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 »

I switched out our Icelandic sheep herd last fall, in a radical attempt to reset my entire genetics with a low labor/low cost breed that would be parasite resistant in the summer and that would be hardy enough to dig through the snow in the winter and eat stockpiled grass. And, if that wasn’t enough, [...]

Filed under: Animals, Grazing/Pasture on February 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »