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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. —When Grant and Dawn Breitkreutz got their first EQIP contract, the Redwood Falls cattle producers were told their native pasture had three species of grasses and no forbs or ...

Management Intensive Rotational Grazing (MIRG) is a BIG part of Prescribed Grazing Management. It’s a system of grazing in which ruminant and non-ruminant herds are regularly and systematically moved ...

Massive paddocks might be the norm in the Brewarrina district where the annual rainfall is officially just 385mm. Yet the family’s 9200 hectare Bokhara Plains will eventually be fenced into up to 400 ...

As calving has kicked off on suckler farms and dairy herds across the country, it’s important to ensure the grazing block is ...

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Southern Great Plains could require a change of grazing management by traditional cow-calf producers, according to a new study. Reducing greenhouse gas ...