by Kit Pharo | Jan 4, 2017 | Jenn Swanson
You might have noticed that all three of the front-page articles in the December edition of the Stockman Grass Farmer involve grass-feeding or grass-finishing cattle. In Anibal Pordomingo’s article “Fat is the Critical Element in a Good Eating Grass-fed Beef...
by Kit Pharo | Dec 28, 2016 | Jenn Swanson
I was recently conversing with a gentleman who has managed a lot of cattle in his lifetime. He looked over at a small outfit with tons of equipment in the yard, and slowly shook his head. “Why do people invest so much money in equipment, when cattle can do the...
by Kit Pharo | Sep 30, 2015 | Jenn Swanson
Like a calf, I tend to think of optimum milk as whole milk with all the cream. (Unlike a calf, I like mine ice-cold!) But a common fallacy among status-quo producers is that optimum milk is an environment-specific concept. The basic idea is that lush, productive...