date: Wednesday, 1 March 2006
Nebraska grazier returns his farm to its native grass roots
Publication date: Wednesday, 1 March 2006
Got a truck? California offers a year around smorgasbord of grass
Publication date: Wednesday, 1 March 2006
Nevada's Ellison Ranch finds sheep are the only way to graze desert range
Publication date: Wednesday, 1 March 2006
Brassicas offer high energy and high digestibility for both summer and late fall grazing
Publication date: Wednesday, 1 March 2006
Allan's Observations: The good times will eventually end for commodity beef
Publication date: Friday, 10 February 2006
Research attempts to enhance CLA in confinement meat and milk products fall far short of direct grazing
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Getting started in grass farming
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Stress is key element in animal sickness
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Missouri couple gives their secret to living well from a small acreage grassland farm
Publication date: Monday, 30 January 2006
Why grass fed is better than organic
Publication date: Monday, 30 January 2006
Sick of the sea, captain gives up surf for turf on Washington state grass farm
Publication date: Monday, 30 January 2006
Nevadan finds farming microbes more profitable than milking cows
Publication date: Monday, 30 January 2006
Less volume, higher solids...Once-a-day milking looks good for marginal dairy climates
Publication date: Monday, 30 January 2006
South Florida ranches have a $250 advantage in cow-calf costs
Publication date: Monday, 30 January 2006
Portable abattoir is a key to Lakota Tribe's reputation for tender meat
Publication date: Monday, 30 January 2006
Hayless winters and high labor productivity give America's biggest cow-calf ranch an unfair advantage
Publication date: Friday, 6 January 2006
Colorado grazier finds 50 steers a year is a good living
Publication date: Friday, 6 January 2006
Paid to graze...California goat grazier fights fires in fields and forests
Publication date: Friday, 6 January 2006
Patience and silence are major virtues in successful stockherders
Publication date: Friday, 6 January 2006
Spring planted annual ryegrass helps maritime graziers beat the summer slump
Publication date: Tuesday, 3 January 2006
One-man experiment station is attracting attention in Alabama
Publication date: Tuesday, 3 January 2006
It's not weaning but people who make calves sick
Publication date: Tuesday, 3 January 2006
A purposeful grass dairy prototype...born to clone
Publication date: Tuesday, 3 January 2006
Shepherd Farms finds turning grass into buffalo meat is where the real money is
Publication date: Tuesday, 3 January 2006
Overnight success of Northern California grazier only took 20 years to achieve
Publication date: Monday, 19 December 2005
The neutraceutical or health benefits of grass finished meat
Publication date: Monday, 19 December 2005
Sell/buy discipline works well for NE cow-calf grazier
Publication date: Tuesday, 29 November 2005
How to buy a ranch that will pay for itself
Publication date: Tuesday, 29 November 2005
Grass grows grain on this innovative Nevada farm
Publication date: Tuesday, 29 November 2005
Free grazing lambs sold direct liberate Minnesota couple from the commodity rollercoaster
Publication date: Tuesday, 29 November 2005
Fringe benefits from Management intensive Grazing can total $100 an acre
Publication date: Tuesday, 29 November 2005
Grazing helps pine trees grow faster
Publication date: Tuesday, 29 November 2005
Myths and truths about grass finished meat
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
You are what your animals eat
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Contract out wintering said to be a win-win arrangement for both parties
Publication date: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
The secret of ranching for maximum cash flow
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Californian revives family's vaquero ranching heritage
Publication date: Monday, 28 November 2005
Animal diet preferences begin in the womb
Publication date: Monday, 28 November 2005
Low cost irrigation lowers Joel Salatin's pasture production
Publication date: Saturday, 26 November 2005
Junk land put to pasture provides an excellent income for semi-retired farmer
Publication date: Saturday, 26 November 2005
Bruns brothers agree that seasonal and no grain is the only way to dairy in the corn belt
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Finishing cattle in hot summer areas requires summer annuals
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Follower hogs eliminate cattle worming for Gulf Coast grazier
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Guided hunts and custom grazing help Colorado couple make the most from high elevation ranch
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Grain fattening seedstock bulls lowers their fertility
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Nebraska graziers find portable stock water tanks can cut costs dramatically
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
New York splash created big waves for this small West Coast grazier
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Two Swiss brothers find ranching cheap and easy the best way to go in the USA
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
Tips on how to make direct-cut vacuum silage
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Island graziers pioneer portable USDA-approved abattoir that could have national impact
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Forage soybeans can help you beat the summer slump in animal performance
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Using crabgrass successfully after winter annual pastures
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Hispanic community offers niche meat marketing opportunities
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Grass finishing lambs in Colorado winter
Publication date: Wednesday, 23 November 2005
Pasture Walks and farm Tours
Publication date: Saturday, 19 November 2005
Drought - what it does and what you can do about it
Publication date: Friday, 16 February 2007
