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Tag Archives: pigs
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 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
Farming Differences – It’s OK to be Different!
In the last two weeks I have had a couple of my farming friends contact me about some issues in agriculture. The issues have been a little different but the overall theme was the same. I was reluctant to write … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, food, livestock care, Uncategorized
Tagged agchat, cattle, coexist, conventional farming, diversity, farm, food, foodd, hogs, hormone-free, niche farming, orgainc, pigs, pork
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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
6 Comments
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
15 Comments
Farming in a Blizzard, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!
We have really been hit hard with winter weather in the last 6 days. The first round of bad weather dumped around a foot of snow on our farm. We need the moisture but when it comes in the form … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, family, food, livestock care, weather
Tagged bad weather, blizzard, Blizzard of 2013, cold, cows, farm, farmer, livestock care, pigs, rancher, skid loader, snow, snow storm, the good the bad and the ugly, thunder snow, tractor, weather, wind, winter weather
9 Comments
Another Cold Day on the Farm
It’s winter time and it’s cold outside! This isn’t my favorite time of the year, I don’t like being cold. Farmers who care for livestock normally spend quite a bit of time in the cold weather. You might be saying, … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, education, food, livestock care, nursery, travel, Uncategorized, weather
Tagged clean, cold, dad, dirty, farm, food, germs, healthy, herd health, hogs, pigs, power washing, prevention, sanitize, trailer, water, weather, winter
2 Comments
Department of Labor Pulls the Proposed Child Labor Regulations
Tonight I received some news that made my day! The kids and I were taking care of our cattle when I glanced down at my phone because I had a message. I had to do a double take when I read the … Continue reading
Posted in agchat, agriculture, education, education, family, Farm Bureau, FFA, food, government
Tagged 4-H, AFBF, Child Labor, Congress, cows, dad, Denny Rehberg, Department of Labor, farm, Farm Bureau, ffa, heifer, Jerry Moran, kids, mom, pigs, Ranch, regulations, work
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