From the Ranch

Stories from the farm, recipes, tips for cooking our products, and insights about sustainable agriculture.

First Lamb Harvest
Ranch Happenings

First Lamb Harvest

We just picked up our first processed lamb and boy, are we excited to offer this to our customers! We can report from our taste-test that this lamb is delicately flavored, tender and lean. If you've n...

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Come Farm With Us!
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Come Farm With Us!

Are you a regenerative farmer in search of a place to get serious about your farming business? Wild Type Ranch, LLC is looking to bring 1 or more farmers into our diversified regenerative operation i...

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Kiss the Ground! We got a Grant!
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Kiss the Ground! We got a Grant!

We are the lucky recipients of a Regenerative Transition grant from Kiss the Ground! Earlier this spring, we were notified that our new farm was one of 215 farms to receive funding from KTG to assist...

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First Animals Arrive!
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First Animals Arrive!

Wild Type Ranch is officially a livestock farm! We have our first batches of chicks in; 30 laying pullets arrived on the farm March 18 and 70 meat birds came in April 1 (no fooling). We’ll get another...

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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

The engine of time is revving as we travel parallel tracks; getting the new farm ready to launch in Wisconsin and wrapping up ranching operations in Texas. Starting a business is a nearly overwhelmin...

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Wild Type Ranch, Northern Edition Part 1: Starting with Why
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Wild Type Ranch, Northern Edition Part 1: Starting with Why

Moving an entire ranch from Texas to Wisconsin is a VERY BIG endeavor. Here's some of the Why's behind our move.

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Equine Adaptive Grazing-Implementation and Learnings
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Equine Adaptive Grazing-Implementation and Learnings

We're now three paddocks, two moves, 8 days and a hurricane into my equine adaptive grazing experiment. We are adaptively grazing the half of this pasture which is fartherst from the barn and water. ...

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Why Equine Adaptive Grazing?
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Why Equine Adaptive Grazing?

Ever since I first read about using adaptive grazing for horses, I've been itching to give it a try with my own small herd. After my 3-day Soil Health Academy class in Iowa last month, I decided to br...

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Home Sweet Farm
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Home Sweet Farm

Tears come unbidden. I find myself sobbing; the single word "home" resonating with each heartbeat. The land already has a hold on my soul.

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