pasture

The average value of pastureland across America took a jump from last year.  The average value is $1,350 per acre, up 1.5% from last year.  That value is a record-high since the USDA first began keeping records.   As a comparison, the average acre of cropland is worth $4,090, the same as in 2016.  In different parts of ...

Recent rains and cooler temperatures have helped pasture quality in the Northwest, but USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says there are still concerns.   It starts with Montana which has the worst pasture quality in the nation 65 percent rated very poor to poor.  ...

The most recent look from the USDA shows that the hot, dry conditions throughout the Inland Northwest have begun to take their toll.   In Washington pasture conditions were rated 58 percent very poor to poor, and Oregon had 44 percent very poor to poor.  ...

WSU’s Snohomish County Extension will be hosting a twilight pasture walk near Duvall on June 22nd from 6:30 until 9.   The goal is to help create or improve grazing plans for producers including judging quality, defining goals, plant growth and grazing time, and creating systems amongst many other topics.   T...

USDA’s pasture report says there should be a lot of smiling faces across the Inland Northwest.   Meteorologist Brad Rippey said, “80 percent of the pasture and rangeland rated good to excellent in a large number of states stretching from the Northwest to the Northern Mid-Atlantic region. That does include Wa...

The big storm event this past week and weekend may have not met expectations, but they still brought some much needed help to the Northwest.   USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey said, “Because of antecedent warmth and dryness we saw very little flooding with all of this which means the moisture has generally soaked into the soils and has really improved the moisture situation across the Northwest.”  

After a summer that ended with very warm temperatures and some wildfires, pasture owners should act now to restore or renovate their fields.   Penn State University Extension’s Jeff Graybill said this early start will have long-term benefits.   “...