Humane Farming, Poultry Harry Rhodes Humane Farming, Poultry Harry Rhodes

Pasture Poultry and Bird Flu: How to avoid it and what to expect if you get it

March 13, 2025 1pmET
Bird flu is a threat for everyone who raises poultry. While previous outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) had a much greater impact on large poultry producers, the current outbreak is hitting just as many small flocks as large ones. This webinar will provide information on steps pasture-based poultry producers can take to avoid becoming infected.

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Humane Farming, Marketing & Business Harry Rhodes Humane Farming, Marketing & Business Harry Rhodes

Selling Lesser Know Cuts: Tips and Techniques from Belmont Butchery

March 24, 2025 @1pmET

Diving deeper into the finer details of brooding to perfect the environment when chicks/poults/ducklings are first placed and how to transition them to prepare them for the pasture. For those who mostly know what they are doing when it comes to brooding. Discussing brooder design, ventilation, drafts, bedding, feed, brooding with brooder guard or whole house brooding, supplemental feeders and waters and feeder and waterer types. Basic health issues and behaviors to watch out for such as delivery stress, grouping/piling, panting, early starve-outs (3-5 days of age), late starve outs (10+ days of age) and how to correct or prevent it with management or supplements. Stressing the importance of sitting on the ground to watch how they are behaving to see where you can make tweaks that make a difference in livability and weight gain.

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Humane Farming, Poultry, turkeys, chickens, chicks Harry Rhodes Humane Farming, Poultry, turkeys, chickens, chicks Harry Rhodes

Advanced Brooding: Honing in on your skills

March 20, 2025 @2pmET

Diving deeper into the finer details of brooding to perfect the environment when chicks/poults/ducklings are first placed and how to transition them to prepare them for the pasture. For those who mostly know what they are doing when it comes to brooding. Discussing brooder design, ventilation, drafts, bedding, feed, brooding with brooder guard or whole house brooding, supplemental feeders and waters and feeder and waterer types. Basic health issues and behaviors to watch out for such as delivery stress, grouping/piling, panting, early starve-outs (3-5 days of age), late starve outs (10+ days of age) and how to correct or prevent it with management or supplements. Stressing the importance of sitting on the ground to watch how they are behaving to see where you can make tweaks that make a difference in livability and weight gain.

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Humane Farming, cows, sheep, goats Harry Rhodes Humane Farming, cows, sheep, goats Harry Rhodes

First Aid Fundamentals for Livestock: Caring for Goats, Sheep and Cows

February 4, 2025 @3pmET

Farm life is unpredictable, and emergencies with your livestock can happen at any time. Join us for this essential webinar on "First Aid Fundamentals for Livestock: Caring for Goats, Sheep and Cows", where we'll provide practical, hands-on knowledge to help you care for goats, sheep, and cows in critical situations.

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Humane Farming, goats Harry Rhodes Humane Farming, goats Harry Rhodes

Commercial Targeted Grazing with Goats 101

January 28, 2025 @3pmET

Want to get more revenue from the goats you produce and deliver a valuable service to the world at the same time? A targeted goat grazing business could be just the ticket...but be sure to go into it with your eyes wide open. Commercial targeted grazing requires an additional knowledge base and skill set, and it comes with its own unique challenges and risks. But, when approached with a professional mindset it can be the perfect profitable complement to a goat farm. Join Aaron Steele, founder of Goats On The Go®, to learn the basics of the business, including an honest discussion of all of its potential pleasures and pitfalls.

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Farmer Health, Humane Farming Harry Rhodes Farmer Health, Humane Farming Harry Rhodes

Climate Loss and Grief: Building Understanding & Resilience

October 15 , 2024

Many people are suffering from emotional consequences associated with anticipated or actual environmental changes and reacting with despair, grief, or uncertainty. Farmers, ranchers, and food producers have uniquely intimate relationships to places and landscapes, and as a result, are especially vulnerable to climate-related losses and grief.

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