After an early season snowstorm in November 2014, Troy Bishopp had an epiphany that changed the way he approaches tending cattle. The longtime grass farmer and grazing advocate, who had recently ...
In a leader-follower grazing system, animals with different forage needs pass through a pasture in succession, using the land more efficiently without destroying its ability to support livestock.
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 ...
Today is a great day to be in the office — as I sit here, writing this column, I’m watching it rain! This rain is our first significant moisture event since half an inch fell in early April. Up to ...
A pack of llamas at Shields Street and Trilby Road became a favorite among passing motorists. Here's why they were there and ...
Years ago, The Zimbabwean biologist and environmentalist, Allan Savory of the Savory Institute, believed that large roaming animals, such as elephants, were destroying Africa’s great plains, leading ...
Secrets regarding the spread of the world's grasslands — which proved vital to countless species of grazing animals and may have influenced humanity's evolution — have now been uncovered in fossil ...
It’s not just people who are in need amidst the Cold Springs, Pearl Hill, and Palmer Fires — thousands of cattle in Okanogan County have lost their supply of hay. When structures like homes and barns ...
Large grazing animals have a strong selective force on plants, certain plants have evolved traits to thrive on pastoral landscapes. Spengler and Mueller theorize that yak herding may have helped drive ...
You know, not every solution needs to be complicated to be absolutely awesome. Take the humble clothespin, for example, two pieces of cleverly carved wood (or plastic; we won’t judge) and a spring.