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Adventures in soil science

I’m riding on a pickup flatbed, ranchers packed together, going from pasture to pasture, checking the condition of calves, plants and soil. As we bump along, I hear cowboys comparing the pH levels of their pasture soils and sharing experiences of how to improve the pH balance. Never, in my sixty years of ranching, have I heard this. I’m curious. I’m inspired!

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“It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work..." Kyle Ranch - Blog contribution

I still remember the day my husband and I told his family that we would be leaving South Carolina to move back to my family’s ranch in California. Looking back now, I can’t blame them for thinking we were crazy! Not only was California on the other side of the country, but we both had “good” jobs in South Carolina with the kind of future most college graduates spend their academic years striving to achieve.

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Wilder Jones: Desert Mountain Grass-Fed Beef + King's Crown Organics

Wilder Jones and his father Nate Jones are participating members of Desert Mountain Grass-Fed Beef. They are currently raising grass-fed/ finished, organic, Akaushi cattle (whew! say that 3x fast!) for the Desert Mountain program, as well as supplying the Wood River Valley, Treasure Valley and the Snake River Valley with organic fruits and vegetables through their farm King's Crown Organics.

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Bob Howard - Desert Mountain Grass Fed Beef

Video cred: Rich Bradbury