Scenes from SFA Workshop: Winter Cattle Feeding
Event was held for beef and dairy producers interested in reducing operational costs while improving soil fertility.
Read MoreBeginning Grazier Handbook
The BEGINNING GRAZIER HANDBOOK (PDF) is designed to assist the beginning grazier in implementing a grazing system, or experienced graziers looking for additional resources. Click here for the web version of the handbook
Read MoreDirt Rich Episode 59: Enchanted Meadows – In Transition
Chad Crowley firmly believes that for those who want to get into dairy or farming in general, grazing is the way to go. That route has certainly gone well for him. He was told many times that he couldn’t find success in farming because he didn’t grow up on one, but today he and his…
Read MoreDirt Rich Episode 36: Growing Grazing Dairy Farmers
Angie Walter, the SFA/DGA Central Minnesota Education Coordinator, and her husband Nate run an organic dairy in Central Minnesota, and are also masters in the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship program. Today’s episode features them in conversation with their first apprentice, Ryan Heinen, who now manages a dairy in Waukesha, Wisconsin. His passion for ecology and restoration…
Read MoreDirt Rich Episode 19: Family Dairies & Apprenticeships
My hope for dairy in the future…is trying to keep these small family farms alive.” Angie Walter runs an organic, grazing dairy farm with her family in central Minnesota. The family of four raises 100 Norwegian Red, Red Holstein, and Guernsey crosses on 370 acres. Angie is also the Central Minnesota Education Coordinator for the…
Read MoreDirt Rich Episode 17: Wintering Cattle Roundtable
Winter can be the most expensive time to own a cow in the Midwest. As the season changes, five of our staff who also raise beef and dairy cows gathered to share the ways that they’ve found to reduce the cost (and labor) of wintering cattle on their unique operations. All five live in different…
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