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!...

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...

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...

Grassfed dairy

They really are! Giant, slow, gentle babies. Despite popular belief, Brown Swiss are an American breed, developed through selection of...

Intro to our cows… I like to be orderly, so we’ll begin with Ayrshire. Ayrshire are historically native to Scotland and much of Europe....

Why does a recipe take three times the effort the first time it’s made? Or driving a new road in the dark take longer than the curvy...

An observation of popular demand. A2/A2 milk. We first heard of the A2/A2 milk protein at a Acres USA conference probably 12-13 years...