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Pasture Walk – Terra Farma May 2025

Pasture Walk – Terra Farma May 2025

Building connection on the pasture. Oregon Pasture Network (OPN) Members recently visited OPN Program Manager Mike Guebert's farm,

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What’s ahead for OPN Members? Spring 2025 Update
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What’s ahead for OPN Members? Spring 2025 Update

Oregon Pasture Network has been busy - in the office AND in the pasture! - planning fun and engaging opportunities for OPN Members for the remainder of 2025. We take…

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Keys to Successful Regenerative Spring Grazing

Keys to Successful Regenerative Spring Grazing

Consider these strategies when planning your regenerative spring grazing operation for improved pasture and animal health. Can you ever have too much of a good thing? If you are a…

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Advancing Oregon Livestock Operations

Advancing Oregon Livestock Operations

Are you running a business, or just doing a bunch of things? Lots of people are becoming great farmers or ranchers, but if we asked those same people if they…

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This Grazing Calculator Will Do the Math for You

This Grazing Calculator Will Do the Math for You

So you’ve been reading our blog posts and want to implement a higher density grazing system. Most people who want to integrate pasture rotation into their grazing system struggle with…

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Sacrifice Areas – Grow More Grass Next Year

Sacrifice Areas – Grow More Grass Next Year

It may be winter but there are actions you can take right now and through the winter can have a huge impact on your farm’s productivity next spring.  How do…

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When the Herd Hits the Road: Livestock Evacuation Tips

When the Herd Hits the Road: Livestock Evacuation Tips

Introduction In part 1 of this post, we discussed keeping your livestock safe during events of extreme heat and smoke. But, what if the origin of that smoke is a…

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Caring for Livestock in High Heat

Caring for Livestock in High Heat

Introduction If you hang around farmers and ranchers long enough, you’ll realize the most frequent topic of conversation is the weather, particularly this time of year as our summers are…

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Grazing Terminology: What Does it Really Mean?

Grazing Terminology: What Does it Really Mean?

When starting out, the terminology around grazing systems can be confusing: mob grazing, leader-follower, strip grazing, set stocking, and on and on. But almost every method can be lumped into…

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Ranching For Profit – A Retrospective

Ranching For Profit – A Retrospective

Taking a week away from the farm is often complicated, and even more so in early June when the grass is growing faster than you can manage it. So my…

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