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Spices and Herbs by Elaynn -
Friday January 06, 2012 - By Elaynn
I like watching the ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL movies. Much of what the veterinarians in the movies depicted about various ailments of the animals were true. However, I kept noticing that back then the farmers and the veterinarians kept...
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Diamond S Herefords -
Sunday September 25, 2011 - By Robert
The weather is what farmers talk about I guess. I have been moving hand lines and mending fence all summer after work. It hasen't frosted here yet so the cows have there heads down out in the pasture. Done with the fairs. Winter hay is arranged, no calves due...
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The Shire -
Friday May 06, 2011 - By Laohaire
We raise several breeds of cattle for specific purposes, Sussex for draft, Irish Moiled for milk and beef, British White for beef, Guernsey for milk, and Red Angus for beef. We also have some truly rare breeds solely for conservation. Galloway, Devon, and...
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Show Farm -
Monday April 04, 2011 - By Donny
This morning I had to repair the Pivot and 1/4 mile of fence. Some fool decided to drag race down the side road and ended up in the riverbed. Serves them right!
Looks like this place is going to open its gates by July. All the new foundations...
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MM Livestock Co -
Monday February 28, 2011 - By Megan
Here is an excerpt from Colleen Vanderlinden's article on Treehugger. Feb. 22, 2011 "Researchers claim Roundup Ready GE crops contain a previously unknown organism that has been shown to cause abortion in farm animals. The organism was detected only after...
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MM Livestock Co -
Sunday February 27, 2011 - By Megan
Mouse has been going with me in the truck like a big girl since she has her shots and is quite the character! She tries to do everything her mother does and then some. She already tries to work sheep and will be going to her new home in a couple of weeks....
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Spices and Herbs by Elaynn -
Saturday February 26, 2011 - By Elaynn
All parts of the pokeweed are poisonous, with the highest concentrations in the rootstock. The leaves and stems are next in toxicity, and the berries have the smallest amount of poison. Pokeweed contains phytolaccatoxin and phytolaccigenin, which are poisonous...
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Spices and Herbs by Elaynn -
Saturday February 26, 2011 - By Elaynn
Here in North Carolina we have been seeing some nice weather in the past few weeks. And some plants are starting to come back to life. One is going to be the poke-root a/k/a The poke-weeds, also known as poke, pokebush, pokeberry, poke-root...
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MM Livestock Co -
Monday February 14, 2011 - By Megan
With rain coming this week and new babies EVERYWHERE the next couple of days are going to get a bit hectic. All the puppies have to get moved into the barn, huts put out for the lambs in the pasture, jugs secured for any lambs that come during the rains. The...
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Rainbow Ranch Farms -
Saturday February 05, 2011 - By Poly
Today marks another pick-up day at the farm. Open to registered farm members.
Please bring your large coolers, try to carpool and wear flat shoes.
Please, drive up and open and close the gate behind you, we have livestock running free.
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Spring Hill Farms -
Sunday January 30, 2011 - By David
This is not a commodity! I recently read an article from Ag Web titled "Make Yourself a Farmer of Choice." When
I saw the title I was intrigued as this particular website is focused
on industrial agriculture and commodity products as far as I...
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MM Livestock Co -
Saturday January 29, 2011 - By Megan
Many of you are aware of the vicious attacks we have been enduring over the last few months, both directly and via the internet. There has been an interesting side effect from all of this. People who read the nasty posts don't believe them and come by to see...
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Rainbow Ranch Farms -
Tuesday January 18, 2011 - By Poly
Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms discusses grass-fed cattle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nIcfh2UqV8
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MM Livestock Co -
Saturday January 15, 2011 - By Megan
As many of you know we have an Open Farm Day and Educational Fair on shearing day every spring. This year we are adding a Farm to Table supper to our line up. Several of the chefs we supply as well as local produce growers have expressed interest in showcasing...
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Cowmomma's Cupboard -
Wednesday October 20, 2010 - By Cowmomma
This year's calving season is running later than usual. Most of the time, all our babies have arrived before the leaves start to turn. We bred back more heifers this year though, which makes for a less predictable calving schedule as the young...
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Pleasant Valley Farm -
Thursday August 12, 2010 - By Emily
I truly enjoy blogging here, and I get excited when people mention that they read my blog. Knowing I have "fans" motivates me to post something when I otherwise wouldn't bother. I am still thrilled to see my name on the LH homepage list...
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Hurricane Farm -
Tuesday August 03, 2010 - By Chris
We've finally started work on our newest pasture. This particular pasture is about 2/3 of a mile down the road...not far at all. We've finally "tamed" the pasture that we acquired laste year--meaning all of the invasive trees have been...
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Hurricane Farm -
Monday June 07, 2010 - By Chris
Though neither "Up-To-the-Minute" nor "Late-Breaking," (sorry, we just found this article from last Winter) this blog commentary offers an interesting perspective on local, sustainable farming.
http://nutmegnewssource.blog...
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Hurricane Farm -
Monday May 17, 2010 - By Chris
We brought some of our livestock to the annual Farm Day here in Scotland, CT this past weekend. The photos below are from the Norwich Bulletin.
Here's two week old Moe sleeping after a morning's full of attention.
The piglets were...
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