A grass-based farmer is an ecologist. He is concerned with the whole world he is creating, the interplay of plants and animals, microorganisms and weather. He strives for a system that is balanced on its own, without any need for purchased inputs, able to tolerate extremes of rain and drought. The ultimate grass farm is the […]
Savings Bump: Boot the Hay Habit As appeared in DTN Progressive Farmer 3/26/2018 | 8:57 AM CDTReprinted with permission, copyright 2018, Progressive Farmer/Telvent DTN, LLC By Becky Mills, Contributing Editor If you want proof Keith Tuck’s rotational-grazing system works, take a look at his hay equipment. Oh, wait. It’s gone. He sold it in 2016. […]
00Leah Call/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shadehaven-mobile-shade-people-animals-grazing-logo-transparent-300x181.pngLeah Call2018-03-30 09:00:162025-10-13 08:15:38Shade Haven Customer In the News: Keith Tuck
Regardless of which side you are on in the climate change debate, there’s no denying that weather is becoming more and more unpredictable. Extreme rain, heat and drought in the Midwest and throughout the country present new challenges for farmers. Rotational grazing is a solution that can enhance a farm’s ability to withstand the effects […]
Ohio farmers transition from grain farming to year-round grazing Peter Kiko’s farm in Dalton, Ohio, consists of 190 acres of grasslands that sustain his herd of registered black Angus year-round. And while Kiko’s farm today is a chemical-free oasis surrounded by conventional dairy and grain farms, it wasn’t always that way. “Up until about six […]
00Leah Call/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shadehaven-mobile-shade-people-animals-grazing-logo-transparent-300x181.pngLeah Call2018-01-15 07:11:452025-10-13 07:34:38Kiko Family Farm Goes All Grass
Shade Haven mobile shade structures are featured in #3 on Gallagher’s list of “Top 10 Most Read Articles of 2017.” In the article titled, “Cattle Comfort Strategy Realized Using Rotational Grazing,” Wisconsin farmer Vince Hundt discusses his successful rotational grazing strategy. In the article, Hundt states, “If you want to be successful in grass-fed or grass-finished beef […]
00Leah Call/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shadehaven-mobile-shade-people-animals-grazing-logo-transparent-300x181.pngLeah Call2018-01-02 10:32:392025-08-28 07:16:03Shade Haven Featured in Top Ten Most Read Articles
Shade Haven is proud to introduce the SH600. It’s a smaller version of our SH1200 with the same functionality and durability as the larger unit. It’s a perfect fit for herds of less than 30 cattle as well as goats, sheep, chickens, alpacas and other livestock. Specifications: Span: 30 ft. Height: 9.5 ft. Shade Area: 600 sq. ft. […]
Eighty happy Jersey cows graze the pastures of Francis Thicke’s 730-acre Radiance Dairy organic farm in Fairfield, Iowa. The cows produce the key ingredient for the bottled milk, yogurt and cheese processed right on the farm and sold to nearby grocery stores and restaurants. Thicke practices rotational grazing in 60 paddocks. “We have three groups […]
Hidden Creek Farm in Delaplane, Virginia, is gaining a reputation as the place with the Shade Haven. Farm owner Andrea Young welcomes that connection. “For us, the Shade Haven is more than an investment, it aligns with our vision of innovation, quality products and quality of life for our animals. It’s cool, its innovative […]
If you look out across the 480 acres that make up Powell Farms in Limestone, Tennessee, you’ll likely spot at least one of the farm’s nine Shade Haven mobile shade structures, probably at the highest point in the pasture. “Anytime you have cattle, you need shade and you need fresh air,” notes farm owner Jim […]
“At the heart of rotational grazing is a replication of the way nature has formed an interaction between ruminants and plants – mainly grassland plants,” notes longtime Wisconsin beef farmer and rotational grazier Jim Munsch. Munsch likens managed grazing of modern day cattle to the movement of their predecessors, the buffalo on the Great […]
00Leah Call/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shadehaven-mobile-shade-people-animals-grazing-logo-transparent-300x181.pngLeah Call2017-08-18 15:34:232025-10-13 08:13:44Rules and Tools for Rotational Grazing
Shade Haven: Your Instant Savanna
/in Farm practices, Rotational grazingA grass-based farmer is an ecologist. He is concerned with the whole world he is creating, the interplay of plants and animals, microorganisms and weather. He strives for a system that is balanced on its own, without any need for purchased inputs, able to tolerate extremes of rain and drought. The ultimate grass farm is the […]
Shade Haven Customer In the News: Keith Tuck
/in News, Rotational grazing Savings Bump: Boot the Hay Habit As appeared in DTN Progressive Farmer 3/26/2018 | 8:57 AM CDTReprinted with permission, copyright 2018, Progressive Farmer/Telvent DTN, LLC By Becky Mills, Contributing Editor If you want proof Keith Tuck’s rotational-grazing system works, take a look at his hay equipment. Oh, wait. It’s gone. He sold it in 2016. […]
Weathering Climate Change Through Rotational Grazing
/in Farm practices, Rotational grazingRegardless of which side you are on in the climate change debate, there’s no denying that weather is becoming more and more unpredictable. Extreme rain, heat and drought in the Midwest and throughout the country present new challenges for farmers. Rotational grazing is a solution that can enhance a farm’s ability to withstand the effects […]
Kiko Family Farm Goes All Grass
/in Farm storiesOhio farmers transition from grain farming to year-round grazing Peter Kiko’s farm in Dalton, Ohio, consists of 190 acres of grasslands that sustain his herd of registered black Angus year-round. And while Kiko’s farm today is a chemical-free oasis surrounded by conventional dairy and grain farms, it wasn’t always that way. “Up until about six […]
Shade Haven Featured in Top Ten Most Read Articles
/in News, UncategorizedShade Haven mobile shade structures are featured in #3 on Gallagher’s list of “Top 10 Most Read Articles of 2017.” In the article titled, “Cattle Comfort Strategy Realized Using Rotational Grazing,” Wisconsin farmer Vince Hundt discusses his successful rotational grazing strategy. In the article, Hundt states, “If you want to be successful in grass-fed or grass-finished beef […]
Introducing the SH600
/in News, Product releaseShade Haven is proud to introduce the SH600. It’s a smaller version of our SH1200 with the same functionality and durability as the larger unit. It’s a perfect fit for herds of less than 30 cattle as well as goats, sheep, chickens, alpacas and other livestock. Specifications: Span: 30 ft. Height: 9.5 ft. Shade Area: 600 sq. ft. […]
Mobile Shade Builds Pasture Health in Iowa
/in Farm storiesEighty happy Jersey cows graze the pastures of Francis Thicke’s 730-acre Radiance Dairy organic farm in Fairfield, Iowa. The cows produce the key ingredient for the bottled milk, yogurt and cheese processed right on the farm and sold to nearby grocery stores and restaurants. Thicke practices rotational grazing in 60 paddocks. “We have three groups […]
A Perfect Fit
/in Farm storiesHidden Creek Farm in Delaplane, Virginia, is gaining a reputation as the place with the Shade Haven. Farm owner Andrea Young welcomes that connection. “For us, the Shade Haven is more than an investment, it aligns with our vision of innovation, quality products and quality of life for our animals. It’s cool, its innovative […]
Tennessee Farm Creates Cool, Clean Environment with Shade
/in Farm storiesIf you look out across the 480 acres that make up Powell Farms in Limestone, Tennessee, you’ll likely spot at least one of the farm’s nine Shade Haven mobile shade structures, probably at the highest point in the pasture. “Anytime you have cattle, you need shade and you need fresh air,” notes farm owner Jim […]
Rules and Tools for Rotational Grazing
/in Farm practices, Rotational grazing “At the heart of rotational grazing is a replication of the way nature has formed an interaction between ruminants and plants – mainly grassland plants,” notes longtime Wisconsin beef farmer and rotational grazier Jim Munsch. Munsch likens managed grazing of modern day cattle to the movement of their predecessors, the buffalo on the Great […]