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A Long (but fun!) Day for Your Local Rancher
When I woke up this morning my first thought was “wow I’m a little overworked, probably a good idea to take it easy today.” My second thought was “welp…time to get dressed and go move the pigs.” I...
How to Clean Up Your Pastures with NO Herbicides (part 2)
Through the dust and the screams, a ray of light shone off the tractor. It was a battle the likes of which Bluegrass, Virginia hadn’t seen in years. The humans had finally managed to get an...
How to clean up your pastures with no herbicides (part 1)
Since the dawn of the ranch, long before being a rancher was a whisper in my mind, an eternal war raged on the land. Men and beasts alike have toiled against this vicious foe. They...
It’s not a rooster but it still works
I laid my head back down on the pillow. It was around 5 AM. I had just gotten up to go the bathroom real quick. Believe it or not, not all ranchers wake up at 5 AM. I thank God every day that I...
How to have a leisurely afternoon in the mountains
I started a 3-minute timer on my phone and put it down on the bank of the creek. I stepped into the cool, flowing pool. The contrast between the hot spring sun on my shoulders and the cold...
The pig-pocalypse
This was a 3 part series on our email list, You can sign up for our email list here https://www.nextlevelranch.com/newsletter Part 1 We’ve had an adventure or two trying to get piglets over...
What’s your mission? What’s your purpose?
Sometimes it feels like there are more explanations for why people can’t change their diet and lifestyle than there are different species of bacteria in the soil. Maybe more. What got me...
Natures Savage Beauty
A lot of people think of the old American Buffalo herds with rose colored glasses. They think of harmonious packs of majestic beasts all living in harmony with nature, making their way across...
How to save the whole wide world
“I’m a citizen of the world.” “I care about all living things equally.” “Our community donates tons to charity.” These are all things I’ve heard in the last while. I think it reveals one of...
Grass fed beef doesn’t always mean well raised
It’s calving season for the more conventional cattle operations. For about a month now I have seen calves starting to show up all over my mail route. We have been blessed with a very...