Rustic Back Acres

05/25/2026

Today we honor and remember the brave men and women who gave everything for our freedom.
From our farm to your family, thank you will never be enough. 🇺🇸

05/22/2026

05/06/2026

MASTITIS IN DAIRY GOATS WEBINAR

Rileigh Powers, UTIA Graduate Research Assistant, will be presenting on mastitis and milk quality management in all dairy species, on May 13, 2026, from 12pm to 1pm ET. A recording will be made available after the meeting. This meeting will count toward Master Dairy Credit for 2026. If you have not done so and would like to attend, please register for FREE at tiny.utk.edu/WW26Registration to receive meetings links and additional information.

04/22/2026

Ariel was having a perfectly productive grazing session until she noticed me. At that point, the grazing was over and the visiting began.

04/21/2026

04/10/2026

She’s not wrong technically.

04/09/2026

Frank is a Great Pyrenees whose job is to protect the herd. Frank would like to speak to a manager about his work-life balance.

04/09/2026

If you’ve followed along here, you’ve heard me mention this before, but I finally have video of both of them doing it the same evening.
Every night when I walk back from the barn, Clyde walks with me until we hit a certain point on the drive. Then he stops. And Bonnie picks up right where he left off and walks me the rest of the way home.
No training. No coordination I’ve ever witnessed. They just divided the territory and decided I was part of what needed protecting.

04/07/2026

Barn security has been notified.