She's Raising Sheep: Minnesota Shepherd Janet McNally

Janet McNally is a seasoned shepherd from Hinckley, Minnesota, and a master of regenerative grazing in a landscape beset with challenges for livestock. She pasture-raises sheep and cattle amidst huge packs of wolves, hidden legions of deadly internal parasites, rank swards of grass, and deep-snow winters. It’s common knowledge that “grass-based livestock production won’t work here” but in this episode of Voices from the Field -- part of ATTRA's "She's Raising Sheep" series -- Janet tells NCAT’s Linda Poole how she’s turned adversity into a rip-roaring success for her land, livestock, and life.

ATTRA Resources:  

• Livestock and Pasture 
• She’s Raising Sheep. Janet McNally of Minnesota. Part 1
• She’s Raising Sheep: Indiana’s Denice Rackley 
• She’s Raising Sheep: New Zealand Shepherd Bev Towbridge 
• She’s Raising Sheep: Montana Shepherd Becky Weed 
• She’s Raising Sheep: California Shepherd Lani Estill 

Outside Resources:  

• Tamarack Lamb and Wool 
• Graze 
• Grassfed Exchange 2014 – Janet McNally  

Contact Linda Poole via email at [email protected]. 

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