WRITING

'Just' range cows for 'just' ranch people; just the right combination

“They’re just plain ol’ range cows.” Bob and Frances Dellit shared a good-hearted laugh at the idea of their 'plain ol' range cows' being...

It’s not forbidden fruit: Three ‘secrets’ to ranch profitability

Dave Pratt scribbled rapidly across the giant post-it board. He switched colors with ideas, added seemingly cryptic equations to the...

Today’s Ranch: Cell Grazing and Three Secrets for Increasing Profit

Dave Pratt, an internationally-known grazing and sustainable ranching expert, will present a one-day pasture and ranch business...

Hahn family honored for enduring efforts to care for water, wildlife, soil and ranching business

"I hope they slow down every once in a while," Chuck Hahn said, nodding at the steady line of boaters, anglers and campers streaming...

Stoney Creek Farm protects 'right to farm' by conservation

In a state of 10,000 lakes, water law rules the land. At Stoney Creek Farm, near Redwood, Minnesota, Grant Breitkreutz knows conservation...

Growing soil

Compared to a mechanized harvesting machine, they're not super efficient. "If your combine was throwing 80 percent of what it took in...

Red tape and relationships

Ranchers learn the cooperative way to survive ESA enforcement. Regulations. Rules. Restrictions. For ranchers dealing with government...