e23. Loyd Borntrager - Grassfed Dutch Belted Dairy

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• [01:11] - About Loyd and his operation
• [03:31] - His backstory
• [06:11] - “If you want to be an organic farmer, you need to be grass farmer first.”
• [09:50] - Keeping the cows out longer by doing less tillage
• [10:25] - Why did he switch to Dutch Belted Cows from Holstein cow 
• [12:40] - Crossing purebred bull to Holstein cow
• [14:39] - Milking the cows
• [16:25] - The problem on milking the cows once a day
• [18:28] - The amount of milk production he is getting
• [19:19] - The number of cows he milk
• [20:15] - Marketing the milk
• [21:09] - Other dairy products that he sells
• [23:46] - The kind of parlor he has
• [25:01] - Feeding the cows when they are in the parlor
• [26:04] - About sprouted fodder
• [27:26] - Feeding the cows when the paddocks are growing
• [29:13] - Moving the cows to new pasture daily
• [30:16] - Annual rainfall in Yoder 
• [32:26] - Kind of pasture he has
• [35:34] - The kind of fencing he has
• [37:03] - Other livestock he has
• [39:43] - Marketing the rabbits
• [42:00] - The breed of chickens he has
• [43:04] - His favorite grazing grass related book
• [45:45] - Advice to new farmers

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