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Animal impact while farming grass
Year round grazing on pasture presents some interesting situations for us grass farmers. In this past post from July 2015 we demonstrated the results of planned animal impact on a wetland site heavily used through the non-growing season. Below we show what we had to…
Cow – Icon of nutrient cycles – we need the poop!
Cattle are key to a healthy ecosystem, that is if we manage cattle in natures image. Nature provides examples of how herds such as the bison of North America or the buffalo and wildebeest of Africa work as keystone species. An important feature of these…
Keystone Cows
Have you heard the term “Keystone Species“? For example, think of the impact the American Bison had on our environment. Prior to settlement of the central tall grass prairies, most everything relied on the movement of the vast buffalo herds. Buffalo were a key species. The…
Ever see a chicken eat grass?
Sometimes I wonder which animal eats more grass, a dog or a chicken? Seems like our dog can really chomp on some grass. But who really cares if a chicken eats grass? If you are struggling to find real healthy, life-giving food for your family, then you…
Grass Type Cattle
This month we started a farm email newsletter to keep our customers up to date. Feel free to subscribe by using the form on our Contact page. Among other items in this past email newsletter we asked the question, can cows live on grass alone? Most cattle…
