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When Is a Weed a Weed?
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Determining which pasture weeds are nutritious additions and which are undesirable. Weeds are called weeds because we named them that way. The word “weed” suggests they are undesirable. However, not all […]
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Some Considerations for Beef Cattle Calving
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In part four of our “What’s Your Beef?” series on raising cattle on small farms, we present several management factors for your beef cow-calf herd to take into consideration. This is […]
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Consider Glamping to Diversify Income from Your Scenic Pastures
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The Cornell Small Farms Program’s Erica Frenay details how a glamping operation has helped diversify her farm’s income stream. In the early 2000’s, I had the joy of spending a […]
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What’s Your Beef?
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So you think that you would like to raise some beef cattle on your small farm? This is the first installment of a multi-part series of articles on raising beef […]
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Brush Hogs and Rotary Cutters: Multi-purpose Tools for the Small Farm
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Brush hogs can knock down vegetation and weeds in a timely manner, and have several very useful purposes. Small farmers of necessity must accumulate a certain amount of machinery to […]
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Grow Your Farm Business by Learning to Grow New Products with Our Online Courses
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Our new season of online courses is underway, and now’s the time to register for upcoming block two courses. Did you know that the we moved our suite of online […]
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Add Diversity to Your Pastures with Multispecies Grazing
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Much has been written on diversity of crops, forages, and soil biology but the diversity of grazing species is just as important. “The presence of multiple species of large herbivores […]
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Building Healthy Pasture Soils
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The following article is an excerpt from the factsheet “Building Healthy Pasture Soils” available in full at www.ATTRA.org and can be downloaded as a free PDF at the website, along with many other guides […]
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Building Healthy Pasture Soils
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Focus on biology to build resilient soils that sustain production and deliver profitable yields with reduced inputs. Soil fertility in pastures goes well beyond a simple discussion of soil […]
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Ovines in the Vines?
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A New Idea for the Finger Lakes Region of New York Grazing sheep in vineyards has been an idea we have tossed around for a while. This spring Hans Walter-Peterson […]
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