Kevin Aitken of Grey County wanted to expand his beef herd but couldn't find more land to rent. Blake Vince of Kent County wanted cattle to improve his land without purchasing an entire herd or building a barn. The like-minded duo formed ...
A dairy producer watching his herd may only notice a quarter of the cows that are actually lame in his barn due to familiarity and limited practice using locomotion scoring.
Necessity truly was the mother of invention for Red Dragon Dairy. Its pivot from sheep and goat milk production into sheep cheese-making and retail was driven initially by the 'PDQ' (pretty darned quick) need to do something with 2,500 litres ...
Still farming and raising dairy sheep in their retirement, Eric and Elisabeth Bzikot of Conn have now written a book about sheep dairying for the next generation of ...