A handful of innovative farmers and Oregon State University researchers are improving grass-based pasture systems using techniques common in New Zealand but new to the Pacific Northwest. “We’ve got ...

Grass pasture seed is a fundamental component of establishing lush and healthy pastures for livestock grazing, forage production, and erosion control. However, navigating the world of grass pasture ...

Management of perennial broadleaf weeds such as dandelion, Canada thistle, horsenettle, hemp dogbane, milkweed, smooth ...

A pasture improvement research program features looking at summer-dormant tall fescue grasses as an alternative to winter wheat pastures. The climate is changing and the fescue is reliable in the ...

Imagine an overgrown perennial garden. Impenetrable, shrubby bushes knit themselves together in long rows. Grasses reach chest high. Native hardwood trees hog the perimeter. But this dense, green ...

VINING, Minn. — Dave Uhren hasn’t marketed his beef cattle at the local stockyards in nearly eight years. Instead, his family’s grass-fed cattle are all processed locally and sold to loyal customers ...

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 ...

MENAHGA, Minn. — You’d never guess there was a severe drought at Single Cedar Farm in Menahga, Minnesota, south of Wolf Lake. Robert and Sue Keranen operate a 100% perennial, pasture-based farm. They ...

This time of year, when the sun is bearing down and our perennial pastures begin to show signs of fatigue, more and more cattle producers are looking for ways to maintain both forage quality and ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Farmers islandwide are being encouraged to send in their requests for grass, under the Pasture Improvement and Fodder Bank Development Programme. The programme aims to ...