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A Cows Calling Card
Warning, poop photos! One of the many benefits of having the herd always on the move is manure distribution. A cow herd in a tight group, on the move, will evenly distribute nutrients (poop) throughout a pasture. In season long grazed pastures (cows left in a pasture for weeks at…
Reed Canary Animal Impact Revisited
With the recent warm weather, forages are green when they are normally brown this time of year. Especially down in the swamp pasture. This wetland area is quite unique, tucked between the more common rolling hills of Lancaster County. While trudging through the muck with portable fence I…
Animal impact while farming grass
Year round grazing on pasture presents some interesting situations for us grass farmers. In this past post from July 2015 we demonstrated the results of planned animal impact on a wetland site heavily used through the non-growing season. Below we show what we had to…
Cow – Icon of nutrient cycles – we need the poop!
Cattle are key to a healthy ecosystem, that is if we manage cattle in natures image. Nature provides examples of how herds such as the bison of North America or the buffalo and wildebeest of Africa work as keystone species. An important feature of these…
Keystone Cows
Have you heard the term “Keystone Species“? For example, think of the impact the American Bison had on our environment. Prior to settlement of the central tall grass prairies, most everything relied on the movement of the vast buffalo herds. Buffalo were a key species. The…
