When you have livestock, one of your biggest expenses is going to be feeding them. For most animals that means buying hay and a lot of it! How do you know what hay you should buy and what are the...
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Figuring out what hay to feed your animals can be challenging, especially for the beginner. What is first cutting hay and how can you tell if it's good? First cutting hay is the initial crop of...
Hay and your lawn are both grass, right? Is hay really just baled up lawn grass or is something else going on here? Hay is not lawn grass. Hay is made from plants selected for yield, palatability...
Raising all of your own meat for the year, that's a lofty goal, especially for a beginner! How much meat will you need to plan on raising and what combination of animals should you plan to...
There are multiple animals that you could raise on your farm, but which ones are the most likley to be profitable? The best farm animals to raise for profit are pigs, small ruminants (sheep or...
Should farm animals eat corn? Some people state that corn is fine for livestock, others that corn is a monster. There is a tremendous gulf between those two statements. Which is the case? Corn...