• Checking in with a rapidly growing herdshare • Advisors on financial planning • Concerns over FDA raw milk involvement • What Kennedy might mean for the ag world • Increasing yields while maintaining quality • Finding community in unexpected places • Grassfed forum on winter milk • Explaining the change from apprenticeship to alliance • The different ways to measure soil health • Taking stock and looking forward

• Processor finds success serving niche meat producers • Supplement boosts production, lowers methane • Tackling grazing-related health issues • An electric netting survival guide • Creating a new dairy grazing standard • Reasons to be optimistic about land access • A letter from New Zealand • Finding system-wide solutions

• Bringing a new generation into dairy • Advisors on promoting legumes in pastures • Simple practices to prevent burnout • Plant intelligence and its implications • Grazing sheep to manage Canada thistles • Balancing change and tradition by asking "why?" • Managing parasitic nematodes in pastures • Grassfed forum shares their idea of the ideal grassfed cow • Farming without a formula

• Expanding raw milk sales through CSAs • Advisors: different vaccination programs • Omega-3 health benefits study • Top ten silvopasture trees for the Northeast • Thoughts on using the omega-3 study in grassfed marketing • Raw milk update on bird flu and demand • Efficient energy use for better profitability • Being a "sticker" in a drifter world

• Starting a farm with custom dairy heifers and direct market meat • Dealing with pasture compaction • Thoughts on “do good and taste great” market opportunities • Dealing with milk off-flavors • Building a custom grazing business with goats • Making top-quality stored forages for grassfed organic dairy • Finding peace in the pasture

• Starting a grass dairy in corn country • Dealing with pasture weeds • Dealing with off-flavors • Time to capitalize on grazing qualities • Making butter is hard • Dairy productivity vs. carbon capture • The real story behind food nutrient declines • "Product of USA" and grassfed marketing • A light touch and a long view

• Lessons learned from starting a creamery • A Kernza research update • Finding a work/life balance • Grass dairy needs new investment • Raw milk disputes • Sheep dairy • Economics of regenerative dairy • The new grassfed organic forum • Government by and for the people

• Filling a meat processing niche • Providing stock water • The need for new value-added dairy markets • Grassfed dairy benchmarks • A sheep success story • The power of epigenetics • A raw milk journey • Thinking deeper

• A grassfed dairy dream comes true • Advisors on feeding minerals in a grass-based system • Grazing needs new ways of thinking • What to do when predators threaten your sheep • Why pasture diversity matters • Beating stray voltage • Dairy selection and epigenetics • Selection has weakened immune systems • What to do when the brood cows leave

• A new wholesale option for direct marketers • Bale grazing for low-cost beef production • Getting better in 2024 • What beef can('t) teach dairy graziers • Farm economics • Sailing a different ship • "Stomp" seeding • Charting a grassfed dairy future • The importance of knowing where you are

• Cutting back, but making more • Thoughts on business expansion • The value of butterfat • $800/ton dry matter forage • Sheep and carbon • Soil organic matter isn't simple • Grassfed's soil nutrient challenges • The judgment

• Making milk without the grain scoop • Climate-proofing grass farms • Dealing with weird weather • Building soils fast • Going without goat fencing • Raising dairy heifers without grain • Adapting, adopting and thriving • More ideas for dealing with a long-term drought

• Grazing, organics and high milk production • Establishing pasture • Farm bill ideas that make sense • A big year for raw milk • A deep dive into grassfed's nutritional advantages • The tapeworm debate • "Bird Friendly" label can bring premiums • Turning trees into fence posts • Dealing with years of dry weather

• A business built on doing the right thing • The advisors on boosting milk quality • Cellular meat hype • Why grazing tactics must match your farm's abilities • Grassfed organic forum: Dealing with dry conditions • Sheep grazing through a drought • Building a successful raw milk market • Dr. Allen Williams: the consequences of our food choices • Bringing gardening thought to farming

• Expanding a farmstead meat facility • Small-scale dairy processing/marketing venture looks to increase sales • The advisors describe how they deal with ragged pastures • How a U.S. Supreme Court decision will affect the pork market • Fake meat is failing • Why, when and how to supplement grazing sheep • Humans are causing "natural" occurrences • Managing employees in a growing farm store business • Be careful with calf-sharing in raw milk dairy • Online farmers markets offer new opportunities • It's time to start facing agriculture's waste

• A new company coordinates beef grazing and marketing • In defense of "conventional" dairy grazing • Managing through hot weather • The greenwashing of carbon credits • Hair sheep options • Going beyond handshake agreements • Epigenetics and regenerative dairy grazing • Fresh cows and the raw milk dairy • Baseball, and what needs to happen

• Raw milk sales drive a diversified business • Advisors on tracking pasture availability • Corn and beans and feeding the world • Planning a new grazing dairy • How to implement adaptive dairy grazing • Rapid chilling needed for raw milk sales • The ins and outs of forage insurance • A grassfed dairyman's confession • A life is more important than a mission

• Growing a diversified farming business • Getting cows bred • In defense of a pioneering book • Foodbank opportunities • Long rest periods for dairy pastures • Cleaning udders for raw milk production • No-grain dairy panel discusses feed supplements • In search of grassfed lactation consistency • Optimism about fixing our soils

• Grassfed aiding dairy quality of life • Ins and outs of bale grazing • Advisors on avoiding mud • Ruts, and growing more pasture • Grazing tips for 2023 • Producing low-risk raw milk • Building a barn • Good Meat Project promotes good meat • Hedging bets on an uncertain climate

• A new grassfed meats company seeks to make positive changes • Advisors: how we manage manure • Talking common sense about climate • What is pasture shade worth? • Revealed: the most common thing missing in soils • Putting sheep and silvopasture together • Grassfed forum: filling cows with forage • Be careful in breeding for A2A2 • Grazing's role in starting a new farm • Turning the page on a cattle business

• Quality meat, quality soils • Advisors: how we employ annual crops • Diesel mania • Measuring pasture with satellites • Getting paid for storing carbon • Dispelling silvopasture myths • Paying the piper for bad farming practices • The importance of what we're doing

• Making a go of 100% grassfed dairy • Advisors discuss winter feeding • Hard times for fake meat • Regenerative brush management, part 2 • Fenceless grazing update • Getting no-grain dairy cows into the barn • The Lean dairy farm • Living in a land of talking monkeys

• Tapping a big demand for raw milk • Advisors on how they grow more pasture • The promise and perils of grassfed dairy • Grazing through trying times • Raw milk interest surging • Janet McNally: More mistakes to avoid with livestock guardian dogs • Regenerative brush management • Costs force grassfed marketers to raise prices • Finding the grazing sweet spot between utilization and dry matter intake • Working on a complex soils problem

• Helmicks put family first with grazing shift • Advisors deal with pesky flies • Putting numbers to grazing's eco benefits • Growing a business with non-traditional leases • How to avoid common livestock guardian dog mistakes (part one) • Compass points to heifer grazing opportunities • Grassfed organic forum: transitioning to stored rations • Farmers know how to make choices

• Four simple tools for measuring soil health progress • Advisors on raising dairy heifers • High-end wholesale markets have their merits • The ins and outs of solar grazing • Grassfed dairy sales booming • Controlling thistles with sheep • Telling the public about your on-farm store • What works best for protecting planted trees on pasture • Kernza and the role of universities

• Catching up with some grazing and marketing innovators • Advisors on how they deal with seedheads • Regenified aims to take regenerative ag to the mainstream • Virtual fencing gains a U.S. toehold • Lessons learned from a bad custom grazing deal • Grassfed panel discusses raising dairy calves without grain • The sixth principle of soil health

• Focusing on food quality -- and life • Advisors tell how they're dealing with rising costs • Lambing outdoors in cold, wet weather • Putting numbers to soil compaction • Forging a grassfed skincare business • The pros and cons of metro grazing • Taking a deep dive into grassfed health benefits • Recognizing the oligarchs among us

• Maximizing the value of sheep dairy • Advisors justify their supplemental feeding • Dealing with foot rot in sheep • Concentrating on free stuff in a time of inflation • The economics of tree fodder and pods • A solar round bale drying update • Making money with grassfed dairy • Allen Williams: Disrupt your pastures! • People are also important to soil health

• Polled cattle: genetics vs. "genetic value" • Promoting heritage breed milk quality • Advisors: introductions and challenges • How the cows get milked • Grassfed dairy cost analysis • Dealing with sheep in a wet climate • Adaptive grazing management on the dairy farm • How I built a water wagon • Trees make the very best pasture • Putting numbers to winter stockpile grazing • No more heroic thinking

• Connecting graziers to consumers • A farm store added to our success • The perfect grazing cow • Bought-and-paid-for science • Working with nature for soil health • Grasses for the 100% grassfed dairy • Sheep mineral needs on pasture • Raw milk market report • Doing things together

• Relaxed intensity works for this beef grazier • How to have a climate-resilient farm • Advisors deal with dry cows • Winter grazing management for sheep • Grazing in an organic rotation • Ideas for finding and keeping good labor • The two raw milks • Encouraging change

• Farming in the midst of humanity • Advisors on how they save labor • Predictions for dairy's future • Educating consumers about raw milk safety • What the states allow for raw milk product sales • Direct grassfed sales report, one year later • Why you should support local agriculture • 100% grassfed dairy advisors discuss winter milk • Stepping away from our speeding economy

• From apprenticeship to dairy farm ownership • A new way to measure pasture • Advisors discuss soil fertility • In defense of measuring and monitoring • Drought reveals management truths • Can regenerative grazing affect the weather? • Silvopasture viewed as long-term investment • Madison Avenue doesn't have the answers; we do

• Growing a meat processing and marketing cooperative • Heifer Ranch aids new graziers • Advisors stretch their grazing seasons • Study your area's ecological history to understand what's possible • Ins and outs of the new carbon markets • Why you should avoid grazing stems • Ideas for turning a woodlot into silvopasture • Ensuring that cows and soils work together • Low-cost testing to limit raw milk pathogen risks • Agriculture can't keep doing what it's doing

• Grazing 300+ days a year in northern Pennsylvania • The ins and outs of alternative milking options • A once-a-day milking report • Advisors discuss their drought strategies • Grazier opportunities in a world of fake meat and milk • Getting a profitable start with sheep • Science backs adaptive grazing advantages • Managing for safe raw milk: keeping it clean • The tinder is dry; time to strike the match

• “Stock cropping” effort has lofty goals • Practical genetics: knock out the props • Advisors raise calves to weaning • Focusing on taste to sell grassfed • The economics of solar bale drying • How nurse cows can provide profitable options • Grassfed organic forum: soil fertility programs • Managing for safe raw milk • Linking blowing soil with the food supply

• A group of dairy graziers enlists community support for a marketing venture • Advisors on how they launch their spring grazing • In search of alternative marketing models • Solar round bale drying plans for 2021 • The power of nurse cows • Raw milk’s tremendous possibilities • Get your farm’s succession plan in order • We need to start valuing soil

• Solar round bale dryer shows promise • Why a dairyman decided not to build an on-farm creamery • Advisors: introductions and challenges • The future isn’t always what they say it is • Pricing your grassfed lamb for direct sales • Making sense of meat processing options • Grassfed organic forum: transitioning to spring grazing • Allen Williams: The roots of stewardship • Hopeful for agricultural policy change

• Solving a “soggy farm” problem • Advisors on their five-year plans • Why labels aren’t so great • Building a baleage dryer prototype • How to boost energy levels in high-forage diets • Silvopastures saved us in last year’s drought • Regenerative Organic Certification’s ins and outs • What the 2021 food scene holds for pastured proteins • A blizzard of bad farming practices

• A young dairy grazing couple learns the value of patience • The Advisors describe their financial planning • Why he built a baleage dryer • Study shows variability in grassfed milk samples • Custom grazing proves to be a balancing act • When certification makes sense, and when it doesn’t • The future is looking good for regenerative agriculture • Grassfed organic forum: winter rations • He built an on-farm, USDA-inspected meat processing plant • Removing the old, building the new

• Bringing meat processing issues into focus • Co-grazing goats with cattle and sheep • Addressing the meat processing bottleneck • Transferring knowledge to the next generation • Learning the custom grazing business • Taking a look at value-added certification • Solving meat processing problems

• New neighbors offer markets to a Hudson River Valley dairy • An investor group helped dairy graziers expand • Advisors on how they want research to help them • Balancing income and labor • High on hedgerows • Take all research with a grain of salt • Defending bigger cows • The Bible on land reform

• A leap of faith into dairy processing • Advisors discuss weak links in their operations • Looking back at 20 years of Graze • How to solve a guardian dog problem • Moving from flock to flerd saved labor • Weaning ourselves from commodity agriculture • Grassfed/organic forum: What we look for in a cow • Real solutions are local

• A Pennsylvania grazier’s tips for producing great grassfed beef • Advisors balance milk and pasture productivity • How grassfed fits within a lab meat world • Taking the marketing leap • Corn grazing for milking cows • Keeping your guardian dog with the stock • Soil health lessons from the Serengeti • How to succeed with natural parasite control • Questions about climate and markets

• An Ohio sheep grazier taps a premium lamb market • Finding a mating strategy that works for dairy graziers • Advisors and Dr. Hue Karreman offer pinkeye solutions • No simple, easy or cheap grassfed milk testing on the horizon • A New York grazing couple launches a promising milk bottling business • Ten tips for summer grazing • Grassfed organic forum: making and buying stored forage • Tips for milking three times in two days • The problem of too much customer demand

• Farm marketers see surging sales due to pandemic • Allen Williams: chinks showing in food industry’s armor • Advisors detail how they deal with bloat • Pandemic points to future possibilities for the little guy • Once-daily calf feeding works for these dairy graziers • Janet McNally: managing rank pasture growth with sheep • Personal breeding indexes for dairy graziers • Jim VanDerPol: booming sales and question marks

• Keeping a farm in the family • Advisors explain why they aren’t going to no-grain rations • Grassfed beef market pressured by imports • To succeed, differentiate • Producers like their concrete cow sidewalks • Allen Williams: why we need regenerative agriculture • No-grain dairy forum returns • The dangers of modern dairy breeding methods • What to do while waiting for others to change

• Fall calving and no-grain milk production • Cow comfort affects no-grain success • Advisors deal with pasture weeds • The great grassfed butter gold rush • A good handling system makes sheep more fun • Dr. Allen Williams: Returning the land to what it once was • Understanding customer psychology • Grazing Kernza • Managing swards for decades, not years • We’re all in this together

• Doing what it takes to launch a grass dairy • Advisors tell what’s new for the coming year • Jon Bansen: creating resilience to survive tough times • The need to do something different • Looking for ways to boost forage productivity • Graziers offer more thoughts on once-a-day milking • A map of how the states regulate raw milk distribution • Dr. Allen Williams: soil health requires living organisms • 20 rules to live by in your farming life

• Ohio and Pennsylvania dairy graziers happy with once-a-day milking • Analyzing the pluses and minuses of once-a-day milking • Advisors on how they boost milk quality • The benefits of diverse monocultures • A pastured-pig producer eyes improvements for 2020 • Dr. Allen Williams: Open your eyes to the impacts of modern agriculture • Sizing paddocks to avoid overgrazing • Jim Van Der Pol: Returning livestock and people to the land

• Pennsylvania dairy finds grazing better than plowing • Advisors assess a difficult 2019 • Telling the real story about fake meats • Putting grazing at the forefront of value-added • Finishing lambs when the rain won’t stop • 2018 financial reports from organic dairies • Raw butter ban challenged • Mob grazing as a tool • How I got my cattle out of the mud

• Two New York dairy families see “micro” as the way to go • Advisors: To vaccinate, or not? • The problem with grazing-based research • Grazing as a low-cost alternative • Lambing in the cold rain • Sorting stock all by yourself • The crises of farm people and their land

• An Iowa dairy grazier’s soil health strategies • Advisors discuss soil fertility, part 2 • Are micro-dairies the answer? • Reasons for family farm optimism • Mob vs. rotational grazing in the Northeast • Regenerating soils with cattle and pigs • More unintended consequences from our farming practices • Grass follows the cows • Work as something more than money

• Catching up with some of the farmers we’ve featured • Advisors describe their soil fertility strategies • What was with those ultra-low milk urea nitrogen readings? • Unintentional consequences from our conventional farming • Fake meat, big money • Organic fly control ideas • Learning to manage through the mud • A victory for raw butter

• Finishing northern cattle in 20 months • When enterprise stacking doesn’t work • Dealing with flies, both organically and conventional • A new decision-making tool for livestock • Nitrogen cycling lessons from New Zealand • A no-grain dairy report card • Target the customer before making the product • Lessons learned from a transition to no-grain milking • How to really help rural communities

• What we’ve learned about robotic milking in a grazing situation • The fallacy of “feeding the world” • Adding legumes to pastures • How to use pigs for improving soils • “100% grassfed” dairy producers describe their challenges • Not all grassfed beef is created equal • Farm programs for the people

• How good grazing helps make award-winning cheeses • Addressing the farming side of a direct-market business • Getting water to pastures • How to build a regenerative movement • How to make internet marketing work for you • Improving pastures • Soil and people health

• A North Carolina enterprise rebuilds soils and community • Advisors talk about avoiding mud problems • Cow flatulence and the Green New Deal • With food, it’s the ‘how’ rather than the ‘why’ • Janet McNally: upping your winter grazing game • Boosting butterfat when the seedheads show up • No-grain/organic forum: feeding forages throughout the year • Marveling at the benefits of community

• A locker plant tells a sustainable meat story • Feeding forages to improve butterfat tests • Advisors on what works for improving solids tests • Price alone won’t solve agriculture’s problems • Lack of grazing skills hurting the grassfed dairy sector • Confronting mental health challenges in tough times • “Living barns” can offer effective low-cost shelter • How farmers can define grassfed dairy • Minnesota trial: outdoor pack wintering is cost effective • In these times, we need each other

• A grass-based dairyman calculates the value of pasture • Maple Hill Creamery’s founder optimistic about the future of grassfed dairy • Advisors on how they’re dealing with tough times • Lessons learned in grazing sheep • How to restore land with pastured pigs • A new day in soil testing • What grassfed dairy needs to do to keep growing • Grassfed organic forum: describing the challenges of making milk • How a sorghum-sudangrass mix saved our summer • Agriculture must change to serve the people

• Why a cheesemaker values well-managed grazing • Wet weather forces changes in grazing management • Advisors on how they get minerals into their dairy cows • There’s too much rugged individualism in agriculture Tackling cobalt deficiency in pastured sheep • Soil microbes will mine minerals if you give them a chance • Study showed special taste and functional qualities of grassfed milk • What to do if it won’t stop raining?

• Building a grassfed genetic base • Raising replacement dairy heifers • Dealing with robots and such • New group promoting authentic grassfed • Organic dairy study shows who’s making money, and who isn’t • What to do when local marketing isn’t enough • Grassfed organic forum: dealing with wacky weather • The wonders of plant-microbe symbiosis • The dark side of our technological progress

• From grain farmer to no-grain dairy • Scorecard shows plenty of variation in “organic” • Advisors: how much grain do you feed, and why? • Pursuing the potential of pasture butter • Wish you had some shade? Plant some trees • One flock’s fight against resistant parasites • Know your numbers before reducing grain fed to pastured pigs • Making dairy products that actually sell • “Big” is not the answer to our problems

• Cutting the grain and boosting the fatty acid profile of pastured pork • Advisors manage their fall pastures • Is there a sulfur-butterfat relationship? • NOP is the problem, not Aurora Organic • Buying cows for a new beef cow-calf operation • Gabe Brown and Allen Williams tell of cover crop success stories • Grassfed organic forum: addressing lower milk prices • Managing vegetation in silvopastures • Seeking answers to flooding problems

• Gabe Brown and Allen Williams: how to avoid cover crop failures • Janet McNally on making cover crops work for sheep • Advisors on how to manage summer grass • Time to start focusing on butter and burgers • Real Organic Project seeks higher grazing standards • New grassfed markets opening in the Northeast • Butterfat key to solving organic’s problems • Marketing milk as beef • Human management, not rote labor

• Manning Hill Farm bottles and sells milk in a tough New England market • Advisors tell how they get their cows bred • Dos and don’ts for selling your own milk • Starting a grazing farm from scratch • Silvopasture: how to get grass growing in a newly harvested timber stand • Ugly things happen when we farm against nature. • Grassfed organic forum: controlling flies • The case against clipping pastures • What’s learned from a long-abandoned farm

• Breitkreutzes do what it takes in building soil health • Advisors discuss their perfect cow • Facing modern dairy realities • Why cows aren’t bad for the environment • Getting a grip on grassfed dairy costs • Allen Williams explains adaptive grazing • Organic producers must tell their story if they are going to survive • A university professor says it’s time to take raw milk seriously • Thoughts on feeding skim milk to pigs

• Amos Nolt seeks balance and 15,000-lb. herd average without grain • Average no-grain production costs are sky high • Advisors tell how they handle manure • How to stop penalizing springtime milk • Proving the benefits of sward diversity • Janet McNally’s picks for best pasture sheep breeds • How to thin a woodlot with pasture in mind • Organic forum: cow treatment strategies • Gabe Brown: standard soil tests aren’t telling the story • Jim Van Der Pol: Our agriculture needs a new language

• Wisconsin Grass-fed Beef Co-op finds niche in competitive sector • Advisors describe their milking set up • Pasture math for healthy soils and wallets • Improving any kind of soil • McNally on sheep breeds for pasture (part one) • Two takes on markets and the future of grassfed dairy • Farmers need not be alone in their struggles

• David Stratton paid off the farm without feeding grain • Advisors on raising calves through weaning • More alternatives to conventional organic markets • The economics of heifer grazing • We can add organic matter faster than the textbooks say • Salary as a way to attract a motivated employee • Grassfed organic forum: What do you want in a no-grain cow? • How to properly graze a woodlot • The pains and gains of relationship marketing

• Schlatters keeping pace with changing no-grain dairy, meat and egg markets • How to provide a career path for motivated employees • Advisors talk about drying off and steaming up their cows • New livability PTAs have value for graziers • Are organic certification add-ons worth the trouble? • What it takes to learn about your soils • Big, happy Irish grazing cows • Why Jim VanDerPol focuses on community in his marketing efforts

• Silvopasture explained • Dairyman loves planting trees in pastures • Planting trees as part of a long-term, multi-species plan • The real story behind Fake Meat • What’s with those “happy lines” on your cows? • Retrofit milking parlors revisited • Grassfed organic forum: winter feed for no-grain dairies • Dealing with too much mud

• Dairy venture is turning cropland into organic pastures • Advisors offer labor-saving tips • Getting serious about dealing with changes in alternative markets • Water follows carbon in the circle of life • Cobalt often overlooked cause of livestock health issues • New grazing forages that may be worth a look • “Ideal” matings can produce problems in your herd • Putting carbon where it belongs

• Grassfed dairy pioneer Traders Point Creamery looking to the future • Dealing with dry weather • Let form follow function for the grassfed cow • Saving organic dairy from itself • Following the circle of life in land management • How to finish lambs on grazed forages • Searching for a better southern summer grass • Organic/grassfed forum addresses minerals for no-grain cows • Fear as a positive force

• How mob grazing and cover crops are paying off for a southern beef ranch • Dr. Allen Williams on the status of grassfed beef • Advisors on starting permanent pasture • Solving sticky stockmanship problems • Tips for producing grassfed lamb • Start with the head when selecting grazing dairy cattle • Taking advantage of guilty customers • Living in a CAFO sacrifice zone

• Piecing together a Louisiana grass dairy puzzle • Advisors deal with heat stress • Challenges and opportunities in dairy markets • Minerals and the no-grain dairy ration • How you can profit from consumer tendencies • What fatty acids are, and why they are important • Grassfed/organic forum: soil fertility strategies • Is the sun setting on commodity agriculture?

• Stacking enterprises in the Deep South • Advisors on how they employ grazing annuals • Running the financial numbers on alternative dairy • Finding the right cow for no-grain dairy • Visual soil health indicators • Perennials are the ultimate pasture goal • Why we should embrace the crazy • Putting the cow back in her place

• Don Boland’s dairy outwintering system is ugly, but it works • Off-grid ouwintering works for a Wisconsin cow-calf operator • The Advisors describe their spring grazing strategies • What we’ve learned lately about grazing A2 breeding as an insurance policy • Selecting sheep for parasite resistance • Grasses and legumes for wet soils • More on rebuilding soils with the right management • Explaining how to wean without stress • Grassfed organic forum: How to avoid skinny cows • A grazed woodlot nets more than corn • Cooking the hog and the frog

• At this Missouri dairy, grass utilization is king • Dr. Allen Williams says soil can be built faster than commonly believed • The new Graze advisors: introductions and challenges • The difficulties of labeling grassfed • Dealing with pasture-specific flies • Why the Van Amburghs like their holistic grazing plan • Enterprise analysis helps this grazier deal with chaos • Weaning success depends on a lot more than the act itself

• Making a great dairy grazing living using old-fashioned methods • The numbers say that soil regeneration can happen • Georgia dairy grazing pioneers are going organic • Advisors discuss their biggest challenges • Challenging post-graze residual gospel • Find the flies before they find you • Pigs stack well in this grass-finished beef operation • Grassfed Organic Forum: feeding dairy calves to weaning • Our nation’s soils are in terrible shape

• How a northern grazier fully finishes cattle on forages • Fixing a problem of uneven manure distribution • Advisors: best and worst spending • Big ag’s war against consumers • Fall corn can extend the grazing season • Rethinking supplemental feeding recommendations for pastured cows • History tells us how to rebuild soils • Why do farmers keep flooding out their neighbors?

• Minnesota dairy graziers build milking parlor with financial help from their community. • Getting paid to graze: how two meat goat operations built businesses based on clearing land. • Advisors’ soil health views. • We graziers must record what we’re doing. • A future of printed DNA and brewed milk? • Seven keys to a successful on-farm store. • The insanity of putting production ahead of people. • A different way to a better farm policy.

• Wisconsin grazier utilizes an apprenticeship program to transition his farm to younger generation • Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship expanding to new states • Advisors offer advice for starting in grass-based farming • Adding grazing to a confinement operation allows expansion without facilities expense • Analyzing the costs and benefits of fodder sprouting • How to make milk on stored forages without feeding grain • Organic no-grain forum: my winter feeding program • Expanding a direct-marketing business beyond the BMW crowd • Studies show pasture diversity really does pay dividends • Science, money, politics and drunk plants

• Maryland dairy graziers overcome barriers to launch a thriving ice cream business • Dr. Allen Williams: All U.S. beef could be produced on grass • Advisors talk about keeping track of their pasture availability • Why corn isn’t a sacred crop • If you’re selling directly to consumers, think convenience • Janet McNally: do those newborn lambs need to be tagged? • Ohio grassfed beef producers add up their costs and come to some conclusions • Learning how to sort cattle out on pasture • On-farm forage trials can be worth the effort • The great need for a perennial agriculture

• New grassfed dairy standards proposed • A dairyman finds his cows can cope just fine without grain • Advisors explain why they feed grain • Science is showing the benefits of soil health practices • How to make a “Bud Box” work efficiently • How a grass-finishing farm prices its beef • Organic forum: grazing strategies for the no-grain dairy herd

• Keys to a successful grazing-based custom-heifer business • Planning for drought • Annual crops for summer grazing and winter feed • How to ensure that grazing rotations control sheep parasites • Making money in a direct-market, grassfed beef business • The Bud Box, a crowd pen that really works for livestock • What’s required for a durable farm

• Tallying the nutritional benefits of grassfed meats • Michigan dairy brothers grow big operation despite lack of experience • How advisors are dealing with lower prices • The economics of raising dairy calves on cows • The price limits of value-added production • How to avoid dairy inbreeding • Solving existing cow-calf behavior problems • Launching the new Organic Grassfed dairy forum • Why I’m going to once-a-day milking • Drawing the line using peasant wisdom

• Young New York dairy farmers take up 100% grassfed challenge. • Feast or famine: the case for a small dairy farm. • The next generation’s biggest concern: animal welfare. • Stockmanship: moving cow-calf pairs on pasture. • Stay close to nature in raising calves for 100% grassfed dairy. • How to manage to make grazing’s resources work for you. • Why one grazier bought two farms in one week.

• Tips on how to pursue 100% grassfed dairy. • Cousins pool resources to launch organic dairy. • Advisors describe their planning processes. • Jon Bansen on balancing soil improvement with the bulk tank reading. • The free lunch: you can have it all if you do the grazing right. • Blue-sky pens produce healthy dairy calves in a cold climate. • Good grazing requires good stock handling technique. • Organic forum: Our successes and mistakes. • Janet McNally: Why I’ve started feeding a little grain. • Throwing elbows at pompous fools.

• Growing New York no-grain dairy keeps cows comfortable. • How much have grazing forages improved? • Building better heifers. • Measuring progress on the family dairy farm. • “Candle” improves gateless paddock entry. • Use the “principle of disruption” to improve your pastures. • A northern twist to adding property value with sheep. • Putting some numbers to cover crop benefits. • Stockmanship: livestock won’t move without a good leader. • What our grazing group does for us.