Before cattle are turned to grass for the summer, it’s important for producers to make the right preparations to ensure their livestock have a healthy and safe grazing season. Morgan Kauth, a producer ...

Predicting grassland productivity is a major challenge for ranchers and other land managers with grazing livestock. This productivity is key each spring when they are trying to decide how many cattle ...

Pastures dominated by perennial grass species form the base of animal/forage production systems worldwide and are vital to their economic sustainability. Tall fescue is a persistent cool-season ...

“It’s summer cattle roundup time in the Flint Hills of Kansas.” Cowboys and cowgirls are gathering short-season, double-stocked, intensely grazed native grassland pastures. It’s a different scenario ...

Cheatgrass, an invasive annual grass that has invaded Nevada rangelands, is responsible for much of the increasing wildfire danger in the Intermountain West. However, scientists have discovered that ...

BOULDER, Colo. – As part of a growing effort to reduce the risk of wildfires in Colorado, cattle are being deployed to eat dry grass that often fuels fast-moving flames. City officials in Boulder ...

COLUMBIA - Most of Missouri has experienced drought conditions all summer, and the problem has extended into September. Many farmers are concerned about the growing of Johnson grass and their cattle ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Beef has become one of the central villains of the climate crisis ...

When I worked for the BLM doing botanical surveys, us “ologists” (hydrologist, ecologists, biologists, archaeologists, geologists, and botanists) used to refer to Range Conservationists as Range “Cons ...

BOISE ­­— Cattle grazing on a nearly half mile wide targeted strip of cheatgrass near Beowawe, Nevada, created a firebreak that helped limit a range fire to just 54 acres this past August compared to ...

Cheatgrass, an invasive annual grass that has invaded Nevada rangelands, is responsible for much of the increasing wildfire danger in the Intermountain West. However, scientists at the University of ...