A livestock guardian dog is essential when homesteading or farming. The key to having a loyal working LGD is the ongoing training which occurs as a pup.
If you are raising livestock, it is possible to grow your own animal feed. How to grow feed for pigs, chickens, goats, sheep and cows.
Investigation uncovers finance worth $2.6bn pumped into meat and dairy industries, despite warnings of links to climate catastrophe
Want to start a goat farm business? We are ready to help you with writing a goat farming business plan. PDF Sample and Template are available for download.
If you're looking to raise animals to make a nice profit, here are the top 10 best livestock to start with, along with the math for each.
Azolla is a native water plant with some seriously exciting attributes for anyone looking to develop closed-loop cycles for organic animal feed. It's high
A homesteader recounts their journey to self-sufficient goat keeping and the ones they chose for their small farm. Includes tips goat breeds
Rearing snails at home is an easy venture, once you know the right way to do it. In this snail-farming guide, you will find out how easy it is to start, learn about the benefits and everything from snails' nutritional value, to the best methods required to build an indoor or outdoor snailery.
Most of the world’s 7.7 billion people rely on annual plants for food. By definition, these crops perform their entire life cycle in a single growing season. In under 12 months, they sprout, flower…
FIX YOUR MUD PROBLEM! Mud is not good for livestock. Wet conditions carry disease. Deep mud can injure animals from pulling muscles to causing infections such as mastitis. We had a big mud problem at our homestead. Our barn was located at the bottom of a hill, where all the water on the whole property …
You are here because you want to start a snail farm or farming business. Snail farming (Heliculture) is a very profitable agribusiness in Nigeria, Ghana,
If you are into agricultural farming or animal farming, knowledge on Azolla and on its production can do wonders to the farming you are into. Technically Azolla is a type of aquatic fern and is rich in organic nutrients. The Anabaena in Azolla helps to absorb nitrogen, and later on the nitrogen absorbed is converted to protein and amino acid which is later stored in the leaves. Since Nitrogen is one main factor that helps in a plant’s growth, Azolla, when used as a fertilizer, helps in the growt
Ob auf dem Wochenmarkt, Bauernmarkt oder Nachtmarkt: Rund um den Gardasee lässt es sich stilvoll einkaufen
Babydoll Sheep are adorable, but they can also be productive for your homestead or hobby farm. Here are eight ways:
Micro-farming is small scale farming when you live in the suburbs or even on a rural plot of land, but you only have less than three acres available.
Håkan Ludwigson’s images showcase the brutal beauty of Australia’s cattlemen and women. Shot in the 1980s and initially unappreciated for being too graphic, they form an uncompromising study of outback life and the individuals who pursue it
Agroforestry, the ancient practice of incorporating trees into farming, is one subset of regenerative agriculture,
Each cocoon produced by silkworms can produce an unbroken strand of silk that stretches to a mile and a half. Learn more about sericulture.
You'll love the unique creatures found at this picturesque farm in Virginia.
Check out some of the best duck breeds for your backyard farm! They say that ducks are the "new chickens" - it seems backyard farmers all over the country
