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So great to read about all of your farms! I am Kelley Babbin @Howling Flats Farm in the NW Corner of CT. I started the farm 15 years ago with my son and am now running it on my own while he & his wife focus on raising my adorable grandchildren. I operate a small but mighty regenerative farm rooted in clean and ethical meats. I raise AGW Certified Humane Angus cattle, also pasture hogs, Boer goats and until recently a flock of meat sheep as well.
With the help of a couple of grants I recently converted 3 acres of my little farm into silvopasture with plans to improve the remaining acres as well. In its past life my farm was a stable for racehorses (with a 1/2 mile measured racetrack and all) - which means poor pastures with compaction rates over 300 PSI.
I love the books listed but find I spend more time reading marketing & coaching books lately to fund this amazing lifestyle I am blessed to be living.
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Hi everyone, I’m a beginning sheep farmer in northeast PA. We have 20 Katahdin ewes and will retain ewe lambs for a few years and hope to grow to around 100. I’m interested in cross breeding with an Australian White in the future. I work as a grazing specialist for NRCS and have done research with silvopastures, summer annuals, and crabgrass.
My current favorite book is Managing Your Ewe by Laura Larson because I know how to manage grass, but diagnosing sheep is where I want to improve.
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