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south east Indiana | Yep that is what they are calling it - a flerd. A new name for herd animals and flock animals grazing together. Purdue writes a blog every week about sheep and goats and here is one of the recent articles. Just looked through the article quick but some might find it interesting. Hope the link works, if not I will try to post it differently
FLERDS: SHEEP AND CATTLE GRAZING TOGETHER FOR PREDATOR CONTROL AND PASTURE MANAGEMENT
Posted on October 16, 2014 by sheepngoats BY KATHY VOTH
Multi-species grazing isn’t just about diversifying your operation and making good use of your pastures. It can also be a way to protect small ruminants from predation!
FULL STORY
http://sheepngoats.wordpress.com/
this link should work
Edited by denice.r 10/18/2014 15:58
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A FLERD?? a flock + a herd = a flerd
