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As we started this endeavor we thought that we would never need at tractor unless we wanted to bale hay. We read tons of material on MiG and Mob grazing and were confident in the miraculous effects of simply grazing in a well managed manor. Well, this weekend I strayed from that a little when [...] While our pastures have been keeping ahead of us all summer we have seen the need to grow our small herd of 8 Dexter cattle, 2 of which are calves. We’ve been watching all the cattle boards and emailing breeders that were close by and found a good deal on a few cows that we [...] There hasn’t been a lot of new things happening at the farm lately other than spreading a little more grass and clover seed on the pasture and continuing to move and feed all the animals. Feed is usually a major expense on any farm that raises meat or eggs so any free food can go [...] When first started looking into raising cattle and converting cropland into pasture a little over a year ago we knew that we wanted to do things as well as we could. We had LOTS of grasses and legumes to choose from and most of all, we wanted a lot of variety in our pastures. This [...] |
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