Resting Degraded Land

In a earlier post we pointed out that much of our pastures are in a Degraded State.  This is just a fact, most of the agricultural lands of the United States have been “mined” for over 100 years, grasslands included.  The first step in…

Sustainable Agriculture

According to recent marketing (TV, radio and newspapers), about everything is or can be “sustainable”.  The word has been used so much one must research how each company or organization defines “sustainable”. Question:  What are you trying to “sustain” (continue, keep or save)? Just…

Beef or Carrots

How do you want to get your vitamins?  When it comes to fat-soluble vitamins, choose pasture grazed and raised beef!  Let’s take a quick tour of the important vitamins found in animal fats A, D3 and K2. Vitamin A This vitamins proper name “retinol”…

Overview Worth A View

We urge you to take four minutes to watch “NRCS: Pasture Management“.  It really does a nice job describing some activities we practice here at DS Family Farm.  These practices work for both pasture health and animal health and ultimately your health! The depiction…

Graze or Browse the Leaf Drop?

We all enjoy the beauty of trees in fall colors.  What does this season change mean for the land and animals?  What is nature doing?  How would large herbivores such as buffalo respond to the annual leaf drop?  These are the questions to think…