managed rotational grazing

Saving Minnesota’s Grasslands: Conservation, Cattle & Community

August 13, 2014
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog
beef cattle, Chippewa 10%, Chippewa River Watershed Project, DNR, Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, Glacial Lakes Prairie Implementation Team, grasslands, invasive species, Land Stewardship Project, managed rotational grazing, Nature Conservancy, prairies, public lands grazing, Simon Lake, Simon Lake Challenge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Management Areas, wildlife refuges

It’s that age-old struggle: accepting a little short-term disturbance in the name of long-term stability. Dave Trauba regularly faces the challenge of explaining that tradeoff to hunters who visit the Lac Qui…
Grazing as a Public Good in Western Minnesota

July 30, 2014
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog
conservation grazing, grasslands, Land Stewardship Project. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, managed rotational grazing, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan, Nature Conservancy, prairies, public lands grazing, riparian corridors grazing, wetlands, wildlife, wildlife refuges, WMA

As a Nature Conservancy scientist based in a Midwestern state, Steve Chaplin thinks a lot about the impact agriculture has on ecological treasures such as native tallgrass prairie. “Other than plowing, grazing…
Mob Rule in Livestock Land

September 2, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
beef cattle, Chippewa 10%, grass, grazing, Greg Judy, Holistic Management, Land Stewardship Project, livestock, managed rotational grazing, mob grazing, pasture, profits from perennials, young farmers

What do you do when a resource becomes increasingly scarce? One option is to use it more efficiently. That’s a key point livestock producer Greg Judy is going to make Sept. 9-10…
Riding the Storm Out in Dairyland

August 4, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
beginning farmers, Brad and Shelley Schrandt, Farm Beginnings, grazing, Land Stewardship Project, managed rotational grazing, organic dairy, sustainable agriculture, Westby Creamery

A few years ago, Brad and Shelley Schrandt faced a dilemma: should they keep their dairy herd at around 20 cows for a few more years while working off the farm, or…