The Grass Whisperer has built up a healthy stockpile for some good winter grazing. Here he shows how he estimates what he's got to help him with his planned grazing.
Harvesting, processing and packaging your product is different than what is typically done for other meat you harvest. With this article, Sandra points out the challenges and then how to be successful.
Watch this video to see how texting is helping ranchers capture hogs with much more success. Â Maybe this will inspire you to think of new solutions to old problems!
Today, we're headed to a presentation by Troy, the Grass Whisperer, Bishopp to check out how easy it can be to figure our animal needs so we can create a Planned Grazing Chart that works for us.
This is the third of a five-part of posts regarding veal production for small-scale farms and why educated eaters dedicated to local foods and sustainable agriculture should be eating veal as well as beef. Here Sandra covers the care and feeding of calves.
Dave Scott, of the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) recently completed a series of articles for On Pasture about Intensive Grazing on Irrigated Pastures. In them he mentions the Extended Calf Calculator, and here he shows you how to use it.
In a world where changing your mind is sometimes called "flip-flopping" we appreciate science because it creates openings for discussion, allows for new understandings,...
This is the second of a five-part series on veal production for small-scale farms and why educated eaters dedicated to local foods and sustainable agriculture should be eating veal as well as beef. Here Sandra covers veal-raising facilities and equipment, where to get your calves, and how to feed and transport them.