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		<title>Multi-species Grazing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sheep and cows together are a good thing. I&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moorgatefarms.com/multi-species-grazing</link>
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		<title>The Status of My 100% Grass-fed/Low-Labor Sheep Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So far, so good. I&#8217;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. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moorgatefarms.com/the-status-of-my-100-grass-fedlow-labor-sheep-program</link>
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		<title>Mob Grazing Dairy Cows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, we&#8217;re in full swing with grazing dairy replacement heifers from a local Mennonite dairyman. So far we&#8217;ve managed to graze approximately 13 acres with 30 cows. That might seem like a small amount for so many cows, but what I&#8217;m employing is a technique called &#8220;mob grazing&#8221;  &#8211; it&#8217;s essentially a replica of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moorgatefarms.com/mob-grazing-dairy-cows</link>
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		<title>Dairy Cows Coming Soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amongst many things I do on this farm, I have a custom grazing service for the Amish/Mennonite dairy farmers in the area. Due to the new organic  pasture rule that has just passed through the USDA, organic dairy farms must graze their animals (except for their bulls) in such a way that  a minimum of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moorgatefarms.com/dairy-cows-coming-soon</link>
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		<title>The State of Affairs with Organic Milk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to my job as plant manager of Farmer&#8217;s All-Natural Creamery (where we procure, bottle and sell milk), I get to observe quite a bit of what happens in the organic dairy industry. The past year and a half has been devastating to the dairy industry in general, and very difficult for organic farmers specifically. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moorgatefarms.com/the-state-of-affairs-with-organic-milk</link>
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		<title>Grazing Sheep in the Winter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t enough, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moorgatefarms.com/grazing-sheep-in-the-winter</link>
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		<title>Media Attention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are two current media articles where we and our farm is featured.
The article below was featured in ABC channel 7 in New York, New York.
http://www.greenrightnow.com/wabc/2009/07/17/going-organic-in-iowa-means-reclaiming-the-family-farm/

The article below was featured in the Kalona News, a local newspaper serving the Kalona area.
http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=20294907&#38;BRD=1140&#38;PAG=461&#38;dept_id=579117&#38;rfi=8
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		<link>http://www.moorgatefarms.com/hello-world</link>
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		<title>Summer grazing news</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, summer is here with a bang. Spring was long, cool and wet, but there was a window of opportunity in April for most of the vegetables to get planted, cover crops put in, and lambing to occur. Lambing went well for the most part. There were a few deaths due to me not being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moorgatefarms.com/summer-is-here</link>
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		<title>Planning for 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Normally we plan for the next year the year previous, optimally in November. This year, due to many changes in our operation and the economy, the planning process has extended now into February. We are in the process of several changes that will effect our operation significantly. One, we are really contemplating changing our sheep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moorgatefarms.com/planning-for-2009</link>
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		<title>Year End Review 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, today marks the 1st day of December, and the first snow. Typically, farmers around here try to get the harvest end before Thanksgiving, as all bets are off once the holiday is over. This year has been no exception. I finished (finally) the perimeter fence of the 10 acre field just south of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moorgatefarms.com/year-end-review</link>
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