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 ...

Grazing is regarded as one particularly beneficial practice to biodiversity on farms, especially if it is practiced on natural pastures in traditional ways. The large-scale study, which surveyed over ...

In this video, I discuss rotational grazing and its benefits for animal health and land quality. This method involves breaking up a large pasture into smaller sections to mimic historical grazing ...

DETROIT LAKES — The 57 cow-calf pairs on the Tim and Angie Lehrke farm near Ogema spend almost all their time outside, all year round. They are moved every few days among a half-dozen areas of grazing ...

Ranchers can now monitor herds remotely using GPS collars and drones, cutting costs and improving precision grazing ...

It can be costly and time-consuming for ranchers to keep their cattle inside the pasture using just traditional and electric fencing, but researchers are looking into a possible virtual solution. The ...

Moving livestock through different pastures or paddocks during the grazing season can help minimize overgrazing and more fully utilize forage. However, the number of ranchers adopting rotational ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dozens of cattle, Angus mostly, hoofed their way through the Sterling Ranch planned community south of Littleton last Sunday morning, cowboys at their flanks ...

The 808 Ranch isn’t shy about adopting new tech promoting sustainability, such as innovative cattle-handling, data management ...

July 6, 2021 by Will Hehemann Special to The Commercial When left to their own devices, livestock can be picky eaters, said David Fernandez, Extension livestock specialist and interim dean of Graduate ...

Rancher John Lueken (left) and The Nature Conservancy’s Kent Wamsley (right) work together to graze cattle on Dunn Ranch Prairie, helping both the prairie and Lueken’s pasture. Dunn Ranch Prairie has ...

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, ...