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Healthy Cows Eat Dirt
There is actually a term for eating the earth, geophagia (geo = earth; phagia = eating). So what are the health benefits? Minerals Clay absorbs toxins This article from Answers covers more topics than geophagia, scroll down to the section “Eating Dirt” for a little further reading….
Fall Prairie Flowers
Native pollinators need a constant food supply throughout the growing season. Various plant species take their turn to offer pollinators needed flowers. Below we highlight three flowers that we are currently enjoying in our pasture. Driving by a prairie you would easily notice the maximilian sunflowers, but would…
Labor Day
Happy Labor Day 2013! Previously we noted that “cattle love their job”, grazing, and they are extremely good at it. Cows will consistently select the highest quality food available (grasses and forbs) when given a patch to graze. You and I may see a nice…
Making Hay!
Have you heard the phrase; “Make hay while the sun shines”? Late July into mid-August 2013 was unusually cool, cloudy and sometimes damp! Conditions not welcome for hay making. The “make hay…” saying now holds real truth for our family as the conditions have…
