QUITMAN — Tony and LeVonna Uekman of Quitman are in the “consignment” business. Other farmers bring them their cattle “on consignment,” Tony said. He said they raise the steers or heifers, which are ...

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 ...

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 ...

A grass breeder has rediscovered a forage grass that seems just right for today's intensive rotational grazing. A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grass breeder has rediscovered a forage grass ...

SHERMAN – With spring upon us, both sunshine and rain showers are welcome to help the grasses grow in pastures for livestock to graze. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County is organizing ...

The grass is greening up and blowing in the wind. The herd bulls are itching to get back out with the cows. Hay is running short and it’s time to head out to pasture. As those cow-calf pairs move to ...

Gene Goven stepped out of his blue pickup, walked a few paces onto the prairie hilltop and knelt in the big bluestem. "This," he said, "is how I get high on grass." He worked his fingers into the ...

The Missouri Dairy Grazing Conference provides insights and in-depth help on turning grass into green dollars with regular milk checks. The biennial meeting, July 7-8 in Springfield, Mo., promotes ...