Rangeland
The nation’s largest family ranching cooperative has launched a major initiative called Grazewell to test and adopt ambitious regenerative ranching practices on all of its 6.5 million acres across 11 western states.
On a day-to-day basis, major changes to the landscape can be difficult to recognize and nearly impossible to quantify as some occur slowly and tend to go unobserved when viewing the range each day.
When nearly 300,000 Oklahoma acres burned in April of 2018, Terry Burleson found himself caught in the wind-driven flames. His escape is nothing short of a miracle.
Fly season is upon us! With three major fly types, it’s important to approach fly control with a variety of strategies for optimal control.
The Bureau of Land Management now offers the Adoption Incentive Program that provides up to $1,000 for those who adopt an untrained wild horse.
Administering implants can be economically justifiable to help stocker cattle be more efficient on grass. Choosing the right implant is key.
The Bureau of Land Management now offers the Adoption Incentive Program that provides up to $1,000 for those who adopt an untrained wild horse.
Hot, dry conditions have taken a toll on pasture growth this year. What should cattle producers consider to conserve grass in these dry areas?
Sysco and Cargill will partner with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to help ranchers tackle the impacts of climate change and improve grasslands and wildlife habitat through cattle grazing.
Former CEO for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Wayne Pacelle, is at odds with his previous employer after HSUS sided with organizations representing farmers and ranchers in the debate on wild horses.
Animal welfare groups have reached a milestone agreement with ranching interests they say would save wild mustangs from slaughter but the compromise has opened a nasty split among horse protection advocates.
The White House announced Thursday President Joe Biden would sign three proclamations to restore protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine national monuments.
On Friday Interior secretary Deb Haaland announced the BLM will move its headquarters back to Washington, DC, after having relocated to Grand Junction, Colo., during the Trump administration.
The current system of managing wild horses and burros on public lands “has been crippled to the point of catastrophic failure,” said Ethan Lane, NCBA & Public Lands Council to congressional leaders.
Pete and Meagan Lannan, owners of Barney Creek Livestock, are innovative ranchers who found a way to raise beef cattle amid exorbitant land values in Montana’s Paradise Valley.
An appeals court ruled this week agricultural groups can intervene in a lawsuit seeking to keep gray wolves on the Endangered Species list.
American ranchers continue to face challenges to end livestock grazing on federal lands. We must remain vigilant to those challenges in order to contribute to U.S. agriculture, the food industry and the U.S. economy.
Intensive or ‘mob’ grazing allows for higher stocking densities, but does it provide benefits to soil health and biodiversity? UNL researchers share their findings after an eight-year study.
Project will impact working ranches and rural communities, while quantifying the value of soil health and other ecosystem functions.
In just 4 years, targeted grazing has intercepted three wildfires around Elko, NV. Preventing these fires conserved wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, and other ecosystem services.
As tender spring forages begin to grow, what happens when a late frost occurs? How should cattle producers manage the impacts?
The ongoing drought continues to squeeze available hay supplies and drought this year is a severe threat to 2022 hay production. May 1 hay stocks in the 17 plains and western states were down 17.7 percent year-over-year.
Bayer Range and Pasture Program helps ranchers restore rangeland with a single herbicide application.
An emergency preparedness plan can assist a cattlemen’s ability to respond to varying threats. Developing a disaster plan is a good idea for both people and all the animals they care for on a farm or ranch.
Could a proposed ‘endangered species’ along the southern Texas border be a deterrent to proceed with border enforcement activities? Texas Attorney General Paxton comments.
The Ranch Rover is an autonomous ranch vehicle with the purpose of providing aid to the ranch operation in the form of feeding, livestock monitoring, and data collection.
Access to adequate, good quality water will continue to be a challenge for ranchers in North Dakota who depend on surface water sources, such as dugouts and stock dams to provide water to livestock.
More than 61% of the contiguous US is in some classification of drought. That’s the largest percentage of drought classification since 2012, the year the continental US saw an all-time record of 65% during September.
Federal protections for gray wolves must be restored under the Endangered Species Act across much of the U.S., according to a federal judge.
Federal Wildlife Service plan aerial gunning of estray cattle located in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico despite local ranchers concerns.