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Sep 11

Are You A Superhero?

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Planning & Management, Production One Comment

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s an environmental superhero! If you are using cell grazing you are an environmental superhero. Of course, no one has to know that,…

Jan 23

How Much Can You Afford To Spend On Feed?

By Dave Pratt Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Production 3 Comments

A midwestern University specialist recently wrote a column for a leading beef industry magazine claiming that winter feeding is the biggest expense in most cow/calf enterprises. That may be true…

Jun 27

Boots On The Ground & Eyes Looking Down

By Dave Pratt Decision Making, Ecology & Grazing, Production 4 Comments

I recently participated in a pasture rejuvenation workshop. My presentation on grazing principles was followed by an explanation of a multi-year trial on pasture rejuvenation. I didn’t understand why pasture…

Jun 13

How Long is Long Enough?

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Planning & Management, Risk/Drought 2 Comments

The biggest mistake people make in grazing management is providing too short a recovery period for plants after grazing. Of course too much rest isn’t good either. In drier environments…

May 23

To Move or Not To Move

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Planning & Management, Production No Comments

How do you know when it is time to move animals from one pasture to another? Most people figure that if they are out of feed in one pasture, it…

Sep 13

Going Around In Circles

By Dave Pratt Decision Making, Ecology & Grazing, Economics & Finance, Production No Comments

Rotational grazing doesn’t work. It doesn’t work for at least two reasons. One reason it doesn’t work is that, rather than rotationally graze, most people rotationally overgraze. They get overstocking…

May 20

Half and Half

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Planning & Management, Production No Comments

Take half - leave half. It is probably the most common advice you’ll hear regarding grazing utilization. In my opinion it is bad advice. It was probably the brainchild of…

Apr 08

Cowboys and Grassmen

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Planning & Management, Production No Comments

I once heard Bud Williams say, “Ranchers love their cows and hate their grass.” Bud thought they had it backwards. They should love their grass and hate their cattle. I…

Jun 26

Boots On The Ground

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Production, Risk/Drought No Comments

You can’t monitor the health of land from a windshield. You’ve got to have boots on the ground. Even then, we tend to look across the land rather than into…

Apr 25

Rotational Overgrazing

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Production, Risk/Drought 2 Comments

Nearly 15 years ago I surveyed over 300 commercial cattle producers asking them questions about their grazing practices and their attitudes about change. One hundred twenty of them (40%) identified…

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Are You A Superhero?

How Much Can You Afford To Spend On Feed?

Boots On The Ground & Eyes Looking Down

How Long is Long Enough?

To Move or Not To Move

Going Around In Circles

Half and Half

Cowboys and Grassmen

Boots On The Ground

Rotational Overgrazing

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