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Tag Archives: farmers
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
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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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The “Bump” in the Road
It’s been two years since we were able to plant soybeans on our farm. Last year it rained too much and we were never able to get in the fields to plant our beans. We were fortunate to get our … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, education, family, food, Uncategorized
Tagged agriculture, college tuition, deja vu, family, farm, farmers, food, foodd, graduation, kids, mom, parents, Rain, Soybeans, track, weather
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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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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
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The Food Knowledge Gap
This last week I heard someone talking about a recent hospital visit a family member had. A nurse, who was providing care for the person, told them they needed to eat only organic food because it was healthier. The nurse … Continue reading
Transparency in Food
Today I should have been in Chicago attending the Food Dialogues discussion regarding transparency in food. I wasn’t able to attend because we are still trying to plant beans on our farm and we have hay that is ready to … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, education, food, livestock care
Tagged agchat, farmers, food, Food Dialogues, foodd, GMO, hogs, pigs, ranchers, Transparency, U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, USFRA
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Not A Seed Planted
Today is the third day of May and all of our corn seed is still in the bag instead of being planted in the ground. Last year at this time we had most of our corn planted. My husband isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, food, weather
Tagged #planting13, corn, drought of 2012, equipment, farm life, farmers, flood of 2013, planting, Rain, soybean
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Life In a Rural Community
Last week our daughter had a big basketball game at her school against a neighboring town; it was the “Think Pink” game that is becoming an annual tradition for our school. FCCLA organized this event to raise money for breast … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, education, family, Uncategorized
Tagged agriculture, basketball, boy scouts, breast cancer, cattle, dad, dance, farm, farmers, hogs, mom, prayers, ranchers, tae-kown-do, think pink
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