Organic Beef Matters
News from Alderspring Ranch, with an occasional rant about American agriculture
Springtime in the Rockies means change. Two days ago, I was in the midst of a backcountry ski trip with the three oldest girls to a remote yurt in 7 feet of snow. The four of us spiked out in the absolute middle of nowhere (no phone service here), with not even distant lights on the horizon"¦just …
Continue Reading about Restoring Rangelands…Reinventing Beef
A Rangeland Stock Handling Concept: Inherding on the Hat Creek Grazing Allotment, Ellis Idaho Summary Ranchers using public lands range for grazing of livestock as permittees have experienced rapid changes in requirements and issues over the past 20 years. Concerns about riparian area …
It's been one of those quite crazy weeks on the ranch. The ranch work went as planned. Thankfully, we've seen quite a bit of sun and the snow is nearly gone. That coveted moisture went into the ground without making it a muddy mess. Our fields are fairly intact after the melt"¦often the sharp hooves …
Abby holds one of the Belgian draft horses, Belle, as seen from the top of the haystack. …
Snow still blankets the ranch, but it is weakening under the strength of a late winter sun. I was outdoors nearly all day today, and as I write this I feel the heat on my face of an almost sunburn. The high altitude sun can be fairly unrelenting that way, but the beeves actually seem to lean into …
In minutes, they come running in. It can be quite a stampede of cattle and horses coming fast. Our herd is small enough that you get an eye for many individuals. Although most of them are black hided, there is a great deal of individuality in beeves. When feeding hay, it is the same ones that come …
