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 ...

In an Oklahoma State University rancher webinar, Paul Beck, associate professor of animal science at OSU, discussed the controversial concept of which is better—continuous grazing versus rotational ...

Sunn hemp’s vigorous growth makes it a great complement to cool-season forages, says Harley Naumann, University of Missouri forage physiologist. Naumann’s six-year research shows that the ...

Moving livestock from field to field to lessen the impact of their grazing practices is slowly taking hold, and some proponents say new federal funding coupled with better outreach could get more ...

John and Cathy Burgett have owned and operated their 200-head dairy farm in Tully for nearly three decades knowing it sits over the Cortland-Homer-Preble aquifer, the only source of drinking water for ...

European starlings are the bane of U.S. cattle producers and dairy operators. These fast-breeding birds often flock near farmsteads and feedlots, eating and contaminating livestock feed. They also ...

Managed grazing provides fresh forage and gives pasture a needed rest on this dairy farm near Culpepper, Va. Many years ago, the livestock on our farm consisted of a handful of cows and a couple dozen ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Some pastures could use a little time off, and a rotational grazing system is the perfect R and R, said a Purdue University Extension beef specialist. Rotational grazing ...

Jim Gerrish, owner of American Grazing Lands Services LLC in May, Idaho, recently spoke to producers in Iowa on the benefits the rotational grazing programs. Gerrish describes how producers can take ...

Cell, or rotational grazing, is the practice of moving stock systematically through relatively small paddocks and, when properly managed, has much to offer. The promise of higher stocking rates, ...

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