As diesel prices skyrocket, a number of small farmers are turning — or rather returning — to animal labor to help with farming, trading tractors for oxen. http://nyti.ms/jXTmjh
"...setting out to prepare a pasture using a tool so old it seems almost revolutionary: a team of oxen."
"...they are cost effective only on small farms. They are also time intensive, performing well only when they can be worked every day, and becoming temperamental when neglected."
"“You still have to walk nine miles for every planted acre”"
"Since the dairy industry relies on keeping cows pregnant so they lactate, millions of baby bulls are born each year. A pair of calves start at $150... "
"“Even when it’s tough with them, it’s better than spending a day with a tractor,” he said."
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