Making the Best of a Thin Situation
Pasture seeding improvements may be necessary this spring after a prolonged dry fall grazing season.
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Pasture seeding improvements may be necessary this spring after a prolonged dry fall grazing season.
Sheep and goats offer a low-cost entry for beginning livestock farmers and can be stocked at higher rates on smaller pastures than cattle. Sheep and goats provide meat, milk and fiber products, as well as brush control and pasture improvement services.
An animal is considered grass-fed, according to the USDA Grass Fed Marketing Claim Standards, when grass and forage are the “feed source consumed for the lifetime of the ruminant animal, with the exception of milk consumed prior to weaning.