The Future is Sheep
The Blackshirt Feeders cattle yard currently holds 50,000 head at full capacity, but when fully built out it will house four times that, which will make it the largest feedlot...
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The Future is Sheep
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Cold Water Bathing
If you've never spent much time in absolutely frigid water, you're missing out. Many of us have done ice bucket challenges or polar plunges or less formal outings - until...
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The Lean Grass Fed Beef Myth
One of the most persistent myths about grass-fed beef is it's always lean. Much grass-fed beef is lean, but not all, and certainly not most of the beef we raise...
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Material Handling
When trying to change some aspect of the farm it's usually better to use animals than machines. Putting cows and sheep or pigs onto a patch of goldenrod will turn...
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Organic and Grass Fed Fraud, or, Let's Just Call It Farming
Back in August I got a call from a fellow farmer who lives a few valleys over. We chatted about cows and grass, and when I mentioned that our vegetable...
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100% Grass Fed Beef
To me, 100% grass-fed and finished beef means our cattle never eat grains or grain byproducts at any time in their lives. I wish there was a way to convey...
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Why Buy From Cairncrest Farm
When you purchase grass-fed beef, lamb, or pastured pork from our farm, your support makes a difference: ~Fertility goes to feed healthy, verdant New York pastures instead of hypoxic dead...
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Bamboo Yield
For those of you who may not be familiar with the term, "bro science," is when a dude (it's always a dude) makes a few casual observations about a phenomenon...
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The Coming Fall
The plants prepare for winter with an enviable complacency. The goldenrod and grasses store up energy in their roots for next spring even as their leaves begin to desiccate. The...
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Ungrounded Earthing
I am by nature a somewhat skeptical person. Send me an article about how Basque sheep farmers in Wyoming are actually a fifth column seeking to undermine the existing political...
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Fall Piglets
A newborn piglet usually weighs about three pounds. The natural way to pick one up is to reach down and grab it one handed, the way you might scoop up...
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You Are Not An Alpha Male
Here’s an experiment: go to your bathroom mirror, stare deep into your own eyes, and say, “I am an alpha male.” Better still, try working the term into casual conversation....
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Tool Review: Fiskars X27 Splitting Axe
Updated 09/07/2021 I've added a substantial update to this post after using the Fiskars X27 hard for a few more years. Scroll to the end for my most recent, more...
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Identity Politics
This blog's primary author (Garth) writes posts on a wide range of topics. One of the beauties of farm blogging is the plethora of examples and metaphors one can find...
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