Cattle are generally well-suited to cold temperatures, but prepare for winter now to ensure livestock health and comfort when the mercury drops.
The gold standard for non-lethal livestock protection, livestock guardian dogs can be invaluable partners in raising sheep and other vulnerable animals.
Maintain health in your flock by providing herbs to sheep. Here, we look at a few plants commonly used to treat and prevent ailments in sheep.
You can raise sheep as meat livestock on very small acreage for minimal investment—but you need to take a few steps to keep your costs in check.
Donkeys are effective livestock guardian animals against predatory canines, though good training and certain considerations are important for keepers.
This round of "Say Cheese" contenders includes perky piglets, goats gathered in greeting, a kitten playing peek-a-boo and much more!
Considering hand-raising beef cattle for your family's needs? Here are 8 tips to keep in mind when buying homestead cattle for the first time.
Ruby Wolf Farm founder Lauren Slingluff tells us how early memories of her mom's floor loom helped inspire her own fiber farm.
Clint and Bobbi Jo Finney breathe new life into their Spring Valley Stock Farms and surrounding community with rotational grazing and regenerative farming.
Katahdin sheep are hardy, adaptable, low-maintenance animals that do well for everything from meat production to fiber and more.
Not a mini but a naturally small heritage breed, Dexter cattle can offer meat, milk and even draft work to farms where pasture space is a commodity.
KuneKune pigs are gentle on the land and bring a calm disposition to the homestead. And their red, marbled meat is hard to beat!
