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Greg Galbraith For Agri-View
May 27, 2023
May 27, 2023

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Greg Galbraith prepares to breed a cow in days gone by.

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Greg Galbraith For Agri-View

Time will tell just who fell, and who’s been left behind – Bob Dylan

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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.