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Noble Research Institute, Ranch Management Consultants Offer Financial Management Courses for Farmers and Ranchers
Noble Research Institute, Ranch Management Consultants Offer Financial Management Courses for Farmers and Ranchers

The first product from the partnership, Noble Business Essentials, will launch in June 2024.

Stocking Rates, Weed Management and Fire Break Recovery Following Wildfire
Stocking Rates, Weed Management and Fire Break Recovery Following Wildfire

Nebraska extension educators answer questions about stocking rates, pasture management following wildfire.

Gain a New View of Your Pastures’ Forage Potential
Gain a New View of Your Pastures’ Forage Potential

Noble Research Institute regenerative ranching advisors say a grazing exclosure is perhaps the simplest method to help see the potential of your land’s production.

The Basics of Frost Seeding Clover
The Basics of Frost Seeding Clover

There are several techniques for introducing or reintroducing clover into pastures including no-till seeding, minimum tillage, and frost seeding.

New Weekend Dates for Noble Grazing Essentials in Waller, Texas
New Weekend Dates for Noble Grazing Essentials in Waller, Texas

Noble is offering a one-time-only discount in honor of the launch of its 2024 educational series, Noble Grazing Essentials course.

John Deere Expands W200 Windrower Series Lineup
John Deere Expands W200 Windrower Series Lineup

Joh Deere's new high-horsepower windrower model helps improve productivity and efficiency.

Society for Range Management Draws Over 1,600 to Annual Meeting
Society for Range Management Draws Over 1,600 to Annual Meeting

“Change on the Range” was the theme for the Society for Range Management’s (SRM) 77th Annual Meeting in Sparks, Nevada last week.

New Holland Launches Autonomous Baling Technology And Mobile App, Marks 50 Years Of Baler Innovation With Brand Refresh
New Holland Launches Autonomous Baling Technology And Mobile App, Marks 50 Years Of Baler Innovation With Brand Refresh

New Holland announces its autonomous bailing solution, a new mobile app, as well as a brand refresh with the transition of its haytool styling to a striking yellow.

Envu Introduces New Features Within the RangeView™ Digital Rangeland Tool
Envu Introduces New Features Within the RangeView™ Digital Rangeland Tool

Streamlined land and livestock insights are now accessible from one simple tool to strengthen decision-making and maximize profitability.

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Plan Now to Manage 2024 Forage Costs

January may seem early to start planning grazing for the coming growing season but the ability to minimize non-grazing feed costs will depend on comprehensive grazing plans and management for the entire year.

Myers Family Farm Receives Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award
Myers Family Farm Receives Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award

What farm visitors see is how a no-till system coupled with extensive use of cover crops and sound crop rotations can greatly reduce soil losses, even on slopes up to 10 percent.

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Protecting Your Pastures While Winter Grazing

If your pastures were able to recover from drought, winter grazing of stockpiled grass produced during the growing season might be an option to extend the grazing season and reduce winter feed costs.

Top 5 Tips for Effective Weed Management in Pastures
Top 5 Tips for Effective Weed Management in Pastures

Undesirable weeds in pastures and hayfields can significantly impact the quantity and lifespan of preferred forage plants. Producers should consider several aspects of weed management to mitigate the effects of weeds.

Bale Grazing: Enhance Soil Health and Forage Production Through Innovative Hay-Feeding
Bale Grazing: Enhance Soil Health and Forage Production Through Innovative Hay-Feeding

Areas on the ranch lacking vegetation or poor productivity? Now's the time to strategically designate these spots for hay feeding to enrich the soil with essential nutrients.

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Do Pasture Management and Nutrient Management Go Hand in Hand?

Looking to improve your grazing and nutrient management? A grazier can affect the manner that nutrients are distributed in a pasture simply by managing the grazing animals.

Finding Power in Regenerative Solutions: Wyoming Ranch Foregoes Commodity Norm
Finding Power in Regenerative Solutions: Wyoming Ranch Foregoes Commodity Norm

Taking the road less traveled, this Wyoming rancher finds reward in running a cattle operation rooted in history, regenerative practices and relationships with the community.

 ‘It’s Not the Cow; It’s the How’
‘It’s Not the Cow; It’s the How’

Texas A&M AgriLife researchers investigate the impact of adaptive grazing management on the long-term sustainability and biodiversity of landscapes enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program.

Restoring Soil Biodiversity Can Improve Rancher's Bottom Line
Restoring Soil Biodiversity Can Improve Rancher's Bottom Line

Noble Research Institute's Hugh Aljoe encourages ranchers to manage their operations in synchrony with nature and the four ecosystem processes to repair, rebuild, revitalize, and restore the ecosystem function.

The Value of Hay as Fertilizer
The Value of Hay as Fertilizer

This time of year, many producers are feeding cows hay. Have you ever stopped to think about what the dollar value of the nutrients in the hay are worth as fertilizer once they have been processed by the cow?

Rebuilding the Herd Begins at Pasture Level
Rebuilding the Herd Begins at Pasture Level

Despite recent market declines, many factors point towards an overall bullish cattle market in the months ahead. Jeff Clark of Corteva Agriscience, suggests producers start the rebuilding process in the pastures first.

Noble Research Institute Conducts First Essentials of Regenerative Grazing Course
Noble Research Institute Conducts First Essentials of Regenerative Grazing Course

Newly launched course educates producers in ecosystem management for more sustainable and profitable ranching.

Envu to Host LinkedIn Live Event
Envu to Host LinkedIn Live Event

Expert panel will discuss biggest challenges facing global prairies, rangelands and railways and highlight solutions that benefit nature and society.

Winter Wheat Grazing Hopes Revived
Winter Wheat Grazing Hopes Revived

The latest Crop Progress report shows that 71 percent of Oklahoma wheat is planted, two percent more than last year but less than the 75 percent 5-year average.

Noble Research Institute Awarded Conservation Grant to Improve Health and Resilience of Southern Great Plains Grasslands
Noble Research Institute Awarded Conservation Grant to Improve Health and Resilience of Southern Great Plains Grasslands

Noble received one of six grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to improve soil health, support biodiversity and increase carbon sequestration.

Fall Grazing Use Influences Spring Forage Production
Fall Grazing Use Influences Spring Forage Production

North Dakota State University Extension has found that heavy grazing use in the fall can reduce forage production the following growing season by over 50%.

Take Precautions Against Toxicity of Sorghum Forages
Take Precautions Against Toxicity of Sorghum Forages

Fall temperature fluctuations can cause stress on sorghum plants, which can lead to toxicity issues for livestock. Ranchers are encouraged to be aware of conditions that can cause prussic acid or nitrate poisoning.

What to Know About Grazing Frosted Forages
What to Know About Grazing Frosted Forages

The first frost may be welcome for its fly-killing ability, but for cattle on annual forages, a few management steps this time of year can make sure that first frost doesn't have the same effect on cattle.

Maximizing Grazing Potential When Expansion is Limited
Maximizing Grazing Potential When Expansion is Limited

Patience and caring for the land has helped Phil and Rhonda Perry successfully expand their cattle operation in an area that "grows a lot of houses."

Essentials of Regenerative Grazing - Noble Research Institute Announces Second New Course
Essentials of Regenerative Grazing - Noble Research Institute Announces Second New Course

The three-day, hands-on course helps producers manage an entire ecosystem for healthier cattle and a more sustainable future.

Fall Pasture Investments Pay Off Come Spring
Fall Pasture Investments Pay Off Come Spring

Targeting many biennial and perennial species in the fall is an effective, efficient and convenient way producers can protect their grazing resource and get a jump on spring.

Windrow Grazing Annual Forages to Extend the Grazing Season
Windrow Grazing Annual Forages to Extend the Grazing Season

Windrow grazing, sometimes called swath grazing, is a management practice that can significantly reduce harvesting and feeding costs.

On Fire for Stewardship: Finding Synergy in Cattle Ranching and Land Conservation
On Fire for Stewardship: Finding Synergy in Cattle Ranching and Land Conservation

A blend of heritage, conservation and progressive ranching practices, Katie Blunk, DVM, shares the story of her family's ranch near Freedom, Okla., the Lazy KT Ranch, in a journey back to her roots.

No Bumper Hay Crop, 44% of the Cattle Inventory In Drought
No Bumper Hay Crop, 44% of the Cattle Inventory In Drought

Dry conditions persist across parts of the U.S., with nearly half of the nation’s corn crop and 37% of the nation’s hay crop areas experiencing drought. Cattle producers could be forced to make more tough decisions.

Automated Satellite Measuring of Inputs for Heritable Traits in Grazing Cattle
Automated Satellite Measuring of Inputs for Heritable Traits in Grazing Cattle

Satellite connected mobile livestock weighing and successful gathering of individual animal feed efficiency data in the field, in real-time, has been achieved and both are commercially available technologies.

Late Season Pasture Fly Control: What You Need to Know
Late Season Pasture Fly Control: What You Need to Know

When warm weather hangs on into late summer and early fall, the fly season may also persist at problematic levels longer than typical.

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Peel: Oklahoma Forage Production Rebounds

Although drought persists north and south of Oklahoma, forage conditions have improved greatly in the state this summer. July was the seventh wettest July on record in Oklahoma.

Unlocking the Secrets of Forage Analysis: A Guide to Informed Feeding Decisions
Unlocking the Secrets of Forage Analysis: A Guide to Informed Feeding Decisions

Have you ever looked at a feed analysis and thought the information was confusing? A forage analysis is an important tool to improve profitability when developing nutritional programs for all classes of beef cattle.

Scorched to Belly-High: Cattle Producers' Inside Look at Pasture Conditions
Scorched to Belly-High: Cattle Producers' Inside Look at Pasture Conditions

Following over a year of drought, a recent poll of Drovers readers shared pasture conditions across the U.S and Canada. With varying degrees of improvement, here's an inside look at current pasture and range conditions.

Peel: Winter Wheat Forage Prospects Better in 2023
Peel: Winter Wheat Forage Prospects Better in 2023

Dynamic cattle and grain market conditions mean that producers will need to carefully and frequently evaluate stocker budget prospects this fall prior to stocker purchase.

Boosting Profits in Ranching: Implementing Bale Grazing with Arron Nerbas
Boosting Profits in Ranching: Implementing Bale Grazing with Arron Nerbas

Cattle producers on the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border, Arron Nerbas shares how implementing bale grazing and focusing on genetic selections has allowed their family to maximize their time and land resources each year.

Society for Range Management to Recognize Ranchers for Stewardship Efforts
Society for Range Management to Recognize Ranchers for Stewardship Efforts

The Society for Range Management (SRM) recently established the Chuck Jarecki Rancher Land Stewardship Award thanks to a generous donation by its namesake, Montana rancher Chuck Jarecki.

Sweet Clover an Excellent Forage With the Right Precautions
Sweet Clover an Excellent Forage With the Right Precautions

Sweet clover has many desirable characteristics and forms a deep soil-penetrating taproot that aids in water infiltration and aeration. Sweet clover also tolerates alkaline soils and benefits wildlife.

Blister Beetles in Hay Are a Danger for Livestock
Blister Beetles in Hay Are a Danger for Livestock

Blister beetles produce a toxin that can cause severe inflammation and even death in horses. Cattle and sheep are much more tolerant of the toxin.

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Lingering Drought Challenges for Some Pasture and Range Conditions, USDA Report Reveals

While parts of the Midwest catch some much needed rains, other areas face dry conditions this growing season. Here's a look at the seasonal drought outlook and what it means for pasture and range conditions.

Why Do Healthy Calves Get Summer Pneumonia? Here's How to Best Protect Your Herd
Why Do Healthy Calves Get Summer Pneumonia? Here's How to Best Protect Your Herd

Why do some of the best calves catch a cough, known as summer pneumonia? K-State experts discuss the disease and what ranchers can do to best mitigate an outbreak in their herd.

Southern US Forages can be Salvaged after Mass Rainfall Events
Southern US Forages can be Salvaged after Mass Rainfall Events

With inventories still tight for many areas receiving extreme rainfall, sacrificing forage isn’t an option.

Pasture Grasshoppers
Pasture Grasshoppers

Ten counties in Nebraska had fall adult grasshopper populations that averaged over 15 per square yard. Low precipitation the last few years helps boost grasshopper infestations, and the need for damage control.

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Decision Tree for Stocking Rate Adjustments Available

Keith Harmoney, K-State range scientist in Hays, has developed a decision tree that provides some guidelines given a pasture’s current soil moisture condition and the relative level of stress on the pasture last year.

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It's Time to Remove Fescue Seed Heads to Reduce Toxins

Missouri forage producers should begin removing seed heads from tall fescue grass pastures soon to reduce toxic endophytes that thwart herd health and profits.

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Speer: EIDs – Signal Versus Noise

USDA’s proposed rule change to the Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) framework has given rise to several recurring arguments which offer confusion and distraction.