Farmbrite

JANUARY 23, 2025

Many farms choose to create their own homemade animal feed from ingredients that are easily accessible, affordable, and tailored to the dietary needs of your livestock. Local byproducts from farms, mills, or food processors (like unsold produce, leftover grains, or pulp) can be repurposed as animal feed.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Do you know what “cage-free” means? How about “free range”? Some of the terms used on food labels are official certifications, enforced by the USDA or a nonprofit entity, and the presence of the certification means that the farming operation has been verified in some way for compliance. Pasture-raised”?

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Holsinger Homeplace Farms: A Soil for Water Case Study Buck and AJ Holsinger Rockingham County, Virginia Holsinger Homeplace Farms is a family farm in Rockingham County in the central Shenandoah Valley. Buck and Amanda (AJ) Holsinger and their children are the tenth and eleventh generations to live on the farm.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Livestock health and wellness can directly impact the productivity, yields, product quality, and overall safety of livestock and the community served by your farm. The Benefits of Animal Wellness Practices on the Farm Animal wellness brings numerous benefits to your farm, enhancing the quality, productivity, health, and stability of animals.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 27, 2023

The Easter Egger also makes an excellent forager, so if you want to let your flock free range and scratch around for their own food in the yard, this breed will likely do well at it. They are known to be predator-savvy and are excellent foragers. This means they excel as free range chickens.

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Farmbrite

JUNE 6, 2023

ounces of water each day depending on if they are foraging or confined. Mortality rates for layers in a normal poultry farm can be in the 1-5% range. For instance, if you have free-range chickens you face different challenges than those who are managing chickens in confinement. Start a free trial today.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

What you put into your animals – from clean stalls, fresh grown pastures, to clean food and attention makes the flavor better, says Kate Osgood, who runs Birch Rise Farm , in New Hampshire, raising chickens and turkeys. These birds are also active foragers, and thrive with ample outdoor space to explore.

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