Fort Causeway - Organic, Sustainable, Regenerative and Growing!
Soil and Pasture Management
- No chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.
- Excellent buffers between neighboring farms.
- Control of wind erosion.
- Managed soil fertility program with grazing and manure benefits.
- Mowing, manual weeding and managed grazing to control weeds.
Water and Water Use
- Irrigation Canal fed from the high flow of the Shoshone River which comes out of Yellowstone National Park.
- Year round spring water on the property.
- Farm irrigation is specific to our farm, not shared.
Animal Feed
- Feed is either grown on our farm or purchased locally.
- Feed is never genetically modified.
Inputs We Use
- Preventative measures used whenever possible.
- No anitbiotics or hormones are allowed or used.
- Hair sheep are naturally resistent to parasites and conventional wormers are rarely needed.
Animal Husbandry
- Adequate shelter is provided at all times.
- Heated barn for lambing or farrowing and treatment of ill or injured animals
- Livestock have access to pastures from shelter areas.
- Year round access to pastures, fresh air and sunlight.
- Non-invasive animal handling protocols and equipment.
Record Keeping and Identification
- Sick animals are treated, tagged and removed from the organic program.
- Careful records kept from birthing through life of animal.
Predator Protection
- Livestock Guard Dogs used for predator protection. Our farm could not operate without them!
- Fencing and cross fencing for increased protection from the outside.
- LGD chosen for no-kill predator control whenever possible
Transport and Processing
- Our livestock are born, raised and finished on the same farm for their entire lives.
Transport in a climate controlled trailer when necessary.- Humane, organic processor used within 2 hours to reduce transport stress.
Regenerative Agriculture
We enjoy sharing our knowledge and offer pasture upgrading or remediation services as part of our own Management Intensive Grazing program. If you have troublesome pastures, or land you would like to upgrade for hay ground, crop ground or livestock, please see our services page.
We open our farm to visitors and invite you to come and be part of our adventure!