It’s raining out tonight, a bit different for this time of the year. I remember so many times when New Year’s weekend was way below zero, way below. I don’t know what’s going to come of this weather, if it’ll turn to ice, or snow or what. A good time to stay home [...]
So the government has decided to put cloned animals in the food supply. Funny, you’d think if they were so great that the folks raising them up would get a super premium, eh. Think about it, shouldn’t they if they’re so special and great. So why in the world would they be [...]
Things are going well here in southern Minnesota. The weather has been mild and we still do not have snow cover. It would be nice to get some snow to protect the alfalfa when the inevitable sub-zero temperatures come - and actually we have had some below zero temperatures the first part of December. During [...]
A Christmas Eve evening out here on the old farm. Belly is stuffed with all sorts of foods. Even had some of our first smoked turkey and was it ever good! Also knowing how it was raised really adds to the taste! Been a good day, weather is still good. Got the chores done [...]
Saturday evening, I’m near shot, but done for the day. Less than three hours of sleep last night and Saturdays are what I call my double days, doing chores for a quick Sunday morning chore time. The weather is holding good, warm out for this time of year, days are beautiful and [...]
It’s snowing out as I write. That hasn’t happened all that often so far this season. Well, now all those folks that wanted a white Christmas around here might just get it! Not much, but it’s white. Christmas season doesn’t put much pressure on me, don’t worry about the rush to get gifts [...]
While at the Acres USA conference a couple of weeks ago, I was able to talk with Gearld Fry, who with Charles Walters wrote the book “Reproduction and Animal Healthâ€. When I sat down to talk with him, he was showing a couple of other farmers how to select dairy cows. He had a laptop [...]
In the last post Northern Farmer stated that “society seems to want to drive people away from peopleâ€. As far as I am concerned, our society wants to drive a wedge between farmers and the rest of society as well. This past Saturday, my oldest son and I went to visit a couple of farmers [...]
A good Sunday around here, chores got done without a hitch this morning and even got some afternoon chores done in the morning freeing up the day more than normal. Now, taking advantage of the situation we decided to go to a local supper club for a noon brunch today after church with [...]
I wrote this the other evening, it’s about our misadventures last weekend. But being the blog was fairly busy I didn’t want to put it in quite yet. I hope to post this weekend continuing on some of the stuff that came up this week on the blog. As most know, I do [...]