In a word, no. But let’s explain a bit. Bird flu – or the H5N1 strain of avian influenza – has been a devastating disease for poultry producers in the US for the past several years, and recently has infected some dairy cattle in six states (including South Dakota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, …
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Raising animals in a holistic way, one that promotes maximum health, means not having to use prophylactic antibiotics or other medications. It makes intuitive sense – a healthy, robust animal will be better able to fight off infections and diseases than one that is weak or stressed. This is why our cooperative prohibits the use …
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Did you know that October is National Pork Month? And, did you know that many of the member-owners of the Wisconsin Grass-fed Beef Cooperative also raise pastured pork on their Wisconsin family farms, just like this one pictured above, in Coon Valley, WI? Well… now you do! Like our beef, Wisconsin Meadows pasture-raised pork comes …