Grey Barn Farm
Montgomery County, Ohio, and Bollinger County, Missouri
The Grey Barn Farm is a pasture-based family farm where livestock, land, and forage are managed as interconnected systems. Daily practices are shaped by careful observation of animal behavior, seasonal change, and landscape response, rather than fixed schedules or production targets. Livestock are maintained with ample space and stable social groupings, supporting calm movement, predictable routines, and the expression of species-typical behaviors such as grazing, browsing, rooting, flocking, and resting.
Land use emphasizes recovery and restraint. Stocking density, grazing pressure, and field access are adjusted in response to weather, forage growth, and soil conditions. Crop production exists primarily to support livestock needs, with forage and feed grown on-site and fields rotated or rested as needed to allow biological processes to reset.
Across species, breeding decisions emphasize temperament, sound structure, and adaptability to pasture-based systems. Grey Barn Farm is not organized around scale or maximization, but around continuity-maintaining a working landscape that remains stable and functional over time.