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Greg Galbraith For Agri-View
May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024

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A Normande cow from Greg Galbraith’s former herd displays her specialized prehensile tongue, which allows her to wrap it around plants and tear them before pulling the forage into her mouth. It creates a special sound when an entire herd is actively grazing a fresh paddock of grass.

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Greg Galbraith For Agri-View

Enjoy the glory of May, friend.

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Greg Galbraith owned and operated for 30 years a grazing-based dairy farm in central Wisconsin, until selling it to another couple who continues to operate an organic grass-based dairy. He’s an agrarian writer who’s involved in projects promoting the environmental and social benefits of an agricultural landscape dedicated to the functional permanent cover that managed pasture provides.