A multi-agency study underscores the impacts of strategic cattle grazing on restoring the declining population of greater sage-grouse in the Great Basin.

A majority of the land producers have to graze on during winter months is mature, dormant forage that is low in protein.

One of the world’s busiest airports is getting a manicure from some of the livestock industry’s best in grazing. The Chicago Department of Aviation recently welcomed the return of the grazing herd — comprised of a mix of 30 goats, sheep, and a donkey named Jackson — to manage natural vegetation at O’Hare International Airport. […]

A lieutenant governor, a scientist, and an agricultural industry leader made the case for eliminating regulatory burdens and legal loopholes impacting livestock grazing on federal land during a House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing last week. Idaho Lieutenant Governor Brad Little, University of Montana Professor Dr. Dave Naugle, and Arizona Farm Bureau President Stefanie Smallhouse provided […]

A new study from the University of Minnesota shows that warm-season annual grasses have good potential for use in horse pastures. “Annual grasses need to be replanted from seed each year, so they involve more work than perennial grasses, but they provide horse owners more summer grazing options,” said Krishona Martinson, an Equine Extension Specialist […]

Ranchers and grazing permit holders will get an unprecedented level of flexibility in the management of livestock while also protecting the public lands, thanks to a new initiative from the Bureau of Land Management. This effort emphasizes the Trump Administration’s goal of promoting shared conservation stewardship of public lands while supporting uses such as grazing. […]

Some North Dakota State University Extension Service specialists are urging livestock producers in drought stricken states to be aware of nitrate poisoning. Nitrate poisoning may occur if livestock eat drought-stressed crops and forages, which can accumulate nitrates. Feeding drought-stressed forages from oats, barley, and corn causes the majority of nitrate poisoning cases in North Dakota. […]

Secretary Sonny Perdue is bringing some relief to drought-stricken Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota by authorizing emergency grazing on CRP lands.

Grazing on public lands is essential to mitigate the risk of catastrophic wildfires. That’s why the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council kicked off a media and advertising campaign centered around a new website, GrazingPreventsWildfires and will run through May. “Coming off the wet winter we had across much of the west, […]

Governors Greg Abbott of Texas, Sam Brownback of Kansas, Susana Martinez of New Mexico, and Mary Fallin of Oklahoma penned a letter to the USDA calling for the temporary suspension of grazing restrictions in the Conservation Reserve Program after devastating wildfires. The letter also asks for the USDA-Farm Service Agency (FSA) to expedite implementation of the Emergency […]