Lost Nation Farm

27/05/2022

27/05/2022

19/01/2022

If you're looking for a well-bred, healthy milk cow, hurry over to our friends' herd dispersal 😭🥺😢, which just started at noon! https://kaauction.com/auctions/12589-Easterday-Dairy-Farm-Milking-Herd-%26-Bred-Heifer-Dispersal?page=1&search=&sort=&lotsTotal=211&pageSize=25&playSoundEnabled=true&fbclid=IwAR38_Bu5wyUjmI3xI-V13NeP64Nk_w1DDgG8HfqsfyCGE28FxX-5LyiGjiY

To view any of the cattle prior to the sale or with any questions, please give any member of the team or the owners a call Bidding does not open until 12 PM ET on January 19, 2022 and will begin Closing at 1:00 PM ET. However you can browse the lots at any time or use the pre-bidding option. PRE-Bid...

03/03/2021

06/01/2021

We have an overabundance of pigs & an underabundance of freezer space. The market is stagnant right now b/c the processors are all jam-packed, booked out for at least a year. Please message directly if you'd be interested in 1 or 2 very reasonable American Guinea Hog gilts or barrows. I will consider another AGH or small heritage type/cross or IPP-type boar to take in trade. Thanks! :)

09/12/2020

https://www.facebook.com/plantsforhorses/posts/1755603727938405

Please don't over rug this winter, your 'Good Doer' will thrive on surviving.

A ‘good doer’ is a pony or horse that can survive on fresh air, he is a survival expert, but with our modern management are we providing our good doers with a healthy environment or are we predisposing them to metabolic dysfunction? Good doers possess alternative energy systems to help them survive in harsh environments, every now and again they need a harsh environment to re-establish or balance energy metabolism.
What is a harsh environment? We may not like to see horses in a field, without a rug, with a hairy coat, very little grass and only low grade hay/straw to eat, but is this better for the native pony good doer than to have a life time of EMS leading to laminitis?

‘Cresty’ necks are unsightly lumps of fat found on the neck of an overweight or obese horse and there is a growing awareness amongst vets and horse owners that having a ‘cresty neck’ predisposes it to laminitis.
Some breeds are more prone to having a ‘cresty’ neck than others, native breeds such as the Welsh, Connemaras, Highlands and Shetland ponies are among the more susceptible as they require less food with lower sugar/starch than many of the other breeds, they also have a natural leaning towards insulin resistance because they have evolved from an environment where food supplies are often scarce and available nutrients change from season to season. Susceptible ponies (and cross breeds) are called ‘good doers’ and they possess an insulin resistant genotype as a survival mechanism which makes them more likely to develop insulin resistance, a good thing as it helps them to survive their native harsh mountain/moorland environment. These ponies naturally have a higher level of insulin secretion and a slower glucose disposal rate which is a positive adaptation for sparse food rations.
During the harsh winter conditions when glucose is unavailable or scarce the ‘good doer’ will switch to an alternative energy system to ensure survival and as the available food changes from grass to shrubs/herbage such as gorse, tree bark and marsh grass the metabolism will also switch to a more conservative system of energy use and storage which prevents any ingested glucose from entering the muscle and adipose tissue. Deprived of glucose the tissues then start to use another energy supply (lipids/triglycerides) allowing the dwindling but precious sources of glucose to support vital organs. ‘Good doers’ have lower insulin sensitivity and higher insulin secretion plus high circulating levels of triglycerides. This tendency towards insulin resistance is a natural efficient adaptation which also involves the ‘pay it forward’ insulin system which exists in the gut.
The problems start when the ‘good doer’ clashes with the modern management system and change of environment, and switches to a diet containing too much sugar and starch from hard feed, high quality hay and grass (perennial rye) designed by modern farming methods as suitable for high milk yielding cattle, with no drop in the quality of nutrients through the winter months. ‘Good doers’ are more predisposed to laminitis but any horse receiving more calories than required for work will store the excess as adipose tissue and fat pads will soon appear as ‘cresty necks’, tail pads, shoulders, sheath etc and has the potential to develop endocrinopathic laminitis.

24/11/2020

https://www.facebook.com/tashatudorandfamily/photos/a.382319001611/10157246035766612/

A week of Gratitude and Thanks has come our way!

"The Tudor family makes Tasha's cranberry sauce each and every year, sometimes not just for holidays! It's tried and true and tradition. However, I couldn't resist sharing some of these flavorful "additions" that you might add to the basic recipe.

- Use half chopped rhubarb and half cranberries.
- Add 3/4 cup honey instead of 1 cup sugar, 2 tsp. grated fresh ginger and a cinnamon stick
- Add 1 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary while simmering and 1 tblsp. balsamic vinegar at the end.
- Use orange juice instead of water and add the grated zest of one orange.
Enjoy and from my family to yours, have a peaceful and thankful holiday."

As you head into the holiday, remember to take a moment and truly be thankful. What gifts of blessed beauty are within reach of grateful hearts...take hold of them.
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19/11/2020

UGH.
https://thecounter.org/climate-change-bringing-back-food-poisoning-mycotoxins-livestock-feed/

Fungal toxins known as mycotoxins, including some thought lost to history, are claiming new territory as the Earth warms.

14/11/2020

"No worries, it's safe!" https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/the-study-shows-fracking-linked-to-dysphagia-in-foals

Imagine being struck by lightning, not once, not twice, not three or four or even five times, but 17 times in three years. That’s essentially what happened on a Standardbred breeding farm in northeastern Pennsylvania from 2014 through 2016, when...

08/09/2020

One of our Shetland Sheepdog puppies being shown by his talented (& obviously of excellent taste ;) ;) ) owner.

06/09/2020

ROASTER PIGLETS AVAILABLE: 4 gilts, 1/2 AGH, 1/2 Large Heritage mix (Berk/GOS/Hamp) ready for finishing. $40/ea $140/all four

We also have some purebred young AGH available, barrows & gilts, ready to finish for the freezer, or use the gilts in a breeding program. Raised naturally on good hay & shell corn, kitchen/garden offal, weeds, etc.. $100/ea

20/08/2020

https://www.facebook.com/Road2professionaldj/videos/289635305634451/?t=1

03/08/2020

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Despite the headlines, people nationwide are working together with compassion, ingenuity, and solidarity to solve problems across the food system.

24/07/2020

Frieda, chillin' in the burdock cave.