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Spring Hill Farms -
Saturday October 08, 2011 - By David
Reducing off the farm inputs can be accomplished in many different
ways. One of the ways we are expanding on this is by growing open
pollinated corn. I blogged here about the small pasture we were running
pigs on to take off the grass, root up the soil...
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At Home in Nature -
Thursday March 31, 2011 - By Mary
Bamboo is a grass and where the farmer has enough water to irrigate other hay crops (such as rye or alfalfa), they ought to consider this hay instead.
D. G. Sturkie, Professor Emeritus of Agronomy and Soils, V.L. Brown, Superintendent,...
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At Home in Nature -
Monday March 21, 2011 - By Mary
Sunflowers make excellent animal feed, requiring no irrigation and providing both grain and forage.
According to Dairy Specialist Alvaro Garcia of the South Dakota State University Extension ( http://pubstorage.sdstate.edu/AgBio_Publica...
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Spring Hill Farms -
Monday January 17, 2011 - By David
Snow Bird! I
have been talking about how unhealthy chicken is from the conventional
store forever it seems like. Just in case your not convinced, here is
yet another report on just how bad it is. Spring Hill Farms pastured poultry is not fed roxarsone...
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Rainbow Ranch Farms -
Saturday December 25, 2010 - By Poly
Chickens For Meat? - Cost/Breed/Feed?
C hickens For Meat? - Cost/Breed/Feed?
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Spring Hill Farms -
Wednesday December 15, 2010 - By David
In my opinion one of the worst meats you can buy in the grocery these days is chicken. It is one of the most adulterated meats in the store! Laced with residues and other products deliberately added to enhance flavor, you would greatly enhance...
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Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators -
Friday October 08, 2010 - By Suzie OConnor
Many are reaping the benefits of keeping chickens for pets. Fresh eggs daily, pests kept to a minimum, and the fact that chickens are naturally social creatures that, once warmed up, enjoy the company of their human masters. But what most are having trouble...
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Prairie Pride Farm of Minnesota -
Monday March 01, 2010 - By Dawn, past 4-H member
During these cold Minnesota days we have lots of time to be creative and find solutions to the delima of poor tasting uncured smoked products out there in the market place.
Everyday we try really hard to create the perfect "pork chop"...
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Twin Creeks Farms- Wesley Stephens and Bethany Stephens -
Sunday February 28, 2010 - By Wesley and Bethany
After struggling to find feed that is free of animal by products locally, we have started to make our own. We have a hammer mill that was purchased by my great-grandfather in the early 50's but was idle for close to 50 years. We were able to get it in tip-top...
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Wall Flower Studio Garden -
Monday January 25, 2010 - By Karen
Feeding Feathered Friends in Winter - Fun - Easy - Economical! Ingredients: -1 pound lard or fat - 3/4 cup peanut butter -1/2 cup flour - 1/2 cup cornmeal - 1 cup sugar - approximately half a loaf of bread crumbs - 1-1/2 cups of...
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Evergreen Students for Sustainable Animal Agriculture -
Friday December 04, 2009 - By ESSAA
We have reached a decision of what to feed our ewes to boost their nutrition around lambing time! Instead of craisins, we are going to feed locally grown oats and barley. This will give the sheep the energy they need while supporting the local economy and...
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Evergreen Students for Sustainable Animal Agriculture -
Monday November 16, 2009 - By ESSAA
Recently in sheep club we've been discussing possible feeds to supplement the diets of our ewes around lambing season. We know that the ewes will need some extra energy during that time, but we have yet to decide what the best feed to provide that energy would...
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Hurricane Farm -
Tuesday June 16, 2009 - By Chris
Here, at long last, is a photo of our new grain bin, also known as a silo. It holds 4.5 tons of grain and we order it 3 tons at a time. The mill makes it per our specifications and this shipment of feed (that we are feeding to our poultry and hogs)...
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Cookus Interruptus -
Thursday April 16, 2009 - By Cynthia
Feeding your baby fresh, local, organic whole foods is easy and inexpensive if you just whir a bit of your own delicious food in the blender. Watch and read the how and what of starting your baby on solid food this week on Cookus Interruptus. We...
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Hurricane Farm -
Friday April 03, 2009 - By Chris
We have just completed Phase 2 of our SILO ACQUISITION.
Phase 1, the most tedious of all phases, included posting several ads on Craigslist throughout the greater New England and Pennsylvania area in the hopes of locating an unwated silo (a.k.a. Grain...
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Twin Creeks Farms- Wesley Stephens and Bethany Stephens -
Tuesday February 03, 2009 - By Wesley and Bethany
We have had a lot of questions about what our customers should feed their laying hens after they purchase pullets from us, and here are our recommendations. We use a good quality starter feed of approximately 20% protein until chickens reach about 16-18 weeks...
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Hurricane Farm -
Sunday January 25, 2009 - By Chris
So as the farm grows, we get to purchase cool things that we would never even window-shop for if we lived in, say, a condo.
Case in point: a grain silo. We've located two different places that will custom mill grain for us and deliver as...
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Nolensville Feed Mill -
Thursday December 18, 2008 - By FeedMill
Greetings. we are ramping up for the new country market with mostly local grown products. We have a great line on Local Milk, Eggs, Produce and Honey. However, we are looking into grains. Any ideas in Williamson Country where we might get some wheat? ...
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Kehr Family Farm -
Sunday November 30, 2008 - By Ken & Heather Anne
Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins – makes 24 muffins 1 cup sugar ½ cup butter, softened 2 eggs 1 ¾ cup mashed pumpkin ¼ cup buttermilk 3 cups whole wheat/unbleached flour 1 Tbsp. Baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt ¼ tsp ground nutmeg Topping: ½ cup sugar 2...
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