Sheep and cows together are a good thing. I’m currently grazing cattle in a planned rotation, moving them daily. I also have a herd of St. Croix hair sheep, which I allow them to graze at will. Couple of comments about this arrangement and my thinking behind it:
1. In nature the overriding principle is diversity [...]

Filed under: Grazing/Pasture, Organic Dairy, Uncategorized, sheep on July 28th, 2010 | No Comments »

So far, so good. I’m coming up on my one year anniversary on this project. I got the sheep in August of 2009 as ewe lambs  from a cutting-edge breeder down in southern Missouri. One note of importance is the critical issue for any 100% grassfed program is to MAKE SURE your genetics are right. [...]

Filed under: Animals, Grazing/Pasture, Uncategorized, sheep on July 20th, 2010 | No Comments »

Well, we’re in full swing with grazing dairy replacement heifers from a local Mennonite dairyman. So far we’ve managed to graze approximately 13 acres with 30 cows. That might seem like a small amount for so many cows, but what I’m employing is a technique called “mob grazing”  – it’s essentially a replica of the [...]

Filed under: Animals, Grazing/Pasture, Organic Dairy on July 5th, 2010 | No Comments »