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Prairie Gopher Bad or Prairie Gopher Good?
Our grass growing season is coming to an end. The cattle are now grazing “stockpiled” forage. Stockpiled forage is pasture that we have not grazed for several months. The grass grew all summer long and left un-grazed as “stockpile”, for grazing during the non-growing season. While setting up…
Happy New Water Year
Well I guess it is actually New Years Eve of the Water Year. October 1st marks the start of a new water year. As grass growth slows down and becomes dormant over the next few months, the moisture we have in the soil now and what…
Colors From Our Pasture
With fall approaching, will share some recent photos from our farm. Through the summer we noticed a few Monarch butterflies. Our pasture contain a nice stand of milkweed which Monarchs need to complete their life cycle. Just this past week the number of monarchs have…
2014 Monitor Update
Monitoring of our grazing animals and the impacts on the grasslands we manage is something we do daily. What does the pasture look like ahead of our herd? What does the pasture look like where we just moved from? How do the cattle look (body condition)…
Fall Prairie Flowers
Native pollinators need a constant food supply throughout the growing season. Various plant species take their turn to offer pollinators needed flowers. Below we highlight three flowers that we are currently enjoying in our pasture. Driving by a prairie you would easily notice the maximilian sunflowers, but would…
