A year before I bought my first two Black Angus calves, I purchased a 50-pound sack of tall fescue seed to sow in my 4-acre pasture. As I tossed the seed onto the thin spots of the field, I enjoyed that sense of satisfaction you get knowing you are taking care of your land. As I later ...

Livestock feed and forage In a perfect world, with the ideal climate and rainfall, the ideal growing season, and the ideal stocking density, we might never have to feed harvested grain or hay to our livestock. They could graze and forage as nature intended, and we could worry about other ...