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I decided to put together a video to go over my plans for 2025. This video also goes into the philosophy and ideas behind the plans. Of note, I am going to try and bring chickens and pigs on to the farm. I may do something with bees or veggies as well, and maybe do… Continue reading 2025 Plans

Average price per acre went from $200 a while back to $4,000 nowadays. We NEED to increase stocking rates if we are going to make money. Costs of inputs have dramatically risen while the price of cows has not. (And if the price did go up, they WILL go down again.) We NEED to reduce… Continue reading Kit Pharo on Maximizing Profits

Unfortunately the paradigm is only those with assets can get into farming. Property is way more expensive than it should be. We aren’t providing enough opportunities for young people to make a living on the land, and I think it is because we are looking for employees rather than partners. Gabe Brown did something that… Continue reading How can we get the next generation into farming?

As of June 22nd, 2024 summer is officially here. In NE Texas, we often get warmer temperatures starting in mid-May, which I think of as the end of spring and the beginning of summer. These temperatures will often persist throughout September, with August being the hottest month. The summer weather pattern is highs in the… Continue reading Dealing with the Heat of Summer

Ben at Grazing365 has been doing this longer than me and recommends tight spacing with aggressive grazing. He has done more research than me and has more experience, so I am considering his advice carefully. His distinction is “selective” vs. “non-selective” grazing. Selective Grazing is when you allow the cows to pick and choose, and… Continue reading My Thoughts on “Total” Grazing

https://web.archive.org/web/20240506034403/https://davidseaman.substack.com/p/bird-flu-has-infected-humans-in-texas In short, this guy got some allergies and thinks we need to shut down the entire country because his eyes turned red. It’s all nonsense. It’s COVID 2024 — because Trump might win an election.

Here’s May 1st, 2023: At the time I was doing a 21-day rotation (3 weeks) so the cows were getting a lot of ground and not eating much grass at all. I had only 5 sheep at this time, two ewes, a ram, and a ram and ewe lamb. All of them are purebred St.… Continue reading May 1st

Goatweed, as it is commonly known in my area, is also known as hogwort, dovewood or woolly croton. It’s scientific name is Croton capitatus. You can find lots of resources about where it lives and how it thrives. In short, goatweed starts growing in June, and will cover your field in July, August and September.… Continue reading What to do about goatweed

A friend asked me about buying some cows to raise to weight and slaughter. They have never raised cows before, but they have lived in rural areas their whole life, and they know plenty of people who have just done that. My own grandpa used to do this every year. He’d buy a calf, run… Continue reading Advice on cows for the non-farmer

If you’re rotationally grazing, maybe moving the cows every week or perhaps even the extreme of twice a day, you might get discouraged when you see all your hard work is turning into weeds. Of course we are not going to consider things that kill the soil: herbicides, fertilizer, and tilling. These are things that… Continue reading What to do about weeds in your pasture