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Precision bale grazing
Actually the herd is less than precise when they munch on a bale of hay this time of year. In this post we cover HOW we decide where we want bales placed in our stockpiled pastures. If the cows aren’t picky where they find…
New Pasture for New Year
Ready for the new year? Do you have goals or ideas to try something new in 2019? We hope you do! At DS Family Farm we are always in change mode or trying to be. When you’re finished changing, you’re finished. Benjamin Franklin Over…
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…
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…
Cow Pie Testing
Viewer discretion advised, cow pies ahead! We all know cows communicate by mooing. Cows also communicate through their “back-end”. Note the caption under the cow pie photo above. A “healthy looking” cow pie means the cows are healthy! We, I mean Doug, spends a lot of time…
