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Lynn Grooms
Jan 17, 2021
Jan 17, 2021

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Chickens on pasture at Riemer Family Farm

Cornish Cross chickens feed under protective cover at Riemer Family Farm near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Jen and Bryce Riemer raise between 700 and 800 chickens during the summer season and between 400 and 500 chickens during the winter season.

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Cornish Rock chickens at Farm Sweet Farm

Cornish Rock chickens grow fast and can be processed in about eight weeks. Heather Flashinski of Farm Sweet Farm near Cadott, Wisconsin, began producing them because her customers prefer chicken with large breasts.

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Collage of pastured-poultry, housing at Bryant Family Farms

Turkeys are among the various birds that are part of the pastured-poultry program at Bryant Family Farms near Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

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Eight portable structures house chickens at Farm Sweet Farm. They're frequently moved to provide chickens fresh forage.

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Broad Breasted White turkeys forage on pasture at Riemer Family Farm.

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Pasturing poultry may provide beginning farmers an entry into farming, or established farmers an additional revenue stream. But it’s not without risks.

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Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.

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