BISON ENVIRONMENT: Raising American Buffalo
This year, we achieved a short-term goal of certification as a Conservation Ranch through the Tennessee Wildlife Federation.
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Feb 289 min read
BISON CONSUMERS: Truth in Labeling
Truth in Labeling is almost a constant whisper, there is always some change predicted, requested, or legislated due to the mess our...
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Feb 2011 min read
HEALTH: What's In Our Meat?
"If it's pink it's meat!" ~ Jo Ann Smith, [former] USDA Under Secretary As I've shared before, we started a journey more than a decade...
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jostaats
Feb 193 min read
Fat...let's just talk about it.
While I believed what the labels said when I did find "grass-fed bison" meat in the grocery stores, I was naive.
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Feb 93 min read
BISON: Orphaned Calf Update
It's been a while since giving an update on our itty-bitty Miss Liberty. With so much going on right now my "desk time" is minimal, so...
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jostaats
Jan 32 min read
Pasture to Plate
When Dave and I started our operation we had no idea how long it would take us to reach certain goals. But, we at least had a vision to...
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jostaats
Dec 30, 20235 min read
Bison Grazing Management: Rotating & Regenerative - Myth or Magnificent?
I've written in the past about our practices at Buffalo Ridge Farm and my opinion of using buffalo as a tool to save the planet....
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jostaats
Dec 22, 20234 min read
BISON HEALTH: Necropsy Results
I wrote about our young cow, Midge, last month and our decision to remove her from the herd (here). We were afraid there may be some...
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jostaats
Dec 8, 20236 min read
BISON v BUFFALO: Why?
As someone once said, every day is a school day. Since we started ranching in 2019 there have been a lot of lessons, a lot of...
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jostaats
Dec 2, 20234 min read
BISON HEALTH: Orphan Calf Update
The journey of an orphaned bison calf continues.
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jostaats
Nov 17, 20234 min read
BISON HEALTH: Orphan Calf Week 2
Little Liberty is holding her own! Actually, better than holding! She's maintaining her weight, her body condition is improving, and...
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jostaats
Nov 16, 20236 min read
BISON: Hay feeding protocols
I've seen a variety of suggestions and methods for hay feeding. So I want to share our protocols, as adapted from Taking Care of Bison at...
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jostaats
Nov 13, 20237 min read
BISON: Grass-fed and finished reality in drought
When Dave and I started this adventure, it went without any real discussion that we would be truly grass-fed and finished. Our experience...
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jostaats
Nov 6, 20236 min read
BISON HEALTH: Orphan Calf Week 1
Little Liberty's first full week as an orphaned bison calf recap.
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jostaats
Nov 5, 20234 min read
BISON HEALTH: Orphan Calf and Herd Behavior
So far, she's left the herd more and more in search of her mommy. And, the herd has followed (as opposed to the typical lead). In fact, my l
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jostaats
Nov 2, 20235 min read
Bison Health: For the good of the herd
One of our young cows began showing signs of something going wrong in mid-September. This little cow bred at 2 years of age, showed no...
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jostaats
Aug 17, 20238 min read
The Longest Journey
Someone recently said that I needed to tell my story. Funny, I thought I had.
But, I guess there is a lot I left out because I think most a
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jostaats
Jul 5, 20235 min read
Firecrackers and Patience...what God intended.
Those who have known me the longest remembers when patience was not a word in my vocabulary! When something needed to be done, it needed...
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jostaats
May 31, 20235 min read
Regenerative Ranching...really?
It's been a while since I have had time to post a blog, and while there have been a lot of things happening here at Buffalo Ridge Farm...
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jostaats
Apr 22, 20223 min read
It's Not All Roses
Lula's recovery set back...this part of ranching is the part you don't see much of or hear many speak about I guess. Maybe because we...
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