When the Farm first began it served as a way to support the school at Henderson Settlement. It provided food for the students who lived at the school and by working on the farm they were able to earn their room and board. Today the children go to the county school adjacent to the Settlement.
Beef Cattle: The Settlement has been raising beef cattle for several years. It maintains a year-round herd of cattle. Some of the calves and cattle are sold in order to help support the ministries of the Farm.
Beef Cattle: The Settlement has been raising beef cattle for several years. It maintains a year-round herd of cattle. Some of the calves and cattle are sold in order to help support the ministries of the Farm.
Phase 2 of Farm Recovery Plan in Partnership with USDA
(Excerpt from Fall Hollers 2020)
In September, we signed the contracts to extend the USDA-funded rotational grazing infrastructure into our pastures located near our main campus. We have previously completed all elements of this program (excluding the remaining installation of two feeding pads) on our Lower Farm pastures between June 2018 and January 2020. The scope of this new contract work includes boundary and cross fence installation, creation of watering locations at the appropriate points, and seeding, fertilizing and soil conditioning, where this is required. The contrast between our Lower Farm and Main Campus pastures is now quite dramatic, with the Lower Farm property beginning to blossom. We are committed to making the transition to improved grazing management processes in order to increase cow-calf production outcomes as measured by dollars of profit per acre. We have a long way to go, but progress to-date has been quite encouraging. We also have reason to believe that we can be successful, as a local farmer’s operation we recently toured, who implemented these practices about 6 years earlier than us, has proven to be quite successful, with greatly improved productivity and profitability.
(Excerpt from Fall Hollers 2020)
In September, we signed the contracts to extend the USDA-funded rotational grazing infrastructure into our pastures located near our main campus. We have previously completed all elements of this program (excluding the remaining installation of two feeding pads) on our Lower Farm pastures between June 2018 and January 2020. The scope of this new contract work includes boundary and cross fence installation, creation of watering locations at the appropriate points, and seeding, fertilizing and soil conditioning, where this is required. The contrast between our Lower Farm and Main Campus pastures is now quite dramatic, with the Lower Farm property beginning to blossom. We are committed to making the transition to improved grazing management processes in order to increase cow-calf production outcomes as measured by dollars of profit per acre. We have a long way to go, but progress to-date has been quite encouraging. We also have reason to believe that we can be successful, as a local farmer’s operation we recently toured, who implemented these practices about 6 years earlier than us, has proven to be quite successful, with greatly improved productivity and profitability.
