June dairy month: celebrating the paths less taken
Farm News June brings heat. June brings lush abundance. June rains bring tall pastures. June is dairy month-an industry campaign to keep...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jun 65 min read
judgement day
Farm News This week, we shipped off several cheeses for the annual American Cheese Society (ACS) judging and competition. Over the...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 305 min read
Shoulders down and the dairy dance of June
Farm News In the waning days of May, there's a distinct shift from the chaos of kidding season to the well-worn routines of milking and...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 235 min read
making fences and mending fences
Farm News The farm was spared the epic dust storm and severe thunderstorms that crossed our region earlier this week. Large sections of...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 165 min read
Trying to make hay
Farm News The rains come every other day. The temperatures hover in the temperate range, perfect for growing grasses and alfalfa. The...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 96 min read
In celebration of american cheese
Farm News The American Cheese Society has anointed May as "American Cheese Month." American cheese connotes many things; in the not too...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 24 min read
It's a wrap on kidding season and start of farmers' market season
Farm News Our last pregnant doe kidded yesterday morning, on cue with no fanfare, delivering a healthy set of twins. So ends kidding...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Apr 254 min read
Beyond farming: earth day reflections
Farm News In this age of monumental weather fluctuations due to climate change and species diversity losses from habitat alterations,...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Apr 183 min read
Orchard in bloom and the return of the purple martins
Farm News From a distance, the orchard canopy is a study in pointillist white, pink and green. Close up, the apple and cherry trees are...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Apr 113 min read
The 97% experience with goats
Farm News The sun was shining brightly on Monday as the moon began its coverage toward totality. We opted to stay put on the farm,...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Apr 43 min read
Moonglo eclipse of the sun
Farm News Champaign Illinois will be in the 97% zone of totality for next Monday's solar eclipse. The region is a buzz with excitement,...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Mar 293 min read
Measure for measure
Farm News With nearly half the herd kidded, we initiated our monthly milk testing program--DHI (Dairy Herd Improvement) this week. We...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Mar 213 min read
Tales from the cheese vat
Farm News After so many years of milking goats and making cheese, you would think that the routines and quotidian rituals of a seasonal...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Mar 143 min read
Auspicious Ides of March
Farm News We have reached the "ides" or middle of the month. We are in the midst of our version of "march madness," with close to half of...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Mar 72 min read
Baby boom brings chevre
Farm News From one kid to 80 in the span of a week, and nearly 40 does freshened, meteoric best describes the start of the 2024 kidding...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Feb 292 min read
Stormy weather brings kids
Farm News Balmy February afternoons, sun-drenched orange skies. Confused crocuses open their purple pedals atop last fall's dead leaves....
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Feb 152 min read
Passing of the torch
After nearly 20 years of launching our little farmstead & artisan creamery on the prairie, we are excited to announce that the farm,...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Dec 28, 20232 min read
Mud, snow and the new year
Farm News Dateline christmas eve: sunny and warm, goats grazing in the pasture as if it was september. Fast forward a few days,...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Dec 21, 20235 min read
A winter solstice of mixed emotions
Farm News On this shortest day of the year, the finality of the season is upon us. The breeding bucks have moved back to their bachelor...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Dec 14, 20234 min read
Warm December, Farm Work and Happy Holidays
It is hard not savor these warm sunny days of mid December. Goats lounging in the dry lot as they wait for their barn to be cleaned,...
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