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Tag Archives: animal care
Anxiety on the Farm & Jury Duty
When a livestock farmer is called for jury duty, anxiety sets in. This happened to my husband last night. Kevin came in from working at 9:30 p.m. and he found the letter requesting his presence at the county court house … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, family, food, government, livestock care, Uncategorized
Tagged agriculture, animal care, cancer, cancersucks, cattle, cows, dad, family, farm, farmers, feed, foodd, government, hogs, livestock, moms, Soybeans, work
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My Farm My Story
The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a new video series called “My Farm My Story” and our family farm was chosen to be one of the featured farms. I spent part of a day a few months back being interviewed and explaining how our farm works. It … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, education, family, food, livestock care, Uncategorized
Tagged agriculture, animal care, antibiotic, cattle, corn, family, farm, farmers, food, foodd, hogs, hormone-free, livestock, mom
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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
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Why Do Hog Farmers Keep Their Pigs Inside Barns?
This morning I stumbled across a letter to the editor that does an EXCELLENT job explaining what it is like to raise hogs outdoors. There are several farmers who still use this method of production and I know they are … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, family, food, livestock care, weather
Tagged animal care, bedding, blizzard, family, heat index, hogs, individual maternity pens, kids, pigs, snow, sow stalls, sows, straw, visitors
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National Agriculture Day Down on the Farm
Yesterday was National Agriculture Day, a day to celebrate agriculture in our country. On our farm, we spent the day caring for our livestock like we do every day on the farm. I began my day at a meeting that … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, education, family, FFA, livestock care, Uncategorized, weather
Tagged Agday, animal care, cattle, ffa, hogs, illness, meetings, National Agriculture Day, sick, strep throat
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The Drought of 2012 – What’s the Impact to Livestock Farmers?
This year has been very challenging for farmers and ranchers all over the United States. Our farm is no different than the majority of farms, we are very, very dry and in need of lots of rain. Kevin and I … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, family, food, livestock care, weather
Tagged #drought12, animal care, cattle, corn, Drought, farm, feed, food security, hogs, livestock, Rain, Soybean Meal, Soybeans, weather
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City Girl Meets Pig Farm
A few weeks back, a good friend of mine from St. Louis came to visit our farm for the first time. Not only was this her first trip to our farm, it was her first trip to any pig farm. … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, education, education, family, food, livestock care, nursery
Tagged A Colorful Adventure, animal care, city girl, farm, farm kid, handling, hog farm, hogs, legs, pig, pig farm, piglet, sow, stress
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The Challenges of Winter on the Farm
We had our first snow of the winter this week and with it came the normal scenes of winter. The snow blanketed the ground and all we could see was white. There were cars and trucks in the ditches, kids … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, weather
Tagged animal care, cattle, farm, hog, ice, livestock, snow, transportation, truck drivers, trucks, weather
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Fredbird Comes to the Farm
A few weeks back we had a special guest at our hog farm, it was FREDBIRD from the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team. The St. Louis Cardinals, and left-fielder, Matt Holliday, are teaming up with Missouri Farmer’s Care for their … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, education, education, family, food, livestock care
Tagged agriculture, animal care, family, farm, Fredbird, hogs, livestock care, St. Louis Cardinals
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