Economics? Lifestyle? Ecology? Health? Yes!!
It took 40 years to realize that the methods of our fathers and the advise from our colleges were wrong for our farm in today's environment. Barns, feed lots, farm equipment, dusty fields and late nights no longer worked for this old part time farmer. So, what do we do that is right for today?
Economics drove us to grass, the rest was learned by accident. I bought a load of stocker heifers and noticed that about one-third of them got "grass fat". Things looked good. We harvested a few for friends, family and office staff and
feedback was uniformly encouraging: "Wow this stuff tastes great." I googled into the health benefits of grass fed beef and wow again, all the good stuff and no mercury (good news for a guy that can't fish). Life was good down on the farm--good food, no dusty fields, no feed lot duties and animals are outside about 360 days each year so no more animal health problems....................................
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