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Bringing Back The Pollinators!
What are you doing to help pollinating creatures big and small? At DS Family Farm we celebrated “Pollinator Week” by setting aside a large patch of Milkweed! In the photo below our cattle herd is moving through this paddock on daily moves. When they reach this section of the…
Pasture Grazed vs Grassfed Beef
We use the terms “Pasture Grazed” and “Grassfed” to describe our cattle operation. So what’s the difference? The term grassfed (grass fed, grass-fed) refers to animals that are raised entirely without grain as part of their diet. Cattle are ruminants (have four stomachs) for digestion…
Grazing Stockpiled Grass
In earlier posts we have mentioned cattle grazing stockpiled grass. To explain, “stockpiled” grass is portions of pasture lands that were left un-grazed during the growing season for the specific purpose of grazing those areas during the non-growing season. We are now well into the non-growing season,…
Prairie Gopher Bad or Prairie Gopher Good?
Our grass growing season is coming to an end. The cattle are now grazing “stockpiled” forage. Stockpiled forage is pasture that we have not grazed for several months. The grass grew all summer long and left un-grazed as “stockpile”, for grazing during the non-growing season. While setting up…
Happy New Water Year
Well I guess it is actually New Years Eve of the Water Year. October 1st marks the start of a new water year. As grass growth slows down and becomes dormant over the next few months, the moisture we have in the soil now and what…
