Is your soil and forage healthy and absorbing rain and moisture? Grab your raincoat and talk a walk with Victor Shelton to see what your pasture tells you.
Cairncrest Farm in West Winfield, New York is experimenting with Bamboo as a forage to extend their grazing season. Here's the ins and outs of their field trial along with some video of cows grazing bamboo in a snowy pasture.
When the weather gave Don and Betty Ashford lemons, they worked with what they had to extend a tough grazing season anyway, which is a lot better than lemonade! Don shares this story as an example of how you can do things differently, and hopes that you'll share your stories too!
Biodiversity in your pastures provides many benefits to pasture productivity, soil health, animal performance, and wildlife habitat. The table below shows typical composition of...
