Stories from the Farm
What the Ledger Cannot See
GDP counts every purchased input, prescription and care bill, but never the soil, health and family wealth spent to make them necessary.
Read more →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 →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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