Happy Grazing 2020

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May 21, 2020

The most wonderful time of the year for us grass farmers is grazing time, which started this week. The chickens have already been grazing for a few weeks, but we consider the official start to the season the day we bring the cattle out.

The cattle are just like "big dogs" as Farmer Bryce puts it. The steers from last year know exactly what to expect and look forward to and they very eagerly awaited the reeling back of the fence to let them into the pasture.

Watch them as they literally frolic into the grass!

The sheep are just as much fun to put out on pasture, but they're a little different to move than cattle. We have a lot of new lambs that don't know where to go because they've never been on pasture before. It took a little bit for some of them to figure out that it was okay to leave the winter pen, but once they went, they loved it!

We've got the action for you to see in these two quick videos. Pay attention to the frolicking in part 2! :)

As the farm continues on, we added more young steers to our herd this week, too. They came from Nebraska and had never even dreamed of seeing as lush a pasture as ours.

Oh and the summer pigs arrived! They'll help clean up the winter sheep barn while they wait for their turn to go out on pasture in just a little bit.

And at the end of the day, everyone is happy. The pastures are peaceful and good work continues.

The best part of grazing is just enjoying it as it is. When there's a crazy day, there's nothing better than just taking a moment to sit in the pastures with the cattle, like I did here. Experience this moment of virtual zen with the cattle for yourself!

Thank you for following along with us. We are thrilled to share these big farm updates with you. Please, let us know if you have any questions!

Thank you! From our family to yours.

~The Riemers

Oh! And, one more big thing happened this week, away from the field. We added a walk in freezer to our packing shed so we can more efficiently pack and deliver your orders to you. This was a big move that we're very excited to have accomplished!

Thanks! Enjoy the weekend. :)

Where to Find Riemer Family Farm Eggs!

Just look for the PINK carton at a grocery store near you! The egg business has been crazy lately to say the least! It seems like every third news story is about the price of eggs and shortages and even thievery of eggs! Who knew there could be so much drama around the humble chicken egg? We partner with a young farm family to produce our seasonally pastured eggs. These hens have a pretty posh life, non-GMO feed, plenty of space, never any cages and are out and about during the growing season. The bird flu outbreak is just another bit of evidence that the industrial food system is very broken! One of the solutions is MORE farmers on the land raising livestock at a family scale and not more concentrated factory agriculture in the U.S. Barns of tens and even hundreds of thousands of chickens are the ones primarily affected by the bird flu for all the obvious reasons! When 150,000 or more birds are together in a barn when one or a few get infected it's a matter of hours before the whole flock is infected and all must be destroyed. Family farms came through for customers during Covid and are proving to be resilient during this current egg problem too! While we are still learning and don't claim to be perfect, we are more sustainable and adaptable than the factory model of farming. Thank you for standing by our farm and other regenerative farms in your area! If you would like to purchase (or dine on) our eggs you can find them at many stores and restaurants! Including: South Central WI: Brodhead Piggly Wiggly Gempeler's Market-Monticello Roy's Market-New Glarus Evansville Piggly Wiggly Oregon Hy-Vee Fitchburg Hy-Vee Cadre restaurant (and others through a distributor) Sunrise Cafe-Monroe N. Illinois: Bull Valley General Store Daily Project Cafe-Algonquin Duck A Diet, Ready to Eat Meals-Huntly Forest Green's Juice Bar-Lake Bluff Just look for the PINK carton. With all the egg shortages from the industrial farms and spiking prices from a fragile industry, our eggs are quite affordable. We will never price gouge. We seek to provide a fair price for both our customers and us. As always you can pick up your eggs on the farm. Please place an order on our website and we will have them ready for you within a day. Make sure that you have Riemer Family Farm as your pickup location.

Happy Grazing 2020

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