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Barnyards and Backyards Articles

• Ask Sam: When should I cut my hay?
• Ask Sam: Mowing Pasture Grass- To mow or not to mow?
• Ask Sam: What is certified hay?
• Do You Know Your Native Grasses? (Quiz with answers)
• Educator Describes How to Achieve Property Management Goals 
• Late Calving Makes Best Use of Forage for Calves, Takes Advantage of Nature
• To Mow or Not to Mow: Mowing Prairie Grasslands
• Should I Lease My Land for Grazing?
• Sunn Hemp's Benefits Could Prove Alternative Forage Crop in Wyoming

Featured Landowner

• Featured Landowners: Land Blossoms Under Direction of Northeastern Wyoming Family
• Featured Landowners: Cody Country Bed and Biscuit Owners Diversify Production on Their 6 Acres
• Featured Landowners: June Akers
• Featured Landowners: Lander Area Small-Acreage Owner Takes His Home to Work
• Property Improvement Updates: Wheatland Property Put Out to Pasture!

Publications

• How to Sample Hay Bales
• Soil Samples for Hayfields and Pastures
•  (UW Extension Pub MP-111.04)
•  (UW Extension Pub B-1265)
•  (Oregon State University Extension EC 1610)

Videos

•  (Exploring the Nature of Wyoming- UWyo Extension)

Tools

• Property Plan Worksheet- Word Version or PDF version (This worksheet will assist landowners in conceptualizing what they hope for their property to be and how their management can drive the property to meet these goals)

Barnyards and Backyards Articles

• Assessing and Managing Forage After Mother Nature throws a Summer Snit

UW Extension Publications

•  (UW Extension Pub B-1009)
•  (UW Extension Pub B-1080)
•  (UW Extension Pub B-1047)
•  (UW Extension Pub B-919R)

Videos

• Risk Management for Wyoming Hay Growers (UW CES Course February, 2014)

Barnyards and Backyards Articles

• Ask Sam: Where can I find more information regarding drought in Wyoming
• Got Drought? Property Owners Can Reduce Some Effects Through Land Management
• #$@*&% Drought is Here Again!
• A Little Observation Will Help Predict This Year's Forage

Videos

• -  (UWyo Extension)

Barnyards and Backyards Articles

• A Little Observation Will Help Predict This Year's Forage
• Ask Sam: Feeding my horses weed free forage before a hunting trip- what, where, why, and how long?
• Ask Sam: What is weed free hay for recreating on national forest lands?
• Bale Grazing- Winter Feeding Without the Overhead Reduces Machinery Costs, Labor
• Buying Horse Quality Hay
• Fencing Wildlife Out of Hay Stackyards
• 5 Plants Poisonous to Horses in Wyoming
• Grass Hay, Alfalfa Hay?
• Green Lights for Spring Grazing Should be Yellow for Caution
• Hay is Cheap, Land is Valuable
• Keep an Eye Out for Nitrate Toxicity
• Managing Moldy Hay Lessens Feeding Dangers
• Pasture Forbs Your Horses Should Avoid
• Should You Grow Your Own Hay for Harvest? A Look at the Economics
• Wyoming Hay List 2005

Resources to Calculate Feed Rations 

• How to Sample Hay Bales
• (Fact sheet No. 1.615 contains a table with typical composition of feeds (Colorado State University)
•  (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)
•  (Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service)
•  (Oklahoma State University Extension)
• (University of Arkansas) 

Publications and Websites

•  (Large PDF file, USDA-ARS 2011)
•  (USDA-ARS)

Videos

•  (Barnyards & Backyards Live!)
• (Barnyards & Backyards Live!)
• (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming)

Barnyards and Backyards Articles

• Responsibility for fencing in goats
• Building a Wire Fence Brace
• Don't Get Zapped. Know Your Electric Fence Parts
• Portable Fencing Creates Multiple Paddocks, Helps Eliminate Overgrazing
• How to Repair a Broken Strand of Barbwire
• Good Fences Make Happy Horses
• Ask Sam: What constitutes a wildlife friendly fence in Wyoming?
• Tips for Designing Pens and Corrals

Other Publications

• If You Fence It, They'll Stay Out (Article on fencing laws in WY, straying livestock, etc. )(UW CES 2008)
•  (Wyoming Game and Fish Department)

Videos

•  (UWyo Extension, 2003)
•  (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming)
• (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming)

Barnyards and Backyards Articles

• A Little Observation Will Help Predict This Year's Forage Needs
• Adjusting Stocking Rates to Forage Production Can Add Profits
• Ask Sam: What is a fair price for private grazing leases, price calculations, grazing agreements
• Ask Sam: How to prevent overgrazing on thin soil?
• The Basics of Stocking Rate Calculations
• Broccoli & Ice Cream: Grazing Management
• Healthy Pastures Mean Healthy Horses
• How Grazing Management Affects Water Quality
• Management-Intensive Grazing- What Is It and Could it Work for You
• Race for the Green
• Rangeland Condition Directly Affects Horse Health
• Recognizing Overgrazing- How do I Know When My Animals Have Grazed Too Much?
• Rest, Recovery Key to Small Acreage Pasture Management
• Sunn Hemp's Benefits Could Prove Alternative Forage Crop in Wyoming
• Upside Down Grazing- Reverse the Seasons
• What is Meant by 'Take Half, Leave Half'?

Other Publications

• Grazing Multi-Species Can Rid Undesirable Plants, Make Pastures More Productive

Videos

•  (Barnyards & Backyards Live!)
• ( 10 video series, UWyo Extension) 
•  (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
•  (UWyo Extension)
• (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
• (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
• (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
• (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
  
  

Monitoring Videos

• (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
• (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
  
  

Projects

• Property Improvement Project (overgrazed Wheatland property improved through grazing management; reclamation of unstable sand dune blow-out area near Casper)

Help determine how much forage your land may produce. The brochures cover grazing and provide guidance on calculating how many animals you can sustainably graze on your land (2016)

• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Albany Co. 
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Carbon Co. 
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Crook Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Fremont Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Hot Springs Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Northern Johnson Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Laramie Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Natrona Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Northern Lincoln Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Southern Lincoln Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Park Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Sheridan Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Sublette Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Teton Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Washakie Co.
• Small Acreage Grazing Brochure for Weston Co.

Barnyards and Backyards Articles

• Everything You Need to Know to Buy Good Seed is on the Label
• Following Basic Principles Increases Forage Establishment Success
• Improving Grass and Forb Seed
• Pasture Renovation
• Rehab for Disturbed Pastures
• Reseeding After Fire: If, When, and How
• Seed Source Matters When Reclaiming Land With Native Seed
• Think Native When Restoring Small-Acreage Rangelands
• To Seed or Not to Seed?

Videos

•  (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
• (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)