“We have the best success with frost seedings and inter-seedings when we incorporate them into a grazing system as a routine part of our pasture-improvement rotation,” says dairy farmer Dan Olson of ...

In a leader-follower grazing system, animals with different forage needs pass through a pasture in succession, using the land more efficiently without destroying its ability to support livestock.

If you want your kids to grow up with organic gardens, chickens, livestock and a feel for agriculture, consider planting a pasture. It’s the age-old farmer’s carpet that stands up to all sorts of ...

A study performed by the USDA Pasture Lab in State College on a Hagerstown silt loam soil compared a two-way mix of ‘Tekapo’ orchardgrass/ ‘Will’ white clover ...

Question: We purchased 10 acres and plan for part of it to be pasture, while the rest we want as a hay field. Can we use the same grasses for both purposes? Answer: Unfortunately, it is not ideal to ...

Alfalfa is native to semi-arid southwest Asia, and countries such as Iran, Georgia and Afghanistan, where it has developed under very hot, dry conditions. Although much of it is irrigated, it also ...

A pasture is defined as “land covered with grass and other low plant suitable for grazing animals.” Once established, it gets thicker and lusher every year, reducing erosion, mud and dust while ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The discovery of deadly E. coli bacteria in cow manure near a Salinas Valley spinach field underscores the difficulty of policing an area where vegetable farms, ranches and burgeoning ...

(CN) - The 8th Circuit revived a lawsuit filed by Minnesota farmers who say a state employee mandated a toxic seed mixture on pasture land that caused their cattle to get sick and die. Three ...