Apr 3, 2017
Raising grassfed lamb has been one of the most requested topics over the past 6 months.
Given that, and given Darby's interest in taking on a potential grassfed lamb enterprise today's episode and the next few are dedicated to raising lamb on pasture.
We'll start out this series with Darby going through what he currently knows about lamb, what his assumptions are, and what his concerns and worries are.
He'll talk about why he's interested in adding lamb to his farm, and what goes into a decision like this - adding a new species that you aren't that familiar with to your farm.
This is an enterprise that Darby is seriously looking to start on his farm, so this episode will be an inside look at what goes into a decision like this.
I will then follow up this episode with several interviews with some current grassfed sheep and lamb grazers - ones that do this for a living, and have done this for a living for a long time.
They'll fill in all the gaps and details that aren't in this episode. Then I will circle back with Darby and see if his thoughts have changed.
If you're playing a long at home, you can do the same.
You may be hearing lamb, and thinking lamb, I am not into raising lamb, this isn't relevant..
Hold up and give it a chance.
Don't worry. These shows will still be valuable. Over the next few episodes you'll learn about evaluating a business idea, low stress animal handling, building soil, rotational grazing pastures, building and establishing pastures, and marketing products. All concepts talked about in the context of lamb, but universally applicable to most other grazing animals.
Before we get into this one, take a sec to think about lamb in your context. Are you interested in raising them - why or why not? What factors would you consider when starting a new enterprise.
Then see how those questions might get answered and how those assumptions might change as we go through this series.
Keep in mind as we go through this episode today, this is Darby talking about what he knows now about lamb, knowing that it might be right and it might be wrong. Don't take anything in this episode as gospel when it comes to the mechanics of raising lamb.
Today it is Darby evaluating what he knows, doesn't know, and what he doesn't know that he doesn't know.
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