Howdy Y'all! What a great time of the year down here at Hops and Heifers Farm! Leaves are a changin' colors, chill is in the air, hops are put to bed and the cows are developing their fur coats for winter. We have had a great time on the farm this past fall. Some highlights [...]
It has been a great summer at the farm, though very dry. However, with the few storms we had the reservoirs in the mountains kept our ditch water flowing. We were able to update many of the old irrigation ditches at the farm increasing our flood irrigation efficiency. Flood irrigation as opposed to overhead sprinkles [...]
Greetings from the Hops and Heifers Farm! Its been a while, so I wanted to pass on a quick farm update. We have been undergoing some major infrastructural upgrades at the the farm to improve our sustainability and increase efficiency. Our upgrades include many improvements to the buildings, irrigation water distribution, animal feed handling and [...]
We’re gearing up for hop plantin’ 2012, but here’s a little recap from how the hops went from planted to picked in 2011… here.
It might still be winter, but it looked like spring on the farm just a few weeks ago! Check out these pics of some fun times on the farm. Cows, kids, bikes, Dale fishin’… Read up on what’s happening at the farm in Farmer Geoff’s latest blog post- Springing into 2012! Many more pics & [...]
An important step in the system for healthy cows is fresh pasture. Integrating a pasture rotation program, cows receive their nutrition and previously pastured grass gets a chance to grow back. It is a cool experience to see the cows as they head out on a new pasture. They first walk as a heard around the fence line happily chomping mouthfuls as [...]
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