Stories from the Farm
Katahdin Creep Feeding and Lamb Nutrition
Creep feeding is a rumen-development trigger more than a feeding event, and the economics favor early life over late finishing on grain.
Read more →Greenhouse Climate Modeling with ASHRAE and Python
How cloudgrow-sim turns ASHRAE psychrometrics, solar, heat transfer, and ventilation equations into a Python greenhouse model.
Read more →Lambing Emergencies: A Field Guide and Series Overview
A hypothermic lamb older than five hours that you warm without giving glucose first will seize and die. The treatment order matters more than the treatment.
Read more →Katahdin Lambing Part 6: NSIP, Growth, and Selection
A spring-born ewe lamb is a retention decision waiting to happen, and the decision is made by the data captured across the first twelve months of her life.
Read more →Katahdin Lambing Part 5: First-Year Health
The first year of a Katahdin lamb hinges on two protocols: a CDT schedule keyed to dam history, and a parasite plan that scores individual lambs not the flock.
Read more →Katahdin Lambing Part 4: First-Weeks Procedures
Castrate within seven days, or do not castrate yet. The seven-day mark is the cleanest line in the whole post-natal calendar.
Read more →Katahdin Lambing Part 3: Rejection and Bottle Lamb Care
Decide within 24 hours of a rejection event. Indecision runs down both clocks at once - the graft window closes and the lamb deteriorates.
Read more →Katahdin Lambing Part 2: Delivery and Complications
What happens when a ewe goes into labor and the 72 hours that follow. The preparation either proves sufficient here or it does not. There is no partial credit.
Read more →Katahdin Lambing Part 1: Preparation and Supplies
Seventy percent of fetal growth occurs in the last six weeks of gestation. Let that statistic frame every preparation decision before lambing.
Read more →The Truth About Regenerative Agriculture
We do not just sustain the land; we heal it. Here is how our cows capture carbon.
Read more →Why Pasture Raised Eggs Taste Better
The secret is in the green grass and sunshine. Learn why our yolks are deep orange.
Read more →Building a Reliable Pasture Water System
Designing a flexible pasture water system with poly lines, Plason quick-connects, and Philmac fittings to keep livestock hydrated.
Read more →From Timber Stands to Thriving Pasture
Two years of turning neglected timber stands into productive pasture: contractor setbacks, fencing delays, and learning to let land recover.
Read more →Our Journey Toward Regenerative Farming
Our farm is on a journey toward regenerative success: pasture-raised poultry today, sheep and pigs to come, and a better future for the land.
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