If you drive around upstate New York this time of year, you're likely to see crop farmers spreading large volumes of liquid dairy manure, collected from cows that live in barns year round. Our cows live outside all year, so they spread their own manure across our pastures. During the winter, we control where much of the manure ends up by feeding hay in lower fertility spots on the farm. Nutrients and organic matter from manure and leftover hay accumulate where the cows have b

I imagine everyone is enjoying the sunshine like we are, and the animals are too. A group of ewes is due to start lambing on Friday, and we will move them into the barn tomorrow. Its nice to have them in the barn a few days early to get used to being in closer quarters than they are out in the field. The other group of ewes stays out on pasture until it is their turn to lamb in April. One of the March jobs is frost seeding red and white clover to increase the productivity and

We like the cold on the farm but days like today are a bit much. When it's windy like this we move the animals to a sheltered place on...

I hope everyone is enjoying the cold weather as much as we are. Snowy frozen ground is clean! The lambs born last spring get some shelter...

The last month has been great for the sheep flock. With little snow, they are still out grazing our stockpiled pastures. One group spent...

Last week we did our annual pregnancy check to see who was bred. All the cows get run through our corral and squeeze chute. While it is...

As much as we love sunshine, we need some rainy days every once in a while. All the cows are grazing nice, lush pasture, supplemented...

This August and September have been great grass growing months. The cow herds and the sheep flocks are enjoying some great lush grass....

July and so far August have been nice months. We have received enough rain to keep the pasture lush. We hope this continues into...

Hope you all are staying cool! The animals can tolerate this hot weather as long as they have plenty of water. All our cow pastures have...

Last night we finished our first cutting of hay, one of the biggest jobs of the year. The yields were very good and we hope the quality...

All the cows and most of the sheep are out grazing some nice fresh grass. We still have some ewes in the barn lambing for the next few...