This is the final excerpt in this series. Authors Whit Hibbard and Dr. Lynn Locatelli conclude that investing in training for anyone handling and moving livestock is cheaper and more effective in the long run than trying to create and install expensive handling equipment that doesn't necessarily do the job.
Victor Shelton of the NRCS in Indiana puts out a monthly newsletter called "Grazing Bites." In the June issue he talks about what we can do to stay ahead of our forage when it's growing rapidly in the early grazing season.
In a recent Opinion piece in the New YorkTimes (Pastoral Icon or Wooly Menace), author Richard Conniff describes British environmentalist George Monbiot's problem with...
We all need a place to call home. Here's how students and faculty from Auburn's "Rural Studio" program are creating new ways to make homes affordable for everyone.
Home Grown Cow is America’s first and only national online farmers’ market for meat, poultry, and cheese offering local pick-up or door-to-door delivery. Farmers list and price their products themselves. Customers shop for what they like, place an order, and Home Grown Cow takes care of the delivery.
So you got that soils report and you're trying to figure out what you need to do to make your soils work better for your forages. Lime helps release calcium for use by plants, but there are times when you shouldn't use it.
You don't need to spend your hard earned cash on fancy facilities. Here Whit Hibbard and Dr. Lynn Locatelli continue their analysis highlighting why inexpensive, easy to use BudBoxes make more sense than high dollar facilities.