Invasion of the ‘ERC’

NO, not a new virus… ERC = Eastern Red Cedar trees, actually part of our native ecosystem. These trees provide benefits to wildlife, livestock, humans and the overall landscape. Then why would we associate a beneficial tree with the word “invasion”? Is it a…

Birds, Bees and Butterflies

What a great time of year to be in the pastures!  Butterfly season is in full display.  What is your favorite color?  Brown, white, yellow, blue, black, orange or yellow?  God’s diversity is amazing.  To bad butterflies are so difficult to photograph, they just…

Reed Canary Animal Impact Revisited

With the recent warm weather, forages are green when they are normally brown this time of year.  Especially down in the swamp pasture.  This wetland area is quite unique, tucked between the more common rolling hills of Lancaster County.  While trudging through the muck with portable fence I…

Portable fence through six foot tall grass?

Recently we shared the photo below of a white poly wire portable fence disappearing into a paddock full of 6 foot tall stockpile.  If you were wondering how in the world we get that done, we give some more info here. It is actually fairly simple, we…

Water Snow and Stockpiled Grass

Grassfed beef requires grass, we are grass farmers first.  For grass to grow we need water and we will take it in any form; rain, dew, ice and snow.  This time of year we start to think about a few things: What is our…