Molly bought her first dairy sheep 4 years ago. Mollarella was an amazing, no history, Craigslist find, productive ewe! She’d lamb...

We’ve celebrated the 4th of July and are officially plunk in the middle of Ozark summer. Days in the 90-100, nights 70-80. Blah!!! But!...

We made 30lbs of cheese, 30 pounds of butter, as I’m carrying our 13th child. I am neither a martyr or a saint, I am not oppressed, I am...

Heifers are an open slate, no past of kicking, no history of mastitis, no calving difficulties, no known production. What I love about...

It’s been over a year now since we switched the milking herd to no grain. Overall I can’t complain. The cows have stayed fat enough...

Calf Raising Wether you’re starting you’re entire herd from bottle calves or just raising the occasional calf, there’s a few things we’ve...

Is it really a cheese? Or do we just call it that because Carmelized Whey With Cream takes too long to say? If you’ve ever made cheese,...

Day 2 of A Very Cold January. The snow stopped early this morning leaving us with 5-6" of un-meltable powder. The warmest temp today was...

So, several years ago a new friend introduced us into Black Walnut Syrup. It was AMAZING!! They had made several gallons on their farm in...

It’s math—calories eaten need to be equal or greater than calories burned to maintain condition. Environment is 60% of performance....

That’s the average of how long it takes to teach an adult dairy cow to walk on the halter. Walk well enough that I, at eight months...

Are you? Will you ever be truly “ready”? Do you enjoy cows? What are your resources? Infrastructure? Children? Spouse? Beef cattle?...

Last but not least, the Shorties. Probably have deeper American roots than any of the other dairy breeds. Originally used as oxen as well...

Jerseys. The breed every homestead is looking for. Jerseygive tons of cream, are all a2/a2, and are amazing thrifty grassfed only cream...

Arguably the most common breed of dairy cow in our country. Because they have so many cattle, there’s a great deal of variation in...

This will be brief. I know of two excellent Guernsey breeders, and they must be exceptional cattlemen because they have very nice...

Covered with a multitude of molds. Red, blue, mucor, grey…it’s a mess. And SO delicious!! Far superior to the best Camembert or Brie I ...

In the beginning success may have seemed well within reach. A2/A2 milk is $10+ in the stores, mini Jersey heifers are $4000+ at just...