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I have high tensile electric fence on part of my property where sheep are kept. I am moving the charger inside because there's no sense in leaving an expensive charger out where it is up for grabs. I know others have similarly moved their chargers inside. Wondering about lightning protection...

So another weed question... What is this, how can I get rid of it without chemicals (ideally)? Can I hand pull, with any diminishment in return next season? It isn't on my entire farm (yet) but I'd like to nip this in the bud as I consider developing my pastures to market hay. Thank you for...

I am a new farmer...and the past few years I've had someone else cut hay for me, which I keep for winter stockpile for a modest sheep operation I'm running. I am having an awful time getting someone to cut hay for me this year, and am considering just biting the bullet on a tractor and...

I am having an awful time finding a cow/calf pair to provide family milk needs. Was looking at a brown swiss or mini jersey. Nobody in my area seems to have had anything for sale lately (neighbor did, but didn't know we were looking till after he took everything to auction). Anyone from...

I am new to agriculture and at my current scale of operations do not NEED a big tractor. A subcompact would work except for haying operations (which I've hired out in the past). The issue is there are a lot of things, even on a small farm, where a big tractor is handy. We've committed to...

Wife was coming in from town very early this morning and noticed we have two new arrivals on the farm... Rather unexpected. Bought their momma in May, realized she was pregnant a month or two ago. Figured the ram I bought at the same time was just doing his job, but looks like mom was...

I'm in southern Missouri, wondering if anyone in Texas is selling a Holstein cow and her calf due to the drought. Looking for my first dairy cow for family milk/dairy production. The cow must be gentle and easily handled, and I prefer one used to hand milking. I'm disabled thanks to a flu...

I receive a daily digest of posts here, but have noticed when I click on some of them I get an "Oops, we ran into some problems" error message and cannot see the posts. Is this because there's special access required? I have tried to contact the board administrator but also am getting errors...

I lug water for livestock in a 55 gallon drum on my side by side, and need a way to pump water out of that drum. Does anyone have a similar situation and can you recommend a good electric pump that can connect outside the drum and pump water out a standard garden hose? Thank you.

I recently ran across this: https://timelessfencesystem.com and was wondering what folks think about using their system for containing sheep (primarily) and also cattle. I use high tensile, electrified, woven wire on my farm for containing sheep. The entire fence is electrified and it will get...

So.... I have a piddly 35 acre farm and am not likely to have more. Land prices are just too expensive and folks aren't selling. No generational wealth or land "in the family", either, and I'm starting as a brand new farmer/rancher with virtually no help from folks I know. The property was...

I absolutely HATE how some companies advertise useful homesteading equipment that may not be durable. Curious to know folks' experiences with wood chippers. I have a great need for mulch here at home and have a number of downed trees I'd like to chip. DR sells various models but I'm not very...