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Category Archives: weather
Wildfires Stir Emotion in the Flyover States
“The flyover states, nothing exciting ever happens there. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to live down there.” This statement came from a fellow passenger as I was flying from California to Missouri a while back. I simply smiled and told the lady I … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, America's Heartland, family, livestock care, Uncategorized, weather
Tagged #COwildfires, #flyover, #flyoverstate, #KSWildfires, #OKwildfires, #prayer, #strong, #TXwildfires, #wildfires, cattle, cow, farmer, farmers, Missouri, pigs, rancher, ranchers, tornado
13 Comments
It’s Been a LONG Time!
It’s been over a year since I have blogged and I feel a little guilty. A lot has happened on our farm over the last year. Our beans didn’t get planted last year due to the extreme amounts of rain. That was depressing! … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, family, livestock care, Uncategorized, weather
Tagged agriculture, animal care, cattle, cows, family, farm, food, football, hogs, kids, livestock, mom, pigs, softball, weather
6 Comments
The Joy of Winter on the Farm
I love living on our farm and I’m glad my kids get to experience farm life. The older they get the more they realize winter isn’t as much fun as it used to be. Winters are normally long on the farm, … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, family, livestock care, weather
Tagged #realpigfarming, cattle, farm, foodd, hogs, joy, kids, snow, spring, weather, winter
7 Comments
The Wish of a Farmer
Many times I get asked what it’s like to live on a farm. Sometimes it’s difficult to explain to others what it’s like, it’s hard to describe in words what is in my heart when it comes to farming. I don’t feel like I can adequately describe … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, family, food, livestock care, weather
Tagged agchat, agricuture, family, farm life, farmer's final wish, foodd, livestock, retire, tornado, tractors, weather
5 Comments
Time to Ditch the Water Rule
My husband, Kevin, and I farm with his parents and brother. We are the 5th generation of farmers in our family and we raise hogs, cattle, corn, soybeans, and rye. We are also raising our children on our farm and … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, food, government, weather
Tagged #ditchtherule, agriculture, Clean Water Act, Congress, CWA, ditches, EPA, farmers, navigable, proposed water rules, ranchers
11 Comments
I’m Sorry We Don’t Have a Normal Life
Every once in a while Kevin will tell me, “I’m sorry we don’t have a normal family life.” I always smile when he says that because I don’t think anyone has a ‘normal’ family life. On days like today our … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, family, livestock care, weather
Tagged agriculture, chore truck, cold, family, farm, foodd, heat, hogs, humid, Michelin Man, snow, weather
9 Comments
It’s August and school is just around the corner. I can’t believe how fast the summer has gone by. Many families are trying to squeeze in one last summer trip before school starts. For our family, we were not able … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, family, livestock care, weather
Tagged boat, calf, camping, cow, family, farm, fishing, fun in the sun, lemonade, lemons, oar, school, summer, summer vacation, vacations
6 Comments
Still Feeling the Impacts of the 2012 Drought
The drought of 2012 may be over but the impact from the drought is still being felt on our farm every day. A lot of last year’s corn crop had aflatoxin in it. As a result, we have to test … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, education, food, weather
Tagged #drought12, #plant13, aflatoxin, corn, farm, test
2 Comments
When It Rains, It Pours!
We finished planting our corn on Saturday, May 25th around 2:00 a.m. Later that day the rain set in and it rained over seven inches last week on our farm. And on top of that, the temperature dropped to the … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, family, weather
Tagged #plant13, agchat, agriculture, cool, corn, crops, flood, foodd, Rain, Soybeans, temperature, weather
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Finally Planting Corn on May 21st!
It’s been a busy and stressful month for us. We have had a lot of rain, 3 1/2 inches to be exact. Last week we were finally able to get in our fields to work the ground. The weeds took … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, family, weather
Tagged #plant13, agchat, agriculture, computer, corn, feed, food, foodd, IT Department, kids, planting, Rain, sports, weather
7 Comments
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