Grass grows fastest in June, but the way you graze it now sets how much you'll have in August. Leaving enough leaf…
On big summer country, cattle graze the easy ground hard and leave the ridges standing. Salt and mineral placement, water, and a…
Native cool-season grasses set the size of their whole summer in a few weeks of June. Graze them at the wrong stage…
Cattle chew the grass around the tank and the gate flat while the back corners go to waste. Where you put salt…
Rangeland grasshoppers build quietly through June, and by the time you notice bare ground they've already eaten forage you can't get back.…
Early-summer grass grows fast and tempts you to sit in one pasture. Push it too hard now and the regrowth stalls, leaving…
Water hemlock is the deadliest plant on most Montana places, and the soft June ground along creeks and ditches is exactly where…
On big summer country, cattle bunch in the bottoms and leave half the pasture standing. Salt placement, water, and a little riding…
How you handle pastures in the first few weeks after turnout decides how much grass you'll have in August. Grazing too hard,…
Noxious weeds on Montana rangeland are easiest to kill before they set seed. Here's how to time June herbicide work and biocontrol…
Grazing a pasture into the dirt in June costs you regrowth this fall and vigor next spring. Here's how much to leave…