Posts about farming
A couple weeks ago I made a trip to the sheep and goat auction. Prices were good, as they typically are at this time of year. People will sometimes ask me how to understand what’s going on at a livestock auction. This is a fairly common question for those who are just getting introduced to […]
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Don’t Buy Cattle! Beef prices are at an all time high, and I’m not just talking about at the grocery store. Tight supply and steady demand have sent cattle prices at the sale barn soaring. In fact, prices are up about 18% over where they were just one year ago. Market analysts are saying that
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Today I’m going to be making some fermented garlic honey. Making any fermented food is actually pretty easy, the hardest part is the patience. I’m not known for patience, but I am getting better as time goes on. I wanted to make fermented garlic honey more out of curiosity than anything else. I love honey
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Imagine standing on your farm, watching your pasture-raised pigs roam freely under the sun. You’ve poured heart and sweat into raising animals the right way, free from factory farms. But in a world hooked on cheap supermarket meat, how do you get locals to choose your fresh cuts instead? The reward? A steady stream of
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Whether you have a couple hundred head or ten, you are going to need a way to identify your cattle. We have come up with a easy common sense way to tag our cattle here on the farm that we think will work great for your farm as well. Managing Cow and Calf Relationships for
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Raising pigs on a small farm or homestead starts with a pretty important choice. Pick the wrong breed, and you face endless troubles like slow growth or tough handling. Get it right, though, and your setup thrives with good meat, easy care, and real rewards. This guide cuts through the confusion of selecting pig breeds.
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Picture this: You wake up to birds chirping, step outside to your ownpatch of earth, and tend to veggies that you’ll sell fresh at the localmarket. No more rush-hour traffic or desk jobs—just you, the soil, and ashot at real freedom. But can a small spread of land, say a few acres, reallypay the bills
How to Make A Living on a Small Scale Farm or Homestead. Read More »
High tensile electric fence. You either love it or hate it. In my opinion, I believe that those who are oppose to high tensile electric fence feel the way they do because they think it’s unreliable or overly complicated. In this post I’ll go over a hand full of ways you can trouble shoot your
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We recently made a big change here at Plain View Farm by selling our American Aberdeen bull, Samson. This was not a decision that was made without a great deal of thought. In fact, it’s one that we’ve been rolling around for at least a year. There wasn’t anything wrong with Samson, in fact he
In our last post (Small-Scale Farming: A Profitable, Sustainable Farming Model) we went over some of the basics of small-scale farming, in terms of setting goals and expectations, as well as some of the animals that you might consider raising. In this post (Part 2) I’m going to cover small scale farm infrastructure, increasing income
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