100% Grassfed Dairy and Beef! While we never fed a large amount of grain to our cattle and two winters ago we went involuntarily grass fed for a few months (due to the silo being frozen shut), we officially went…
Raising Grassfed Dairy and Beef
Are there bulls on dairy farms ?
Are there bulls on dairy farms? Good question. The short answer is, we don’t have any bulls on our farm. Some dairy farms have bulls, but we choose not to. They are dangerous, expensive to feed and also don’t allow…
We have been busy on the farm!
… but not so much planting. The painting of our house is getting done slowly, but surely. With an almost two year old around I cannot paint until she is sleeping at night. That means I have about 30 minutes…
What are cow magnets
Kyle from our pen pal class asked: Do you use cow magnets? Can you use cow magnets and still be organic? Great question Kyle! What are cow magnets? You might be asking yourself what a cow magnet is. A cow…
50 Shades of Graze: Part 1
A about a week ago our friend Dan Olson was chatting with Tim on Twitter. I don’t remember what they were exactly talking about, but over the course of the conversation Dan mentioned 50 Shades of Graze. What a great…
Cute babies on the farm
Who doesn’t like a cute baby dairy calf? Tim has been trying out all the features of his new iPhone 4 and yesterday (after Skyping with first graders) he took a video of him feeding a baby calf. Isn’t he…
Cows going to pasture-Funny Video
It is a big event to let our cows out on pasture for the first time each spring. The cows act all goofy and run around crazy. This year it was super windy when we let them out. I am…
The Dairy Cows are on Pasture
I was going to blog about something else today, but it will have to wait. THE DAIRY COWS ARE ON PASTURE! We thought this day would never come. Today, the weather is in the upper 50’s and sunny. That is…