With All Due Restraint: How To Restrain Livestock
July 7, 2022When you keep livestock, it’s sometimes necessary to restrain animals to administer care. Learn about some of the common pieces of equipment for safe restraint.
Don’t Let Heat Stress Out Your Livestock
June 6, 2022Look out for these common signs of heat stress in livestock to help prevent serious health issues when the mercury rises this summer.
Bennie Family Farm Creates Community Safe Spaces
March 10, 2022Jessica Bennie from the British Columbia-based indigenous establishment Bennie Family Farm tells us about farming’s therapeutic power.
Best Practices For Livestock Birth Season
March 7, 2022Spring is delivery time on the hobby farm, so here are some considerations to make sure you’re ready for livestock birth and the arrival of baby animals.
Pasture Pals? When to Be Wary of Multi-species Pasturing
March 3, 2014Can you keep a donkey and a llama in the same pasture?
Midwest Drought Takes Toll on Horses
November 27, 2012In the wake of the summer’s drought, an increased number of Missouri horses are becoming infected with Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis.
Ask Martok: Rabies in Livestock
April 6, 2012Martok the goat explains how rabies can affect your livestock and what you can do to protect them.
Horse Community Helps Kentucky Tornado Victims
March 23, 2012The Kentucky Horse Council is providing support to horse owners affected by late-February tornadoes in Kentucky and Indiana.
Meeting Quinna
February 20, 2012Photo by Audrey Pavia Me and Quinna, Milagro’s mother. Most horse owners aren’t lucky enough to know much about their horse’s history. They have to research breed registration records or hire animal communicators to learn about a horse’s past. I’m fortunate in that my main man, Milagro, came from a breeder who is a friend […]
Horse Talk
January 23, 2012Photo by Audrey Pavia Milagro and Rio tell me they love me. I’ve been in love with horses since I was a little girl. This unending passion started at around age 9 and never quit. For most of my horse-loving childhood, I rode rental horses at stables near my house. I’d fall in love with […]
