Have you ever wondered about a farmers market? Does the thought of a farmers market seem exciting, yet overwhelming all at the same time? Is it even possible to buy exclusively from a farmers market and replace trips to the grocery store? How do you know if shopping a farmers market is the right fit […]
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Today I thought it would be fun to share with you what I cook when I use my cast iron skillets. It’s Saturday, so I have a little more time to put into cooking. This is not necessarily a recipe post, although I do share how I make these meals. The point of this post
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I know there is more to cast iron cookware than skillets but I am still probably going to refer to all cast iron cookware as cast iron skillets. I received my first cast iron skillet as a wedding present 17 years ago! I started using said skillet about a year ago. Why? I’ll give credit
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Intensive grazing is not necessarily about trying to get the cattle to intensively graze an area. It’s actually management intensive grazing, so the management is the intensive part. Like a lot of people, I also refer to it as intensive grazing. The idea is to get the livestock to eat everything in the pasture, then
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“There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every matter under heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1 So a question that comes up from time to time whenever I meet people when I talk about farming is, why do you farm? I thought I would share with you our farm story and why we
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It’s nice to have shelter for your animals but unless the farm you purchase already has barns or an animal shelter on it you may be on your own to figure out how to get the job done. In this post I’ll walk you through the steps on how to build a pallet pig shelter
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A question that some have that might be new to farming is, “what do my animals need in this kind of weather? Well, the answer is often simpler than some might realize. Farming in a winter storm is not all that different than farming in the other weather conditions we see here in Southern Missouri.
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I like high tensile electric fencing better than any other fence system for a few different reasons. It’s the cheapest, it’s the most versatile, and it’s the easiest to build. I also hate barbed wire and think electric fencing has made it obsolete in many, if not most, situations. Of course, some people really like
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In this post I’m going to tell you how you can earn more money with pigs by turning a $75 feeder pig into a butcher hog worth at least $1,000. I’ve heard multiple farmers say that pigs are often overlooked, in terms of profitability, because they require a lot of inputs, or feed, to become
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Most people who know much of anything about cattle have probably heard of the Angus breed. In fact, they’re probably the most popular breed of cattle there is right now, at least in the United States. Why? Well, Angus cattle easily meet all of the characteristics that are used to determine the quality and pricing
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