Omega 6:3 (2020 Results)

We now have 5 years of laboratory data from testing our pasture grazed beef. Since the label of “Grassfed” is meaningless, at DS Family Farm we go the extra steps to ensure customers that our beef is truly grassfed from birth to harvest: Third-Party…

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…

2015 Pasture Walk

Sunday October 4, 2015, from 3 PM to 5 PM.  Doug and Sheila Garrison invite you to a walk in our pasture.  Meet in pasture located one-quarter mile North of US HWY 34 and NW 140th Street, Lancaster County Nebraska (east side of road)….

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…

2014 Monitor Update

Monitoring of our grazing animals and the impacts on the grasslands we manage is something we do daily.  What does the pasture look like ahead of our herd?  What does the pasture look like where we just moved from?  How do the cattle look (body condition)…