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Grazing management key to drought recovery and resilience

Grazing management during and after drought helps pastures recover, protects plant health, prevents overgrazing, delays spring grazing appropriately and builds long-term ranch resilience through flexible, diverse grazing systems.

June 26, 2026

Miranda Meehan and Kevin Sedivec

Drought conditions have been widespread in the U.S. this year, creating challenges for ranchers. Grazing management decisions directly influence the ability of rangelands and pastures to recover from drought and can increase a ranch's drought resilience.

Unpredictable grazing, opportunities to lock in profits in 2022

Much of the nation’s beef cows are on poor pasture, and pasture rental rates are rising. As producers look toward the future, flexible grazing leases paired with price risk management could offer some relief.

June 24, 2022

Elliott Dennis and Jim Jansen

May marks the beginning of the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) inclusion of pasture and range conditions in its weekly state crop progress reports.

Agricultural leases: The pen is mightier than the handshake

March 23, 2022

Kyle K. Weldon

Agricultural lease agreements come in all shapes and sizes.

Contracts 101: Understanding some of the fine print

March 24, 2021

Kyle K. Weldon

We encounter contracts on almost a daily basis. While handshakes and oral agreements are still very prevalent today, written contracts are an important way to memorialize agreements and hopefully help mitigate future conflicts.

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Contracts 101: Understanding some of the fine print

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