Pasture crop – Year One Experience

We completed year one of the CCTA-Farms Advancing Regenerative Management Systems project. The main practice we tried out was seeding annual covers into perennial grass pasture. Refer back to our September and October blog posts for more information and early results. Bale grazed area…

Soil Health under snow

Soil microbes function at some of their highest levels under snow. Snow provides insulation.

Soil health project

We are excited to be working with the Colorado Conservation Tillage Association in the FARMS (Farmers advancing regenerative management systems) project. Previously on this blog, we have discussed the importance of soil health and how it relates to all of us. Healthy Soils =…

SYA FARM

You would need to be a local to this part of Nebraska to know what “SYA” stands for! The pastures where our cattle graze are right along US Highway 34 just west of Lincoln Nebraska. As you continue west on US 34 you will…

Rx (prescribed) burn

In a previous post we described the battle we are in against the native eastern red cedar tree. Keeping cedar trees in check one-by-one is a challenge. Two alternatives to mechanical cutting cedars includes grazing goats (eat brush/trees) and using fire. Obviously fire has…