Farming

"I bring up this legacy moment at Christmas"

Proverb 14:23: says, "If you work hard at what you do, great abundance will come to you".

Hopefully if I write about drought it will rain, like me mowing hay, and seemingly out of nowhere there’s a pop-up shower.  I would welcome that right now!  Even though the U.S. Drought Monitor has indicated that many parts of the Northeast are in a “Severe Drought”, it doesn’t adequately describe a farmer’s anxiety on …

"these 3 gentlemen who have come into my life recently through fate and connection and the desire to help others through stories, feelings and the grit to share."

“You’ll be able to move the fence and the cows from your beach chair”

"don’t let the challenges of bale grazing in the east region scare you from using this winter-feeding technique"

“Connection” Greetings from the East, I’m Troy Bishopp, Central NY grass farmer of 40 years, Pop Pop to my grandchildren, husband to an understanding wife and the original “Grass Whisperer”, who needed a moniker to open up doors in Washington, D.C. I practice the art of “Linger Grazing” where we observe the little things and …

I rather enjoy the yearly bluebird box monitoring and cleanout since it signals the greening of my favorite crop.