DECEMBER 2024 NEWS We’ve made it to the end of the year. Hopefully it was a good year for you personally and in farming. If it was not a good year for farming because of low sales or revenue, don’t forget what we are building at LivestockCity! We started LivestockCity because we felt there was a need for a platform that supports the farming community. Not just a single type of farm animal, Read more…
The purpose of Farm Spotlight Series is to share information about various livestock farms throughout the U.S. and Canada (and overseas eventually). These are usually farms that are also on LivestockCity, so you can search for them there. This is actually our very first Farm Spotlight — we hope you enjoy learning about Clover Brooke Farm. About 90 minutes north of bustling New York City, in Hyde Park, NY, you will find Clover Brooke Farm. Read more…
Summer is Over We hope you didn’t work too hard on the farm this summer and had time to do some fun things – go to the lake, the beach, mountains, fish, or do some traveling. The LivestockCity team had a productive summer working on some new features that we will reveal soon. We are still on track to meet our goals for 2024, which we think we will by the end of the Read more…
The Farm Spotlight Series Why are we doing this? We understand that everyone is competing for attention. Competition is everywhere, in every industry, and farming is no different. You want people to know about your farm, what you breed, what you do. You want followers. You want more customers too. We appreciate every single person that signed up on the LivestockCity platform, and we are so excited about it, that we want Read more…
MARCH 2024 NEWS Spring is on the horizon! That means warmer weather, sunny days to enjoy outside, and attending events. It also means babies are hitting the ground! It is time to prepare for spring/summer and moving from winterizing our barns to spring cleaning. For LivestockCity, we are still working behind the scenes to make us the best platform available for livestock owners. You may have signed up on our site, but have you really Read more…
January 2024 News Welcome to a new year! As we look forward to 2024, we have set the bar high for LivestockCity. 2023 was a great year for LivestockCity. We introduced new features such as Online Auctions, Realtime Messaging, and Farm Stores Marketplace. We made progress with our soon to be released mobile apps, and made countless other bug fixes and other enhancements to the site. We accomplished a lot in 2023, but in Read more…
National Herd Management Week In celebration of the relentless dedication of our farmers, we proudly present “National Herd Management Week.” Farm managers, who often wear multiple hats, juggling responsibilities as both owners and caretakers, play a pivotal role in the agricultural world. Their to-do lists include scheduling appointments, tending to sick animals, procuring supplies, feeding, grooming, maintenance, meticulous record-keeping, and more. These unsung heroes are the true engines that drive our farms. This week, we Read more…
LivestockCity is a new online platform that connects shoppers with national family-run farms, meaning, farmers are able to sell nationally (federal and state rules and regulations apply). It is a great way for farmers to sell their products directly to consumers, without having to go through a middleman. An ever increasing amount of consumers want to know where their food is coming from. With media talk of terms like “pink slime” in hamburger meat, Read more…
Do you have animals or farm equipment that you would like to sell? Our online auctions can be for animals or items (hay, farm equipment/vehicles, farm handheld tools, embryos, livestock semen, etc.). Fees There are no fees to start an auction. All animals/items that sell are subject to 10% commission per site user agreement. This includes animals/items that didn’t sell in the auction but sold soon after because they were discovered from the sale. Read more…
Farming is a lot of work and can be challenging at times. Besides the day-to-day chores that must be done, there is the business aspect as well. Farmers need to sell their livestock as well as keep them healthy. Farmers can greatly benefit from our online marketplace and herd management tools as well as online auctions for several reasons: Access to a larger customer base: An online marketplace provides farmers with a platform to reach Read more…