by Karin L. | Jan 30, 2023 | Forages & Rangelands for Ruminants
(The following is from my monthly newsletter. This series began in March 2022 and has continued for nearly a full year, with its final installment in February 2023. Below is the “better” edited version from what I originally emailed to my followers.) As...
by Karin L. | Jan 29, 2023 | Forages & Rangelands for Ruminants
(The following is from my monthly newsletter. This series began in March 2022 and has continued for nearly a full year, with its final installment in February 2023. Below is the “better” edited version from what I originally emailed to my followers.) In my...
by Karin L. | Mar 25, 2020 | Forages & Rangelands for Ruminants
Ahh, spring. The time when the grass starts popping up, the leaves begin to emerge on the trees. Naturally, this time of year is tough to resist the urge to turn cows out onto pasture, particularly if you’re running low on feed. But is it really a good time to...
by Karin L. | Mar 24, 2020 | Forages & Rangelands for Ruminants
What do you get when you combine soft ground with the weight and hooves of livestock? Most likely plenty of pugging will occur. Pugging is the term used to describe the holes that are left behind by cattle hooves when the ground is soft from heavy rain or spring melt....
by Karin L. | Mar 5, 2019 | Ruminations Blog
“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damn lies, and statistics.” –Mark Twain. A way of saying that you can lie and use statistics, and you can tell the truth and use statistics. With regards to this animal versus plant-based land-use argument, the...