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FIRSTBORN Version 2
Eleven years ago, in 2013, the beef herd experienced the arrival of our FIRSTBORN calf. On Easter Day 2024, we are excited to announce the arrival of the FIRSTBORN lamb to the sheep flock. Revitalizing a prairie using animals Over the past decade the…
What’s Your Goal?
We agree goals are important. We also agree that a written goal has a better chance of becoming reality. Finally, if we don’t have a goal, we agree with the following quote by Zig Ziglar. A Holistic Goal When we began our research into…
Hello FLERD!
FLOCK + HERD = FLERD Earlier this spring, son Nathan purchased a small local flock of Katahdin hair sheep. We arranged with neighbors to graze the flock on their pastures while we upgraded our perimeter fencing to handle sheep. The ewes (females) went to…
2023 Pasture Pork
This is our second year raising and grazing pasture pigs. We have made changes from our experience last year. In 2022 we used a Mobile Pig Pen and you can read our summary from year one. In 2023 we doubled the herd size to…
Regenerative Agriculture
Sheila and I were visiting our son Jacob recently at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne Indiana. After chapel service, many of the students and professors meet for coffee. While visiting, one of Jacob’s friends brought up the term “Regenerative Agriculture”. I asked him…
