MORA, Minn. — Beef cattle can graze many things, but grazing cover crops may be new for many. Anytime livestock move into a new eating regime, there can be performance and cost fluctuations. Eric ...

MITCHELL, S.D. -- While corn and soybeans are the dominant crops in South Dakota, Chris Nebelsick knows the importance of turnips and radishes. Although the practice isn't widespread, some local ...

BURLINGTON, N.D. (AP) -- Rancher Dave Herzig has been experimenting with livestock feed, and he thinks turnips may be the answer. "Turnips have 25 percent protein while grass is about 8 to 10 percent, ...

Drawn by the milder winters, Mel and Elaine Heggelund moved to the Deer Lodge Valley from Wisdom in 1991. The place he bought needed improved management because the soil was in poor condition from ...

DETROIT LAKES — The 57 cow-calf pairs on the Tim and Angie Lehrke farm near Ogema spend almost all their time outside, all year round. They are moved every few days among a half-dozen areas of grazing ...

Grazing is regarded as one particularly beneficial practice to biodiversity on farms, especially if it is practiced on ...

NRCS Soil Scientist Dan Nath digs around in a hole in Tony Rossman's field to demonstrate his cover crops' root levels. This idea isn't very attractive for a human, but according to Eric Mousel of the ...

Aaron Esser, manager of Washington State University’s Wilke Farm. Nine steers chowed down a week before winter wheat seeding on Washington State University’s Wilke Farm near Davenport. They were ...