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Bale Grazing: Feed the Cattle, Feed the Pasture
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At Angus Glen Farm, the two areas where we’ve made the greatest gains in winter feeding efficiency in recent years are by reducing human and mechanical energy inputs (my time and tractor time). Several years ago we transitioned to outwintering and “bale grazing”. This strategy can be used in different ways on different farms, but…
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The Calves Come Home
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How to calm down, observe nature, and supercharge your results! When I started grazing cattle nine years ago I had no clue about what I was doing, how things would turn out, and how much nature takes care of things on her own. As the years went by I found that relaxing, observing and letting…
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Let the Cattle do the Work!
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I’ve been studying human behavior and personal development for over ten years now. We as humans have the amazing ability to think. No other creature known to man has this ability. This is a blessing and a curse. Especially when ego steps in. We, and everything in the universe, seek expansion and fuller expression.…
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The Art of Silvopasturing: A Regional Conference
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The practice of Silvopasturing is causing quite a buzz these days. It was a fairly new concept to me until a year and a half ago, a concept that brings together forestry management and grazing management into one single system of sustainable woodland grazing. It can diversify income by tapping into products of trees, tree…
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Heritage Breeds: Ort’s Barnyard Menagerie
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Sheep with four horns, ducks with red fleshy heads, and pigs that look like cows? This isn’t a scene from ‘Through the Looking Glass’, but a description of the barnyard menagerie found on the Ort Family Farm near Bradford, NY, home to multi-species of Heritage livestock and poultry. Roger Ort and his wife Maria, along…
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On the Danger List: The Saga to Save the Randall Lineback Cattle Breed
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If passion on the part of a few dedicated champions is the key ingredient to saving a “critically endangered” heritage cattle breed then the Randall Lineback (aka Randall) has a future. This venerable landrace breed, once common in New England, dates back to the 1600s when it likely originated from an amalgam of English,…
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