Pure Healthy Pastured
Two years ago, almost to the week, Skyline Pastures went viral for all the wrong reasons. “The Infamous Pig Stampede of 2023” — twelve pigs, one narrow laneway, one poorly placed feeder, and a cascade of panic that ended with…
I want to take some time to write about the challenges and rewards of being a small-scale farmer while also working a fulltime off-farm job.…
Yesterday started off as a good day. It did not end the same. Buckle up…. It’s a long ride till the end. The time had come to move the pigs to a new paddock. They had rooted up and trampled…
Hi Everyone! The Silvopasture Pig Project is going according to plan (which is exciting and a bit surprising). We did have to make a few adjustments based on changes to the paddock-shift plan as well as getting the piglets almost…
Good Morning! We are excited to announce that our farm was selected to participate in a research grant focused on developing small-scale silvopasture systems using pigs! The funding will come from Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NE SARE) and…
Spring is almost here! On our farm we are constantly improving everything we can regarding care of our animals and care of our land, and one exciting new way we are working to do just that is through the use…
February is the month were things start to get into gear for the upcoming farming season. Our focus this year will be to continue to transition our pig grazing area in our woodlot from thorny underbrush to a vibrant silvopasture…
Good evening, everyone. We are going to make 2023 our busiest and best year yet! In addition to processing 2 beef cattle, 14 forest raised hogs, 15 Thanksgiving turkeys, and hundreds of pastured broiler chickens, we are going to significantly…
There are benefits (and drawbacks) of frequently moving your birds which we would like to briefly detail below. Winter is the period where our birds typically turn into freeloaders while the daylight hours are short. This year the ducks have…
Last year we had some cold nights here at Skyline Pastures and they caused quite a bit of trouble, especially with animal water. We were out in the woods every day breaking water for the ducks and were constantly swapping…
