October 18, 2019
Producers, would-be producers, and others meet once each year to attend the annual Missouri Sheep & Goat Conference. This two-day event provides educational opportunities for those involved in the sheep and goat industry. Topics vary from year to year but have included grazing management, soil health, rations, guardian animals, parasite management, genetics, value-added marketing, budgeting, […]
October 12, 2018
Come and join us October 12-13 for the 3rd Annual Missouri Sheep & Goat Conference in Columbia, MO! The conference was created to provide educational and networking opportunities to those involved/interested in the sheep and goat industry. Whether you are thinking about starting a sheep or goat operation, or have been involved in the industry […]
April 20, 2018
Ian Mitchell-Innes has been practicing Holistic Management for 20 years on his ranch in South Africa. He teaches farmers and ranchers how to “FEED the whole” – Grass, Animal, Soil surface, Sub soil, using animals at High and Ultra High Stock Density (Mob Grazing). At this workshop you will learn how to start a simplified grazing […]
February 24, 2014
You asked for more farmer profiles and examples of how other producers make things work. So here you go! This is a really great example of how to look at what you’re raising in a new way so that you can find and serve new markets. Regardless of what you produce, you can use their example to think of new ways to improve your own success.
April 2, 2013
When Forrest Pritchard, a Berryville, VA farmer, decided to sell Montana lamb along with his farm raised beef and pork, he knew he had a winner on his hands. See what he learned in the process.