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Level up your grazing with this amazing tool!
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Do you want to grow more forage, retain more water, sequester carbon, improve habitat, have healthier animals, and improve your bottom line? If you answered no to any of these…

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Drought Planning, part 1: Long Term Strategies
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Drought Planning, part 1: Long Term Strategies
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The beginning of the rainy season seems like an odd time to talk about planning for drought, right? But in reality, it’s the perfect time to plan, since the dry…

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Manage your grazing for what you WANT… not what you don’t
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Manage your grazing for what you WANT… not what you don’t
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A small mindset shift can improve your operation through proactive grazing management. All too often, producers raising livestock focus their decisions on things like: "How do I avoid overgrazing?" "How…

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Keys to Successful Regenerative Spring Grazing
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Keys to Successful Regenerative Spring Grazing
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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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This Grazing Calculator Will Do the Math for You
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This Grazing Calculator Will Do the Math for You
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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
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Sacrifice Areas – Grow More Grass Next Year
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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
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When the Herd Hits the Road: Livestock Evacuation Tips
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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
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Caring for Livestock in High Heat
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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?
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Grazing Terminology: What Does it Really Mean?
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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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