Twenty-five years ago, Brian Pemberton bought acreage filled with thorn trees, scrub brush and multiflora roses. The only water source was a frog pond. The land needed four things: a road, buildings, ...

Labor, water access, herd fragmentation, and rigid stocking plans are common reasons rotational grazing falls short.

DETROIT LAKES — The 57 cow-calf pairs on the Tim and Angie Lehrke farm near Ogema spend almost all their time outside, all year round. They are moved every few days among a half-dozen areas of grazing ...

When left to their own devices, livestock can be picky eaters, said David Fernandez, Extension livestock specialist and interim dean of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education for the University of ...

Dozens of cattle, Angus mostly, hoofed their way through the Sterling Ranch planned community south of Littleton last Sunday morning, cowboys at their flanks either on horseback or four-wheelers. The ...

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 ...

For consumers, humane animal care is increasingly tied to broader questions about food transparency, environmental impact and the ethics behind meat production.

VanZandt had heard about the rotational grazing method, often called holistic management, since it was first developed and promoted. But most ranchers didn’t understand how to incorporate it into ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Winter feed represents one of the largest costs for a livestock production enterprise. One alternative to limit costs resulting from harvest and purchase of hay or feeding of hay is ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Successful livestock grazing is equal parts Picasso and Pavlov, said a Purdue University agriculture specialist. Jason Tower, superintendent of the Southern Indiana-Purdue ...

MADISON, Wisconsin (WGBA) -- Wisconsin farmers would be incentivized to switch over to grazing, a practice that advocates say is better for both cows and the environment, under a proposal in the state ...