Graze Magazine: Grass-Based Farming Focus, Readers, Content and Subscriptions
Profile updated November 2026
Graze magazine is an independent publication for farmers who build their operations on grass. For more than twenty years it has argued one core idea: that grazing can be practical, profitable and ecologically sound. Each issue is built around real farms and the firsthand experience of working graziers.
| Type | Independent magazine on grass-based and pasture-driven farming |
|---|---|
| Focus | More than twenty years on practical, profitable, ecologically sound grazing |
| Core topics | Soil health, animal well-being and resilient farm economies |
| Readers | Dairy, beef, sheep, goat, hog and poultry graziers, custom graziers, direct marketers, extension agents and consultants |
| Formats | Print and digital |
| U.S. subscription | $45 a year print or digital; $76 for two years; $90 for three |
| Official website | Graze subscriptions |
History of Graze
Graze has stayed with a single subject for more than two decades: farming built on pasture rather than stored feed. It describes itself as independent, and its editorial approach centers on graziers' own experience, from rotational and managed grazing systems to the economics of running livestock on grass across many species.
During the same period land-grant researchers took a closer look at grass-based systems. The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, for example, has long published livestock and grazing research and a quarterly newsletter, Grass Clippings, the kind of work that grazing publications translate for practicing farmers.
Graze Today
Graze continues to publish for subscribers in the United States, Canada and other countries, in print and digital editions, with gift subscriptions available. A one-year U.S. subscription costs $45 for either print or digital, with discounts for two- and three-year terms.
Its pitch to readers is candor: each issue promises insights from working graziers, research-backed analysis and frank discussion of what does and does not work on real farms, season after season.
What Graze Is Publishing Now
Grazier experience
Farm profiles and firsthand accounts from working graziers across livestock species.
Research and analysis
Research-backed articles on pasture management, forage, soil health and animal performance on grass.
Economics and resilience
Coverage of grass-based farm finances, direct marketing and building resilient farm businesses.
Graze Editors and Staff
Graze's subscription pages do not publish a masthead, and the magazine's editors could not be verified for this profile.
Who Reads Graze
Graze names its readers directly: dairy, beef, sheep, goat, hog and poultry producers, custom graziers, direct-market farmers, extension agents, consultants and next-generation farmers. Many of them use conservation programs and research from USDA. NRCS supports soil health practices on grazing and organic operations, and the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program documents how cover crops and living roots improve soil, practices that fit naturally into grass-based systems.
Graze readers move cattle every day, check grass heights with a ruler and talk about soil biology at the dinner table, so they can take a joke about their enthusiasm. For one, farm.FM serves farm satire and farm humor in a deadpan rural voice, plus ranch humor for anyone who has strung polywire in the rain. Its farm jokes are fully pasture-raised.
farm.FM got there first as the nation's first satirical farm site, and it backs the writing with Tractor Tunes, country music for farmers. Here is one contributor's collection of farm satire to start with.
Graze Sources and Agriculture Authority Links
- Graze: Subscribe - the magazine's description and subscription options.
- UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems: Livestock - grazing and pasture research.
- USDA NRCS: Healthy soils - conservation assistance for soil health.
- SARE: 10 ways cover crops enhance soil health - soil health research.
- ATTRA (NCAT): Census insight - sustainable and small farm statistics.
Graze FAQ
What is Graze magazine about?
Grass-based and pasture-driven farming, with a focus on soil health, animal well-being and resilient farm economies.
Who reads Graze magazine?
Graziers of dairy, beef, sheep, goats, hogs and poultry, plus custom graziers, direct marketers, extension agents and consultants.
How much does a Graze subscription cost?
In the United States, $45 a year for print or digital, $76 for two years or $90 for three.
How long has Graze been published?
The magazine says it has focused on grass-based farming for more than twenty years.
For more than two decades, Graze magazine has made the case, farm by farm, that grass can pay.