Business & Labor
O’Neill: Off the pasture and into the barn (column)
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“Last winter was our first year of having animals at the ranch, so going into our second year we’re trying to learn from our mistakes to make life easier.”
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“Last winter was our first year of having animals at the ranch, so going into our second year we’re trying to learn from our mistakes to make life easier.”
Gathering these types of crops is a core part of our animal management strategy, making use of waste food resources cuts down on feed costs and the carbon footprint of our animal operation, and it makes me happy to gather them in the vein of “one person’s trash is another person’s treasure.”
Here’s the details of this year’s auction.
“August is the hardest month of the year for me, we’ve taken to calling it Ughust here on the farm.”
New lambs, rotational grazing, meat birds, and defining work/life separation on the farm.