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U.S. to move BLM headquarters to Colorado

By Reuters July 16, 2019

Reuters — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will move its headquarters to Colorado from Washington, officials said on Tuesday, sparking ire from conservationists who said the decision would weaken the agency dedicated to managing the country’s vast public lands. The Department of Interior, which oversees BLM, announced the move in letters to key congressional […] Read more

Forages, News, News Roundup

GRI gets the green light for tame pastures

Forage: News Roundup from the June 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 26, 2017

Putting numbers to three observations that form the Grazing Response Index (GRI) will give you a good idea as to whether your management practices will benefit, harm or have no effect on plant health in the long run. If the scores for grazing intensity, grazing frequency, and opportunity for regrowth during the growing season on […] Read more

Forages, Vet advice

In search of fescue

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

By Dr. Ron Clarke June 5, 2017

No story about ranching would be complete without mention of two elements, generically unrelated yet closely coupled to ranching’s origin beginning in the late 1800s and its dominating role into the 21st century. Old texts and oral history serve as background. One component is an ancient grass that provided year-round nutrition for millions of bison […] Read more

Features, Forages, Livestock

Drilling down on carbon sequestration

New 10-year study looks for a more accurate formula to calculate the carbon-swallowing value of native grass

By Debbie Furber April 17, 2017

Ranchers in all three Prairie provinces are taking part in a decade-long study to assess the cumulative effect of different grazing systems on carbon sequestration and other ecological benefits from a working ranch. In each province, 10 pastures managed under adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) grazing systems for at least 10 years will be paired with neighbouring […] Read more

Livestock

Taxability to rise on Saskatchewan rangeland

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 28, 2016

The percentage of value (POV) subject to property taxes will be bumped back up on Saskatchewan producers’ rangeland and pasture for the 2017 tax year. Government Relations Minister Donna Harpauer on Monday announced the POV on non-arable (range) land such as pastures will be set via regulatory amendment at 45 per cent, up from 40. […] Read more

A three-year burn interval has been effective in areas with good moisture.

Features

Patch-burning pastures can also benefit cattle

Prescribed burns come in all shapes and sizes

By Debbie Furber June 24, 2016

Wildfires have two faces: the nemesis of mankind since settlement, and Mother Nature’s way of renewing aging, infested grasslands and forests. The unintended consequence of widespread suppression of wildfires coupled with the trend toward grazing systems that promote uniformity has been the loss of plant and animal diversity within native grassland ecosystems, according to rangeland […] Read more

Features, Livestock

Absinth. An obnoxious weed for pastures

By Debbie Furber April 27, 2016

As the rains of 2010 brought signs of an end to a battering 10-year drought, Marj Veno could see that absinth wormwood was getting the upper hand in pastures around the ranch’s home place northeast of Hanna, Alta. Absinth first reared its ugly yellow-flowered head in the pasture west of the yard on the old […] Read more

Riparian habitat at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (FWS.gov/refuge/Malheur)

Livestock, Reuters

Protesters occupy Oregon wildlife refuge as rangeland dispute flares

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By Jimmy Urquhart January 3, 2016

Princeton, Ore. | Reuters — A group of self-styled militiamen occupied the headquarters of a U.S. wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon to protest the imminent jailing of two ranchers, officials said Sunday, in the latest skirmish over federal land management in the U.S. West. The occupation, which began on Saturday, followed a march in Burns, […] Read more

Daily Network News

Prairie forecast: A temperature rollercoaster and the possibility of snow

Nestle quits global alliance on reducing dairy methane emissions

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain on higher beef values, tight supplies

Tag Archives Rangeland

U.S. to move BLM headquarters to Colorado

GRI gets the green light for tame pastures

In search of fescue

Drilling down on carbon sequestration

Taxability to rise on Saskatchewan rangeland

Patch-burning pastures can also benefit cattle

Absinth. An obnoxious weed for pastures

Protesters occupy Oregon wildlife refuge as rangeland dispute flares

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