The Farm Piggery
By Jordan Green: To farrow, or not borrow, that is the question. Protocols to consider when deciding to operate a “birthing” enterprise vs. a buy in feeders enterprise..
Multi-Species Adds Income and Soil Wealth to Farms
By Greg Judy: The beauty of this whole multi-species thing is that in the process of adding more species it also adds strength to your whole operation. What do I mean by adding strength?..
Grassfed Beef Expectations for Fattening and Genetics
By Anibal Pordomingo: Fattening cattle without grain is an artisan and difficult task. But some principles seem to hold in common. Being such a defined niche with one priority (tenderness), the grass-fed industry could use genomics to detect quality performing genetics...
Warning, This Could Get Intense - Stock Density
By Steve Kenyon: The intensity of grazing refers to the stock density of the livestock. The question I receive quite often is, “How intense should we graze?..”
What Is An Investment In Paddock Fencing Really Worth?
By Jim Gerrish: The fence only has value if it allows us to better accomplish our farm or ranch goals. The fence pays for itself either through improved productivity and/or cost savings...
Farm Reboot: What would happen if you died today?
By Joel Salatin: What will your farm look like one year after you’re gone? Do you have a plan? In December 2019 Stockman Grass Farmer went out on a limb and hosted the first in-depth school on succession...
Just One Thing
By Joel Salatin: What could I tell SGF readers ONE THING to do that would change everything? Are you waiting with baited breath? Drum roll, please...
Fly Management Practices in Livestock Herds without Using Pesticides
By Greg Judy: Don't get hood winked into thinking that your only option for fly control is purchasing something to pour on them or in them. Whatever you put on your animal ends up in the soil with devastating effects on your farm's soil life. You can do it, keep your money in your pocket not someone else's...
Flexible Grazing Cells Work Almost Anywhere
By Jim Gerrish: If you have wondered how large of a property you can manage with a flexible grazing cell, the answer is probably much larger than you ever thought...
Rejuvenating Depleted Soil with Cover Crops and Livestock
By Heather Smith Thomas: When you want to rejuvenate tired fields, there's a certain path to follow in order to get the soil biology back into proper balance...
This is How We Roll... Here Come the Dung Beetles!
By Steve Kenyon: We have a really crappy job and I would like to tell you a little bit about ourselves. We are known as a scarab beetle or commonly called a dung beetle...
Happy Cows Don't Bawl
By Tina Williams and Richard McConnell: Richard's cows used to bawl. He used to rotate his cows every three days. On the 2nd day his cows would hear his truck coming home from work, gather at the gate, and start bawling...