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Thanks for posting this website. I enjoy reading of Chip's approach to low imputs, grazing in sync with nature, etc.

You can also plant it by throwing a heaping teaspoonful up in a brisk wind...

Center, Texas is about chickens but Center Ranch is near Centerville, Leon County, Texas. Lots of great East Texas road to explore on a bike.

Looks like broomsedge to me...a grass, not a sedge

There is a good discussion of Smutgrass control in Florida pastures at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AA261. They are talking about a 60 day non-grazing period. Hope this helps. Mike

$234 per ton bulk loaded on cube feeder at Elkhart Farmer's Co-op. I thought that was high until I read some of the prices being asked around the country.

Adams Ranch is located near Fort Pierce, Florida. Their website can be reached at http://www.adamsranch.com Hope this helps.

Anderson County for me

Actually, at that point the single plant has been grazed. It is not overgrazed, but merely grazed. If management chooses to leave the animal in the pasture and not move it, and the animal takes a second bite in 3 or 4 days, the plant, at that moment in time, is over-grazed since it has not had...

Don't get too married to the 3 day graze period...the cows will be in a world of hurt if the grass in that particular pasture has enough regrowth for a 1 day graze and you are watching the calendar and not opening the next gate until the three days have passed. Not all pastures are created...

If you had said you intended to split it up into 14 pastures instead of three pastures, perhaps the answers would have been more on target. Nonetheless, you will likely find that during times of fast growth, you will want to rotate faster than 3 days in each paddock in order to keep the grasses...

Take good care of your dung beetles and they will take care of your cow's manure in the warmer months. Mike Slocum, Texas

The movement from a grazed paddock should occur before the grass has sufficient regrowth to be re-bitten by the grazing animal. It takes many more paddocks than three to achieve sufficient rest periods for the grass to recover and suitably short grazing periods to prevent the grass from being...

The money from Steer Roping counts toward the All-Around and a World Champion is named each year. These are the unofficial standings for 2006. Steer Roping works best in arenas much larger than Las Vegas with a longer score ProRodeo Cowboys World Standings - Steer Roping Standings Rank Name...

Over the years I have retained quite a few heifers. We crossed the brahman bulls on small, short Angus cows back in the fifties trying to get some size, weight, milk, etc. Those heifers were retained and crossed back to Angus. During the sixties, we ventured off into trying Santa Gertrudis...