A Small Scale Integrated Livestock Farm
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Husband and wife team, farmers Mike Guebert and Linda Bangs live on 10 acres of land, raising and tending to a variety of livestock. Currently, they have 2 Jersey cows, and 40 goats that provide raw milk; about 250 laying chicken hens for eggs, and 800 chickens for (meat) broilers; and 5 turkeys: 4 hens, and one happy tom. Oh yes, and not to forget, 2 heritage breed pigs, and just the day before we arrived this spring (2012), they picked up 14 wiener pigs.
This is a snapshot moment of life on their farm, and their story.
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Wowww...green grass, cool climate, goats, hens, cows...what a beautiful life. You're living in Heaven !!
I love the advice "start small", but may have taken it too literally ;). I live on a quarter acre suburban lot We wanted a farm, but couldn't afford to move, and so we decided to work with what we had, where we are, and have been farming our yard. We're not farmers and will never make a living with what we raise, but it feeds us delicious, wholesome (safe) food, and that's all I wanted anyway. I think the bottom line is anyone can raise food - anywhere. Thanks for the inspirational film.
I grew up with animals .cows,oxen,horses,mule,sheep &goats .Absolute happiness
Same always live farm animals
I just love how these animals all get along and seem so peaceful. They don't want to hurt anyone, they just want to live and offer you the chance as well! It also seems like you really care for them a lot, I thank you for that!
“Two months without milk?”
Goat milk: Am I a joke to you?
Imagine The World like this everywhere ! Awesome.
The kind of life I would love to live
The way all animals should be raised
Fax. (That’s how we say facts)
@mike and linda, drinking the milk without any modern process is what i would prefer and to tell you that my family have been doing this of what you are doing now for many years, healthy way of living
Wow, such a peaceful lifestyle. I am also planning on getting 10 acres in Texas and be partially self sufficient. Right now just gathering information . Thank you for sharing your style.
Hearing the word 'diversified' makes my smile!
Thanks for sharing,
Scarlett
Ps. I want to have more chickens but I am not sure what I would do with all the eggs? Do you take them to the farmers market? are there other options?
lol that's a good one!
I think , this becomes the future if we still want healthy food and no environmental problems!! We have to go back to small scale. Really my grandfather was a carpenter but he had a vegy. garden and raised 2 or 3 piggies each year on a very small place !! I just want to get started!!!
Nice to stumble upon a video featuring farmers I've actually met a few times!
Thank you!
They have 10 acres. Check out the description box above and you can see how many (at the time we filmed) of each type of animal they raise.
I can only wish to live this kind of life.....
Ah fellow dreamers...well we're not quite 10 acres but 5, but living 'THE Dream' anyway...Great video.
I envy people who make a living this way.....I suppose the only thing it needs to be completely self sustainable is to grow some grain for pig feed?....I think this is the way Mother Nature intended us to live.....
Actually... swine did not evolve to eat much, if any, grain. There is a farm in Vermont that feeds their hogs and pigs no grain at all. They live outdoors year around in herds with a boar, and have portable shelters. The sows decide when to have litters. Spring through fall they get most of their food from the pasture and woodlot, and in winter they get hay. Year around they get some whey from a local cheese plant. I think he also feeds some drops from nearby orchards in the fall, and maybe some other produce.After years of selecting for calm, healthy animals that take good care of their young (sows that squash piglets are fattened up and butchered after they finish raising their litters, and none of their offspring are kept for breeding), this farm raised some low-maintainance pork! All grain-free.If we raise our animals the way Mother Nature intended (as much as possible within the confines of the modern world in whatever area we live) then it is not as hard as so many people think for us humans to also live the way Mother Nature intended! Hope you can, too, one day - if that is what you want to do.
Pigs don't eat grain. They eat food waste. Rinds, peels, clippings off vegetables and fruits, stuff that would normally go in compost. It's called slop
Looks like heaven to me! I know it's a lot of hard work but I would love to create a small farm like yours! Thank you for sharing! Blessings!
After college I plan on purchasing land whenever I can, my dream is to work at home and run a small farm
TorTorTalks so why are u in college
Good luck. Land is almost impossibly expensive.
thanks - really liked what Mike and Linda were doing with their farm, too!
My one dream for when I'm in my middle age is to have a small farm, i reckon it's a natural thing to be a farmer, a part of human nature.
Keep yourself fit. It won't be relaxing.
Sure it is! IF you 'farm smarter, not harder'. :) On a small scale, using an integrated approach, planning for human and animal efficiency, it is not as hard as soooo many people make it.
Start now!
am very happy to see a framing lik this am also in to goat framing , nice meeting you sir am GodwinAkanfewen from Ghana in west Africa thank you very much sir.
U both look so happy and peaceful! Wonderful!
what a Blessing, ur living the Dream
It's so peaceful, i love it! Thank you for sharing your video :)
That was a very good video, and I really admire these farmers.
I love this video and your back story. I have begin putting the bug in my husband's ear to buy some farmland and start small...we live in WA state, a very friendly state for farming. Your testimonial is inspiring! Thank you for sharing it.
A blessed life.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW GOD HAS LEAD YOU TO THIS BOUNTY!!!! THIS IS AN AWESOME STORY!!!
Thank you for your sharing
Thank you for sharing this! I m a youngster, just starting out, I am starting from complete scratch, no money, and not a lot of experience. So I made out a plan, similar to yours, start with chickens because they're cheaper to care for, make money off them, and work my way up from there. And you've reassured me that it can work, if I work hard. So thanks
Wow! Thank you!
Easily the best video on RUclips.
I loved this video brings a lot of memories for me growing up in rural Zimbabwe where everything we ate was organic and tasty. Then I landed in America one day I literally had to live on bread and peanut butter for over 5yrs coz every thing tasted different and couldn't handle it. Fast forward Im now adjusted and can handle any thing but can tell the difference though.
i am born and raised in usa and thought the older generations were just being old and stubborn and grumpy when they used to say everything used to taste better. I now know that is not the case..
I dream life like this.
Thanks for sharing.
I love this video and the story with it, it's very inspirational
Hi VegaChastain, I'm the filmmaker. I've done stories on other small livestock farmers and one book in particular that helped a couple get started was 'You Can Farm' by Joel Salatin. They also went to apprentice at his farm years ago [with kids in tow!]. I'm not sure this would be a fit for you, but I know many farm interns go on to start their own farm. Start small is another piece of advice I hear from many. Hope this helps a little.
Thanks for sharing your story. Lovely farm!
Thanks for you sharing lovely farm
the best way to live
Years ago a successful diversified farmer applied for a loan for a new tractor as his old one was suffering metal fatigue. The bank sent out an agronomist who told him how to farm if he wanted the loan. There went the beef cattle, the replacement cows, the hogs. The hayfield was plowed down - it was all about growing wheat. Two years later he had to sell off 1/2 section because of bad weather and having nothing to fall back on.
Really appreciate this video... thank you!
Beautfiul farm.
I like it very much mixed farming Follow up
Love from India ❤
Something where all your food comes from... And actual work is done..
rice beans, etc.. living foods that are healthy and grown organically
My dream lifestyle, hopefully someday I'd live this way. I wish you happiness :)
What a dream lifestyle.
Great work 👍♥️
Something saveragy about keeping a living being, just so that you can eat its young, and eventually eat the living creature you've been keeping captive for all those years.
Dad was a research executive at Auburn University and tried farming. He found you have to have enough cash flow and if not you may have to eat your way out of the farm by harvesting everything. The bad sign was when folks wanted to dump their chickens on you. But it's fun while it lasts.
You are good people.
Chase your dreams, you will catch them, and as you live your dreams out - old dreams will fade as new dreams take their place; giving you something new to chase.
Love the video. All your animals look happy too. This is my dream and I hope I can get my soon to be wife in on this dream with me!! Keep up the good work!
did it come true?
Noble !!!!! Some advice; Don't make pets out of your livestock, and cool your milk immediately after milking. It will sweeten your milk.... Good luck..... Jim...
I hope the best of luck in your fairs!
Love this video!
Awesome story friend! Thanks for the presentation, I enjoyed hearing how your farm progressed.. I came here to get the feel, your video gave me some insight as to what I'm in store for as I just bought a 12 acre property that I'm going to build my custom farm upon. I am a big Lord of the Rings nerd, and found some hobbit hole chicken coops here on youtube that I'm super excited to order to start my chickens out in! They look neat landscaped... Anyhow your animals & farm are beautiful! Nice job!
that cow is gorgeous! those eyelashes!
I have been thinking to have my own farm with different animals and hope will build one day.
excellent video, and pure living :) greetings from lithuania :) keep going :)
I would like to do something like that, grow your food on a small scale!! Verygood video!! Your animals have a good live!
I hate nitpicking on an otherwise great video, but this one is important, goats are not made to eat grass, they are browsers not grazers.
There are a little over a thousand animals on that farm.
Just popping in checking videos I'm starting a channel about hobby farming and just country fun. Great video :)
I've heard from many farmers to start small is best. Good luck with that 'bug'!!
I watched this 3 times already!!! lol
Good video. Keep up the good work.
Great video very inspirational..
Nice farm
A very wide farm..away from the polluted cities
You have well mate.
Husband and wife are working on their farm.
I love the idea of this, and have thought about starting something in a similar way on a very small scale. The only issue I have is the ethical dilemma of raising animals purely for the purpose of food. I feel like I would bond with the animal and then not be able to part ways when the time came. Thoughts?
Best life really
Only few people are lucky to live in heaven on earth, you are one of 'em
It makes the grass grow.
Great video, tfs :)
Cresson is in Pennsylvania.
Yeah like if u feed them feeds high in carbs this can lead to ruminitis eventually death of the cow cause it decreases the acid of the stomach below pH 5 and and overgrowth of bad bacteria begins such as f.neosporum this then goes to the liver and abscess forms...blockage of the vena cava leading to thrombosis in the heart etc..so not only feed hardware diseases also even overfeeding can lead to these issues.....they are gentle Giants that one has to care for carefully i love cows and horses big animals that need gentle care.
i look at this video and think to myself with acres going up in price people have to make there decissions soon about what they are going to do.
i like your intergrated farming...and i have too
my teacher showed this in my school
Read everything that you can get your hands on written by Gene Logsdon - starting with The Contrary Farmer. It covers "systems" that work with farms; such as time of year, diversity, and work management.
do you have more videos of your farm thanks
Funny how it cut off when he started talking about raw milk.
I myself live on a farm raising angus cattle. How many acres would that farm have?
Can you perhaps recommend some books that helped you figure out how you were going to farm your ten acres? I'm trying to get this started myself... would love some pointers from someone as successful at this as you have been!
Can u pls list:
What Animal (Raised):
Farm Waste:
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Ways of disposal:
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I need it for my activity ☺
Like to find a small farm like this to work on with a small pay check....now in the midst of building a "tiny-house"...and this lifestyle suits me....modern main stream society just hasn't worked for me personally...."chasing more STUFF" is now irrelevant to me.
+Frank From Upstate NY haha You're chasing building materials for a tiny house now. Then, if you're like this guy, will be chasing chickens, pigs, cows, goats, and all their necessary stuff...
How big is this property. It’s beautiful
I GREW UP MILKING A COW AND THERE IS NOTHING AS GOOD
You must have had a lot of nice capital for this.
where does your farm sell its eggs and produce
can i know where is this farm located?
at least you have to give credit to this farm and farmers for this video.
anyway, it is an interesting video presentation. nice work
It's in Oregon, a bit outside of Portland. Yes, Mike and Linda do good work - and thank you!
i want to start this but on a small scale just for my family i was thinking mabey 4 chickens, 2 cows, 2 lamb.. any tips on how to start?
i envy them
Hello guys your farm looks amazing and it's a dream, very inspirational. I live in NY and that's my dream to have a well mix little farm like yours. God bless you guys. I have few questions I hope you don't mind answering. How many acres do you have? Do you grow your own hay and feeds for the animals? If you do how many acres do you use to produce all your animals feeds? Thanks guys for sharing this video.
Rafael Goris I was wondering the same thing about the acreage. I think I heard him call it a large lot. He was being a little too humble .
+SELF-RELIANCE and a STRONG COMMUNITY It's 10 wonderful acres. Read the description.