Recent content by Linda Coffey

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    Connecting grazers with land; how?

    Mike Thayer, that's a great idea! I haven't heard of one in Arkansas but what a great service. Thanks for sharing!
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    Connecting grazers with land; how?

    All, A livestock owner wants to expand and locate land within an hour of his place for a lease; how do you recommend finding that? He's checking with his NRCS agent, county Extension agent, the local Farmer's Cooperative, the sale barn, Farm Service Agency, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist...
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    Fascinating article that explains the impact of land use changes on climate. I want you to see this!

    https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-07-17/millan-millan-and-the-mystery-of-the-missing-mediterranean-storms/ I am not sure where this goes on the forum but this is a really interesting article and speaks to the importance of land and soil and vegetation. What to do with this knowledge...
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    How do we fix the bare ground problem?

    Here in Arkansas, we are getting pretty dry and were waiting for our Green Graze (sorghum sudangrass) to be ready to graze. So we were super happy that our wonderful neighbors invited us to bring the flock over to their land to graze. My neighbor mowed lanes down the slope through the woods so...
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    Ah, the many benefits of well-managed sheep grazing!

    Dr. Tina Cone, DVM, and Emily Jost are two of my heroes in Arkansas, and I'm glad we got some footage of them in action! Scott Davis got some excellent shots. Thanks for sharing!
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    How do you know ?

    Linda Poole, I love what you said; we need to build relationships before things get tough, and then be as attentive to people and their body language as we are to our stock! I think having community--a flock, if you will--is key. The trouble is that (for me, anyway) if I am low, I hide. How...
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    Webinar January 26, Grazing for Resilience

    I'll post in "Events", too, but check out https://foodanimalconcernstrust.org/webinars and register now to attend "Grazing for Resilience--Bouncing Forward from Catastrophic Events". This will be taught by Justin Morris and Linda Poole and it will be informative and interesting. We'll post a...
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    Restoring Prairie with Sheep

    https://mnbwsr.medium.com/rotational-grazing-revives-prairie-ef2ec0d57856 Great article!
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    Introducing myself

    I am hopping on here to say that I am a member of the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control, and if you are having issues with parasites, they have likely got the answers! I am happy to be your tour guide. I have raised sheep since I was a young girl in MO, and this is a...
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