Cylon Rolling Acres

05/01/2026

Meet our resident bottle baby lambs. Brad and Carl. If you have siblings or have kids, you could see the dynamics in place...

04/25/2026

Morning farm chores:
- feed Brad and Carl the orphan lambs
- feed the mom/baby group pen
- check the pasture and walk in new mom and babies
- check out the most amazing sky and rainbow

Life is good.

03/11/2026

Farm chore walk along: today let's go fill the mineral feeder for our goats and sheep.

03/06/2026

While the new U.S. global tariffs announced recently does not impact some ag products it does affect Australian goat meat coming into the United States.

Since Australia supplies the majority goat meat consumed in the U.S., it raises some obvious questions about what this could mean for imports and for our domestic goat market.

I took a closer look at the situation and what these tariffs could realistically mean for goat meat imports and domestic goat prices.

You can read the full breakdown on my blog Grazing with Leslie:
https://grazingwithleslie.com/marketing-meat-goats/goat-meat-tariffs/

01/27/2026

Great to see Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (& the grazing goats stickers!!) at the GrassWorks, Inc. grazing conference

We were definitely fan-girling when goat grazing rock star Leslie Svacina of Cylon Rolling Acres stopped by our table at the GrassWorks, Inc. conference and picked up one of our new “Grazing is the Goat” stickers! If you aren’t following her yet, make sure to check out Leslie’s account for terrific grazing management and business content. We were truly amazed by the collected talent and experience at the conference.

10/12/2025

09/09/2025

If you're in the farming, ranching and agriculture community, you know the conversation of mental health and well-being has been at the forefront for many years now. Our lifestyle prides ourselves on self-sufficiency and hard work, but sometimes I can come at a cost we never anticipated. Greatly impacting how we feel in the day-to-day activity in our life on the farm or in the work that we do in agriculture.

It's often said that prevention can help in the long run. I'm not discounting the need for triage efforts because that is very critical. However there are things we can do in our day-to-day life that can make the highs and lows a lot more manageable.

One thing for me that has made a huge difference in my life personally and on the farm has been incorporating breathwork and meditative practices into my life. It may sound a bit out there, but there is research that shows that simple breathing exercises can make a big difference in resetting our nervous system and helping improve our mindset and outlook on life.

The last year has been a tough one for myself and my family with a loss of two parents and my own health issues let alone managing a farm and a family. It still has been incredibly challenging, but the use of breathwork in my weekly and daily life has made a huge impact in helping me navigate these challenges so much so that I wrote an article in the Rural Route magazine in hopes that if I can share these practices with other farmers and it can make a difference and even one other person's life that is a positive in my mind.

If you're interested in learning more about this topic in the article, I wrote check out my blog that's listed in in the comments below.

08/28/2025

Life lately on the farm...
- managing two remote grazing herds (of goats/sheep) in our hayfield and woods
- moving waterline & tanks, refilling minerals
- my new read/listen -> on processed foods. really interesting thus far
- future read -> history book on goats in America
- continuing to use our virtual fence system we've been piloting this season
- farmers market fresh flowers
- more fresh blueberry mini Dutch babies
- and home-grown kitchen sprouts 🌱

Just see the link in the comments if you want more info on the books, virtual fencing system, kitchen sprouts, or mini cast iron pans ☺️