Seven common cattle fencing mistakes
Whether you’re an experienced hand or just learning the basics of wood, wire and tape, there’s always something more to learn when it comes to livestock fencing. Jim Gerrish, of…
Read More...Annual cover crops as additional forage sources
As a result of a challenging fall harvest and a considerable precipitation deficit across much of North Dakota, ranchers are considering options to increase their forage supply.
Read More...Wild horses home on the range
As of March 1, approximately 95,000 federally protected wild horses and burros were estimated to roam on BLM-managed public lands in the West — more than three and a half…
Read More...Work can continue on central Idaho trail crossing ranch
A federal judge has ruled that work can continue on a public trail on an easement crossing private land that connects the popular tourist destinations of Redfish Lake and Stanley…
Read More...2020 Colorado Drought and Beef Marketing Discussion
Check out this recorded discussion on long-term and short term forecast, tools for predicting forage production, and beef market outlook during 2020 drought. Featuring: Annie Overlin and Kevin Jablonski –…
Read More...BLM scrambles to fill positions as wild horse herds grow
The Bureau of Land Management program managing wild horse and burro populations that the agency calls an “existential threat” to federal rangelands is slogging through a change in leadership that…
Read More...Soil carbon research reduces uncertainty in predicting climate change impacts
DOE and USDA researchers use new global models to study how environmental controllers affect soil organic carbon, changes in which can alter atmospheric carbon concentrations and affect climate. The results…
Read More...How to tackle climate change, food security and land degradation
How can some of world’s biggest problems — climate change, food security and land degradation — be tackled simultaneously? Some lesser-known options, such as integrated water management and increasing the…
Read More...Report: Healthy soil, local food systems key for NM agriculture
Healthy soil is drought-resistant and produces more nutritious food. And New Mexico “could gain economically by building soil health and feeding its own people,” reads the “New Mexico Farm and Food…
Read More...As wildfires flare up across West, research highlights risk of ecological change
Following high-severity fire, scientists have found forest recovery may increasingly be compromised by lack of tree seed sources, warmer and drier post-fire climate and more frequent reburning. The loss of…
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