Feeds such as silages, green chop, or growing pasture are usually high in moisture, while grains and hays are low. When cattle consume feeds high in water content, they drink less water.

“You can then reseed immediately into that old pasture.” Water also needs to be a priority, he says, adding any new grazing system must include an accessible water source.

Regenerative practices on farmland are not new. They have been carried out by people across the world for centuries. One ...

Gerrish’s experience includes over 20 years of beef-forage systems research at the University of Missouri as well as 20-plus years of commercial cattle and sheep production.

Recent rains have helped, but ranchers should continue to monitor water in pastures for too-high levels of salts and solids, says Karl Hoppe, area specialist in livestock systems at the North ...

The National Project Coordinator of the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project, Sanusi Abubakar, has announced bold steps to commercialise pasture production in Nigeria as part of a ...

This forward-thinking approach to livestock and wildlife management earned the Coalville couple — and their Half Circle Cross Ranch — the 2020 Utah Leopold Conservation Award.