Pasture
All Pasture Content
You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure: Range Record Keeping
Range record keeping helps detect and demonstrate landscape changes that have a direct impact on your ability to maintain or grow your herd.
A Quick Start Guide to Selling Native Seeds
Guide that details what you need to know to sell seeds of native flowering plants (forbs) in South Dakota.
Livestock
South Dakota is home to a dynamic livestock industry.
Weed Control: Pasture and Range
There are 24 million acres of native and tame pasture and range as well as 1.4 million acres of grass hayland in South Dakota.
Using Rangeland to Extend Lambs to Meet a More-Optimal Market
Coming off a year of record prices across all classifications of sheep, the current drop in prices has been a bit discouraging. Using historic pricing data, we can observe seasonal price fluctuations that may make holding onto lambs a little longer a more-profitable option.
Pasture
Pastures and rangelands are a valuable resource for owners of equine and livestock.
Noxious and Pasture Weed Plot Data Report
Data books to use as a reference to select appropriate herbicide(s) for noxious and pasture weed
Protecting Your Pastures While Winter Grazing
Winter grazing of stockpiled grass produced during the growing season can help extend the grazing season and reduce winter feed costs. Learn some strategies to successfully incorporate winter grazing into your operation.
End-of-Season Monitoring
The end of the grazing season is a great time to monitor your pasture/rangeland resources. Learn about some strategies and tools available to help assess where you stand at the end of the season.
Guidelines for Livestock Windbreaks
Livestock grazing open crop residue fields or large pastures can be left exposed during extreme bouts of cold. Ensuring that cattle and any other livestock being pastured in exposed areas have adequate access to shelter to escape the wind and cold is especially important.