Cattle don’t like eating sericea lespedeza, an invasive species in Missouri pastures. But goats do, according to research at the University of Missouri’s Land of the Osages Research Farm in central ...

These animals provide not only rich, organic fertilizers to help build soil, they can also provide endless hours of entertainment. Once part of most diversified and subsistence farms, four-stomached ...

Imagine the Great Plains 200 years ago. You had an environment with many animal species utilizing the same prairie and yet not overgrazing it. If you take a look at each animal species that existed, ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado — If there’s one thing goats just cannot stop doing, it’s eating. They eat, they eat some more and then they eat even more. And when it comes to attacking weeds, non-native ...

In this bonus episode with Dr. Woody Lane, a livestock nutritionist and forage specialist and consultant, who’s the owner of Lane Livestock Services and the author of three books on forages, grazing, ...

Video: Local farm owner clears land with rented goats Local farm owner Christine Clisham needed to solve her overwhelming brush problem. With the help of Craigslist, Clisham connected with Mike Mourer ...

New research has identified what may be the future of sustainable livestock production: silvopastoral systems which include shrubs and trees with edible leaves or fruits as well as herbage. Consumers ...