Terry Gompert, a Holistic Management educator, extension beef specialist, and grazier from Center, Nebraska, came to Central Iowa and toured [...]
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Erin and Torray Wilson pasture walk, Friday, August 6th, 2010. Above is Erin and Torray Wilson’s mob of sheep, beef [...]
I just mailed off some very important paperwork for PFI: The financial papers that mean Practical Farmers of Iowa, co-founded [...]
Temple Grandin, a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, gave a workshop on livestock facilities and behavior at [...]
PFI made a trip out to Cedar Rapids to mingle with local food, garden, and art enthusiasts of central Iowa. [...]
I have been invited to write an occasional essay for Practical Farmers of Iowa. The following is an essay I [...]
Do domestic grazing animals have a place on conservation lands? This is what a project at the Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt [...]
What a fun exchange on the PFI listserv today. We’re looking for some creative help on what to call these [...]
PFI’s modified HIGHBOY is available for over-seeding cover crops now! The PFI Highboy is ready and available to be used [...]
If you are a blog peruser, you may have already seen this. This is fascinating, and gives a tiny glimpse [...]
On July 23, over 50 graziers visited three farms in southeast Iowa near Bloomfield with accomplished graziers Doug Gunnink and [...]
A cool, wet afternoon on a southern Iowa livestock family farm was the scene of an intimate farm tour led [...]
Pollination, is so important! On Sunday, August 1 at the farm of Laura Krouse near Mt. Vernon in east central [...]
WARNING! This blog contains pictures that are not friendly to squemish stomachs. This field day included poultry slaughter, and we [...]