Rich Taber
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Reclaiming and Establishing Pastures and Hayfields
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In part five of our series, Where’s the Grass?, we share there are many ways to establish and improve grazing lands and hayfields. People often ask me how they should go about improving their pasturelands and hayfields. The devil, as they say, is in the details. This all depends on what class of livestock you…
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Should We Mow Our Pastures?
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In the fourth installment of our new series, Where’s the Grass?, we share that while you don’t always need to mow your pastures, there are times that it needs to be done. This is the latest installment in the “Where’s the Grass” series. Older iterations may be found archived on the Small Farms website,…
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How Not to Graze
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In the third installment of our new series, Where’s the Grass?, we share that there are many poor management practices seen in the grazing world. Here’s how to ensure you do the right things for good results! This is the third installment in our series “Where’s the Grass?” in which we try to elaborate on…
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Getting Ready for Spring Grazing
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In the second installment of our new series, Where’s the Grass?, we share several important tasks to accomplish before you let your animals out to graze this spring. This is the second installment in this new series on grazing. The Winter edition of SFQ has the first installment, which can be read in the SFQ…
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Why I Love Grazing
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In the first installment of our new series, Where’s the Grass?, we share why grazing is good for you, your checkbook, your farm, your animals, and the world! For the past several years, I have authored the “What’s Your Beef” column and will now only occasionally write an installment on that topic. Pasture and grazing…
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How Much Hay Do I Need for Winter?
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In part 18 of our “What’s Your Beef?” series on raising cattle on small farms, we discuss how a sharp pencil and a good calculator can go a long ways in figuring out how much your hay will cost you. As you read this in the autumn months, it might be prudent to go over…
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Should I Fertilize My Beef Pastures?
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In part 17 of our “What’s Your Beef?” series on raising cattle on small farms, we discuss grazing conditions for beef cattle and other classes of grazing livestock. My motivation in writing this article is due to the many atrocious grazing conditions that I find beef cattle and other classes of livestock grazing in…
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Give Stocker Beef Cattle a Chance
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In part 12 of our “What’s Your Beef?” series on raising cattle on small farms, we share how stocker cattle can provide a quick, easy way to get into the beef industry without a huge investment. If you are new to farming, or just want to take a break from the normal paradigm of raising…
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Dealing with the Year of the Drought
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In part 10 of our “What’s Your Beef?” series on raising cattle on small farms, we share some of our strategies to overcome the obstacles faced in a drought year and what you need to know to keep your cattle producing. By Rich Taber As beef producers, we weather all kinds of weather and climatic calamities…
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Some Fencing and Grazing Considerations for Beef Cattle
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In part nine of our “What’s Your Beef?” series on raising cattle on small farms, we share grazing experiences that has been learned about and adapted over the years. In this installment I am going to highlight some of the grazing experiences that I have learned about and adapted over the years. In the grazing…
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