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From Progressive Forage
As fall approaches, do you wish you could keep on grazing? In Mississippi, the 300-Day Grazing program was implemented with great success. The program was designed by University of Arkansas forage specialist John Jennings, and he recently shared implementation tips with Progressive Forage magazine. University of Mississippi’s Jane Parish also highlights their experiences.
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By Hugh Aljoe, Noble Foundation
In recent years a few graziers have begun tapping into the potential of “mob grazing,” or ultra-high stock density (UHSD) grazing, touting its benefits in the popular press and stirring up interest and questions from livestock producers. For those who are considering giving UHSD grazing a try, here are a few precautions to ponder before you proceed: Click here to ponder further.
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By Pete Bauman, SDSU Extension
After listening to Tim Steffens, a rangeland professor at Texas A&M, speak on the importance of keeping the basics of grazing management in mind when considering various grazing ‘systems,” Pete Bauman recently summarized highlights from the presentation into 10 key points. Bauman also notes, “Focusing only on the system and forgetting the fundamental truths of grazing will break any grazing strategy.”
Bauman adds, “Regardless of where you are in the world, the principles Dr. Steffens highlights hold true.” Read on to remind yourself of those key points: Review Pete's Key Points Here.
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Sixth generation rancher, Vance Mitchell, shared several of his business focused ranching principles during the Sixth National Conference on Grazing Lands held in Dallas-Fort Worth in December 2015. Mitchell’s operation is located near Lolita, Texas.
He has closely studied and applied Ranching for Profit and Bud Williams Marketing and Handling principles to apply to his livestock business. Mitchell stays flexible and profitable in the livestock business by operating both cow/calf and stocker operations on his ranch. Read more about his operation in this previous Progressive Farmer article: KISS For Profits
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