Before cattle are turned to grass for the summer, it’s important for producers to make the right preparations to ensure their livestock have a healthy and safe grazing season. Morgan Kauth, a producer ...

Here’s how to manage beef cows on cornstalks to extend your grazing period by 45 days per acre, reducing supplementation ...

A recent visit to a cattle operation had me thinking about alternative forage options for our area. This producer grows improved grasses under center pivots for cattle grazing, while using the dryland ...

Pasture and hay are in short supply in much of Nebraska due to drought conditions while the price of corn is currently below the cost of production. These circumstances are prompting the consideration ...

“It’s summer cattle roundup time in the Flint Hills of Kansas.” Cowboys and cowgirls are gathering short-season, double-stocked, intensely grazed native grassland pastures. It’s a different scenario ...

Grazing by non-native livestock such as sheep, cattle and horses dates back to the mid-to-late 1800s by Europeans. These early practices were not ecologically sustainable and led to widespread overuse ...

Targeted livestock grazing is a successful and cost-efficient method to manage cheatgrass in the U.S. western Great Plains when timed to coincide with cheatgrass growth rather than based solely on the ...