Grassfed Exchange Farmer Conference in Michigan
2015 Grassfed Exchange Conference: “Generations of Opportunity: Sun and Water, Sons and Daughters” in Mount Pleasant, Michigan www.grassfedexchange.com The rancher-led [...]
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Save Money By Purchasing Supplies at the Dollar Store
Farming can get expensive. Sometimes the best laid plans can go awry. Fences get damaged. Animals are injured. Equipment gets broken. Whatever the case may be, the bottom [...]
Getting Started with Goats
When you start making plans for what you do and do not wish to include in your farming efforts, chances are both lists can become quite long. You may choose to avoid certain [...]
The Glory of Guinea Fowl on the Farm
One of the more divisive issues on the farm is whether or not to incorporate guinea fowl. The truth is, people either love them or hate them and take a firm stance on their [...]
The Always Vigilant Livestock Guardian Dog
Regardless of the types of livestock that call your farm home, those animals all have one thing in common: vulnerability to predation. The type of livestock you raise in [...]
Celebrate Thanksgiving Year ‘Round with Turkeys on the Farm
In the past we’ve delved into a world of chickens and ducks on the farm. For beginning farmers, chickens are an easy bird to master with ducks following closely behind. [...]
Farming with Ducks for Meat and Eggs
When considering meat and egg laying birds for your farm, the go-to is usually chickens. Although chickens are versatile and easy to care for, another poultry animal has just [...]
Fly Control on the Farm
One of the biggest nuisances on a farm is the presence of flies. They harass the poultry. They harass the livestock. They even harass us humans as we attempt to get work [...]
Keeping Chickens Cool as Temperatures Rise
Although some of the country is still living in a deep freeze, there are plenty of places that are seeing warm or even hot temperatures. Summer may be down the road a bit, [...]
Getting Started with Goats
In recent years there has been a surge in the popularity of goats in farm settings. As items such as goat’s milk, goat cheese, goat meat, and products made from goat’s [...]
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