“Efficient forage management and utilization is important to the profitability of a livestock operation,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. The best way ...
Management-intensive grazing — a term coined by May, Idaho, rancher and educator Jim Gerrish — has been slow to catch on, but proponents such as Hungate believes it’s time is coming, as range land ...
A line of cows is the best treatment for your pasture. With a mob of cows, a paddock system, high-tensile wire, and electric fencing, you can cut hay expenses, improve soil and pasture health, and ...
Dates for the Management-intensive Grazing (MiG) Schools in southwest Missouri have been set for 2015. MiG is also known as rotational grazing management. Producers who follow the MiG system manage ...
Management-intensive grazing, a practice growing in popularity among Southeastern dairy farmers and pasture-based beef cattle farmers, allows producers to efficiently use the nutrition provided in ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - There's more to grazing livestock than just turning animals loose on acres of grass. Successful producers carefully plan where, when and how long their livestock feed themselves ...
Bale grazing allows livestock to return excess nutrients to the soil. Reduce your feed bill and maximize grazing days by incorporating bale grazing, interseeding, and other fall pasture management ...
What is good for the environment can also be profitable for livestock producers. "By intensively managing grazing, producers can make money converting marginally productive cropland back to grassland, ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Even though corn prices may be fairly high, grazing livestock can still be profitable if good management practices are employed, said a Purdue University expert. Producers ...
The Otago Regional Council’s annual series of farmer workshops for intensive winter grazing (IWG) to promote good management practices gets underway from next week, with six workshops scheduled across ...
Management-intensive grazing — a term coined by May, Idaho, rancher and educator Jim Gerrish — has been slow to catch on, but proponents such as Hungate believes it’s time is coming, as range land ...