Resources

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
• Grass Growth Basic I (UW Extension Pub MP-111.04)
• Rangeland Plants: Wyoming Tough (UW Extension Pub B-1265)
• Managing Small-Acreage Horse Farms in Central and Eastern Oregon (Oregon State University Extension EC 1610)

Videos

• Land Management Means Managing Plants (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

• A Guide for Selecting Alfalfa Varieties for Irrigated Stands in Wyoming (UW Extension Pub B-1009)
• Alfalfa Establishment Alternatives (UW Extension Pub B-1080)
• Alfalfa Stand Renovation: Reseed or Crop Rotation? (UW Extension Pub B-1047)
• Guide for Selecting Alfalfa Varieties with Disease Resistance for Wyoming (UW Extension Pub B-919R)

Videos

• Master Hay Grower 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

• Managing Cattle in Drought Conditions - audio only version (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
• Hay Testing for Cattle: Understanding the Results
• Feed Composting for Cattle and Sheep (Fact sheet No. 1.615 contains a table with typical composition of feeds (Colorado State University)
• Nutrient Requirements of Sheep and Goats (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)
• Nutritional Management for Horses (Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service)
• Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle (Oklahoma State University Extension)
• Beef Cattle Nutrient Requirements Table (University of Arkansas) 

Publications and Websites

• Plants Poisonous to Livestock in the Western States (Large PDF file, USDA-ARS 2011)
• Poisonous Plants Website (USDA-ARS)

Videos

• Buying Hay- Let's Get to the Good Stuff (Barnyards & Backyards Live!)
• Plants Toxic to Livestock (Barnyards & Backyards Live!)
• Installing a Tire Livestock Watering Tank (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)
• A Wyoming Landowner's Handbook to Fences and Wildlife (Wyoming Game and Fish Department)

Videos

• The Grazing Equation (UWyo Extension, 2003)
• How to Build a Wire Fence Gate (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming)
• Fixing Wire Fencing (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

• Grazing Small Acreages (Barnyards & Backyards Live!)
• Managing Grazing on Small Acreages Video Playlist ( 10 video series, UWyo Extension) 
• Applied Grazing Management (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
• Small Acreage Ranch Management-Why Build a Corral? (UWyo Extension)
• Grass Growth Stages and Grazing Impacts (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
• Grazing Differences in Cattle and Horses (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
• Grazing Management Basics (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
• Short Duration Grazing (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
  
  

Monitoring Videos

• Photopoint Range Monitoring Transect (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
• Pasture Management- Knowing When Its Time to Move the Animals (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

• Grass Reseeding of Tough, Sandy Wyoming Locations (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)
• Should You Reseed Your Pasture? (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming)