“I’m so grateful for the opportunity to work with the old barn at the ranch. It has stood for a hundred years, and I imagine all of the different humans and creatures that have spent time within it.”
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O’Neill: Off the pasture and into the barn (column)
“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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O’Neill: On blackbirds, hawks, & gathering pig apples (column)
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.”Â
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Redwood Empire Fair breaks livestock auction records with more than $1.135 million in bids
Here’s the details of this year’s auction.
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O’Neill: Getting through the month of Ughust (column)
“August is the hardest month of the year for me, we’ve taken to calling it Ughust here on the farm.”