PLC Seeks Information on Voluntary Grazing Adjustments
The Public Lands Council has been working with the BLM and Forest Service to ensure they’re directing their staff to use as much flexibility as possible during the upcoming grazing…
Read More...Listen: Should Ranching Be Profitable? with Dallas Mount
Ranching for Profit is an organization started by Stan Parsons, recently run by Dave Pratt, that has been helping ranchers work on the business instead of in the business for…
Read More...Benefits of Early Calving Are Increasing Due to Late Winter Warming
On rangelands of the Western U.S., calving in late winter instead of spring maximizes calf growth (weight) by supplying high-quality forage when its most needed, according to a study by…
Read More...Pulling up stakes: Why some farmers are leaving the West Coast
Farmers fed up with the regulatory climate in California, Oregon and Washington have for years threatened to move away. Capital Press talks with several who have done it.
Read More...Listen: Linda Davis on Cowboy Crossroads
Fourth-generation rancher Linda Davis talks about growing up on the Tequesquite Ranch in the 1930s, becoming a part of the Bell Ranch cowboy crew as a 5 year old, and…
Read More...Living Roots: Fighting Soil Compaction with Biology and Diversity
A recent study by Anthony Bly of South Dakota State University found that no-till fields managed with diversified crop rotation, cover crops, and livestock integration had 57% porosity and an…
Read More...Benefits of cover crops extend to dry areas
Cover crops do far more than cover soils. They provide an array of benefits, such as the ability to reduce soil erosion and increase soil health. They can help attract…
Read More...NM cattle shooting hearing vacated
A hearing regarding the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) decision to shoot estray cattle in the New Mexico Gila National Forest was vacated Feb. 17 in the U.S. District Court for…
Read More...USFS sued for shooting estray cattle in NM
The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA), along with the New Mexico Federal Lands Council and two cattle companies, filed suit Feb. 9 in federal district court for New Mexico…
Read More...Making the case for livestock grazing
Grass and grazing animals evolved together in North America, where bison, pronghorns and elk grazed the plains while elk, deer, bighorn sheep, mountain goats and Wood bison grazed more rugged…
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