Farmbrite

JANUARY 23, 2025

Animal Feed Recipes for Chicken, Cattle, Sheep, Goat, and Pig Feed Raising livestock can be a rewarding experience, whether you're doing it for fun, food, or as a full-time agricultural business. In this post, we've created some recipes or a cookbook and a step-by-step guide to making livestock feed for your herd.

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West Texas Livestock

APRIL 26, 2024

As esteemed cattle producers, your expertise is invaluable in understanding the critical role of measuring pasture forage intake. Your knowledge and experience in properly assessing the amount of forage consumed by grazing animals is essential to optimizing their nutrition and overall well-being.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Farmers Weekly Our shepherd moved on recently to pastures new. It’s always difficult losing good staff, but I am aware that we are just a rung on the ladder for shepherds to gain experience before progressing to something with more responsibility.

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ATTRA

MARCH 10, 2025

A feature on National Public Radio highlighted the benefits of silvopasture , or intentional integration of trees, grass, and livestock. Advocates say wider adoption of silvopasture could help reduce deforestation in the Amazon, because it reduces the amount of land needed for cattle production.

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West Texas Livestock

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Winter brings a unique set of challenges for livestock producers. As temperatures drop, pastures go dormant, leaving forages unable to meet the nutritional demands of your animals.

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AgriLife Today

MARCH 5, 2024

AgriLife Extension helps Texas Panhandle ranchers identify nutritional needs of displaced livestock Truckloads of hay are rolling in from across Texas and beyond, bringing much-needed feed for cattle in the wake of more than 1.2 million acres of ranchland and pastures blackened by wildfires across the Texas Panhandle.

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Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Farmers Weekly A radical grazing technique is gathering pace which claims to maximise grassland production and rumen function by baring off pasture at the 3.5-leaf Total grazing” involves moving cattle four times a day, and grazing longer grass than conventional rotational grazing, but shorter than many regenerative approaches.

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West Texas Livestock

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Before long, the ice and snow will melt away (if you get any), and your pastures will come alive with lush green forages.

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ATTRA

JUNE 11, 2024

By Nina Prater, NCAT Agriculture Specialist As the summer heat ramps up around the country, it’s a good time to make sure we livestock producers are protecting our animals from heat stress. Here in Arkansas where I live and raise cattle, goats, laying hens, and a few ducks, the summer temperatures can be punishing.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 27, 2024

Once these fence posts are hammered into the ground, ranchers battle trees, wind and damage from livestock knocking them over. Virtual fencing supplies ranchers with a collar solar or battery charged and uses a web-based app to remotely monitor and control where livestock graze.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

What’s in a Pasture Walk? If you’ve been to one pasture walk or field day, you’ve almost certainly been to more because field days are like potato chips – once you try them, you can’t stop. However, getting to a field day or pasture walk can be tough with so many competing priorities in life. They’re incredibly valuable.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Grasslands – and the grazing livestock they support – have been fundamentally important to Scotland’s people for millennia. Look at the OS map for the area surrounding our farm in Highland Perthshire, and it is littered with Gaelic placenames related to the keeping of cattle and goats.

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West Texas Livestock

MARCH 14, 2025

Providing a feed supplement to grazing cattle is essential because sometimes the natural forage just isn’t enough to meet their nutritional needs. When pasture grasses fall short, supplements help fill in the gaps so your animals can stay healthy and productive.

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West Texas Livestock

AUGUST 24, 2024

Good winter management practices contribute to healthy and productive cattle and keep feed costs reasonable. Of course, the requirements depend […] The post These are the fall tips to have better cattle appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.

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West Texas Livestock

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This need is because, during this time, most of your tame pasture forages go into dormancy. Maintaining an adequate protein level in the diet is vital for your cattle. It is needed to […] The post Skyrocket cattle growth with protein tubs and smart feeding appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 12, 2023

Positive results of feeding canola meal to cattle is not new — the dairy industry is already a big fan of the protein supplement. But ongoing beef cattle research out of Saskatchewan is looking at the impact of supplementing heifers on pasture and how the practice might extend grazing sites in lower grass production years.

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Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

Selecting the right type of hay for your livestock is a critical decision that can significantly impact their health, growth, and productivity. We've added information about different types of hay, the nutrients in hay, and the needs of different types of livestock. There isn't a one-size-fits-all when growing hay.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 28, 2023

Payne operates a 300-acre regenerative farm in Concordia, Missouri, an hour outside of Kansas City, where he raises sheep and cattle. Rooted in preindustrial farming, the method involves intentionally incorporating trees on the same land used by grazing livestock, in a way that benefits both.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Livestock health and wellness can directly impact the productivity, yields, product quality, and overall safety of livestock and the community served by your farm. 6 Key Livestock Wellness Management Practices Measure & monitor the overall wellness of your herd/flock/etc. safe and well.

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West Texas Livestock

AUGUST 16, 2024

Along with a new season comes a further need for supplementation for your pasture cattle. But did you know […] The post How to actually maximize feed efficiency: hay sampling tips appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers. The soon-to-be-changing weather reminds us of the changing season.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JANUARY 14, 2025

The following is an extract from Marianne Landzettel’s new book, The Sustainable Meat Challenge: How to graze cattle, slaughter humanely and stay profitable. Here, Marianne writes about the experience of a number of farmers in Germany, who discuss the most humane methods for handling and slaughter, on pasture and amongst the herd.

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West Texas Livestock

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A wheat pasture is a valuable resource for many cattle operations. This plant is a valuable source of high-quality forage when most other forages are low in quantity and quality.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 16, 2024

By Linda Coffey, Margo Hale, and Dave Scott, NCAT Livestock Specialists With many parts of the country currently experiencing bitter temperatures, we’re re-posting this blog from March 2021 to offer potential livestock watering strategies for your farm during severe cold snaps. Her farm includes cattle, goats, poultry, and hogs.

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UnderstandingAg

MARCH 14, 2025

Whenever you introduce a disruption, make certain to be highly observant and to observe how the disruption is impacting the soil, the plants, and the livestock. It also preserves your pastures from tractor traffic during wet winter conditions. Move cattle though daily by simply moving the polywire to the next row of bales.

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West Texas Livestock

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This need is because, during this time, most of your tame pasture forages go into dormancy. Maintaining an adequate protein level in the diet is vital for your cattle. It is needed to […] The post How to know when to supplement with protein tubs appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.

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West Texas Livestock

AUGUST 15, 2023

Along with a new season comes a further need for supplementation for your pasture cattle. But did you know […] The post How to use hay sampling to improve your supplement results appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers. The soon-to-be-changing weather reminds us of the changing season.

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West Texas Livestock

JUNE 17, 2024

Summer pneumonia, sometimes referred to as pasture pneumonia, is a disease that is usually observed in calves on pasture late in summer. The issue with this disease is that little is known about it, and it […] The post How to actually overcome summer pneumonia in your calves appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

Food grown in local fields, orchards, and pastures with healthy soil management practices simply make for healthier, more nutritious, and more flavorful meals, he says—the perfect ingredients for changing the “stigma” associated with hospital fare. Obviously, we’re not going to change patient behavior. in [one] hospital stay.”

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Estimating how much hay you need for the winter is an important factor in most cattle, horse, goat, and sheep operations. It is typically utilized as animal fodder for livestock, such as cattle, goats, sheep, and horses, but can also be used for smaller animals such as rabbits. How much hay do you need to store for the winter?

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ProAg

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Have a separate bull pasture. Always invest in good cattle-handling facilities. Understand risk insurance programs such as Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) insurance and Livestock Risk Protection (LRP). The post 10 Tips for Mitigating Risk on Your Cattle Operation appeared first on ProAg. Routinely do soil tests.

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ATTRA

APRIL 2, 2024

Our pastures are devastated by livestock feeding areas, hooves, gate ruts, excessive rain, snow melt, and lack of vegetative cover during the non-growing season. We are too aware of the cost of pasture forage restoration, truck fenders, and loss of man hours, but there is also a cost to the health and welfare of our livestock.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Some roam through pastures testing bunches of fescue, a cool-season grass, for the sweetness the frost brings. based Vence , which was acquired by veterinary pharmaceutical giant Merck Animal Health in 2022, has been slowly rolling out a similar system on larger cattle ranches across the West since 2019.

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West Texas Livestock

AUGUST 4, 2024

Introducing protein tubs into your pasture is a convenient way to provide additional nutrition. A benefit it can provide for both the […] The post 5 simple steps before actually buying protein tubs exposed appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers.

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ATTRA

APRIL 23, 2024

The nighttime temperatures have been high enough to wake up the cool-season perennials in the pastures. Swallows dive overhead feasting on the flies hovering over the backs of the cattle. The first question to ask is: do you really need to take on the work of establishing cover crops in pastures? Sorghum-sudan pasture.

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ProAg

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is hosting more than a dozen in-person and virtual workshops this winter for producers to learn about new and expanded livestock risk management products. The Livestock Roadshow is one of our many efforts to provide outreach and education to America’s agricultural producers.” Read the full release here.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 24, 2023

By Justin Morris Has your pasture been plagued by poor plant growth? Does water pond on the surface of your pasture either during or right after a rain or irrigation event? Or does water run off your pasture to the point that it leaves behind ugly scars of erosion or floods out other areas that are lower in the landscape?

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 24, 2024

In 2002, Mardesen started selling his pork to Niman Ranch, a network of independent family farmers that raise livestock without antibiotics or added hormones. With that has come the extreme overuse of antibiotics in livestock farming. Cattle are often fed a corn or soy diet instead of grass, which can lead to illness.

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