Even though it’s sometimes frightful outside during the winter months, warm up by thinking ahead to maintaining those livestock watering setups when the cattle finally get turned out this spring. But ...

Putting cattle on wheat pasture is not always a matter of grazing the wheat out or waiting until the first hollow wheat stem appears. There are some ways to more efficiently use wheat pasture for ...

There are several ways to minimize the risk of bloat when cattle graze legume pastures, such as timing of grazing, paying attention to plant maturity, moisture, and weather. Choose a dry day and wait ...

Planting trees in pastures to provide shade for cattle has the potential to increase dairy and beef cattle productivity and improve the animals’ reproductive performance. This is demonstrated in ...

GOODRIDGE, Minn. - By their own admission Tim and Brenda Szymanski run a minimum-maintenance cattle operation. The Goodridge couple's cattle are on pasture year-round, sheltered by trees or round hay ...

Question: I have a ranch where the pastures have no trees. Can you recommend native species which as safe for cattle and relatively maintenance-free? To address the last question first, a tree native ...

For years, livestock farmers and organic activists have bickered about how much time dairy and beef cattle should spend in pastures to be certified organic. On Friday, the U.S. Department of ...

A recent study found that providing Brazilian cattle ranchers with customized training in sustainable pasture restoration could bring long-term economic and environmental benefits. Trained ranchers ...