Tag Archive for: Livestock

Episode 251. She’s Raising Sheep: California Shepherd Lani Estill

Lani Estill has built a good life and strong business around fine-wool sheep on the California-Nevada border. Far from a one-woman enterprise, running 3,000 Rambouillet sheep across a half-million acres of public and private lands involves Lani’s family and contract herders.
Lani Estill and Linda Poole

Episode 247. She’s Raising Sheep: Montana Shepherd Becky Weed

This episode of Voices from the Field continues ATTRA’s podcast series on women shepherds, “She’s Raising Sheep.” Becky Weed talks with NCAT Regenerative Grazing Specialist Linda Poole about the role of sheep in “farming as if nature matters.” Becky and her husband Dave Tyler run 80 crossbred long-wool ewes in Montana’s Gallatin Valley, at 13 Mile Lamb and Wool Company.
Linda Poole and Becky Weed

Farrowing on Pasture

Join NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Mike Lewis for an…

Grazing for Resilience – Bouncing Forward from Catastrophic Events

This webinar delves into grazing management strategies that will…

Episode 239. Good Things Come in Small Packages: A Look at Small-Frame Cattle

Cattle come in all sizes, and small cattle may be just right…
two sheep

Integrating Livestock with Crops Project: Food-Safety Considerations

A three-year research project at Montana State University,"Impacts…

Risk Management on a Livestock Operation

This virtual workshop includes a tour of NCAT Agriculture Specialist…

Episode 228. A Closer Look at Hair Sheep

In this episode of Voices from the Field, Margo Hale, NCAT’S…

Episode 224. From the Air Force to Alpacas

Alvina Maynard credits a commercial she happened to see on television…
Sistla Sheep

Episode 216. Sheep and the Sun: Solar Grazing with Lexie Hain

Got sheep (or other livestock)? This week, we're spotlighting…