In keeping with the theme of Authentic Agriculture, it seems a good time to share some background on how all this came about. Some of this is my own personal history, which some folks are aware of, but it should lend some clarity to the definition of “Authentic.â€
I was very well trained [...]
Looks like the next week should be cold, with predicted lows around zero until the weekend when they are predicting -10. Doing chores is now exhilarating, except for the extra clothes that make it harder to move fast. Looks like time to do some extra reading (and maybe start tax forms). For those of you [...]
Boy, the way it’s going around here on the old blog I’d bet I could quietly slip off into oblivion and nobody’s the wiser! Which is all right with me! Some good posting around here from all the authors, who’da ever thunk! This thing is working better than imagined! But just for [...]
Today is a somewhat raw day with the temperature in the teens and falling, with winds gusting to 26MPH. I think tonight will be a good night to take a nice hot sauna. Today I made a quick trip (my kids probably wouldn’t call it quick) to the feed mill to get a few items [...]
Here is a picture of the portable milking stanchion that Nathan described in an earlier post. Since this picture, he has modified it some, including the addition of a place to hold feed that the cows can eat as they are being milked. To completely finish the portable milking stanchion, he will need to add [...]
There has been quite a bit of interest in the Authentic Ag post of last week, so I thougth I’d share more on our view of agriculture. Thanks to all who have been emailing and discussing this. It’s great!! Please keep the comments coming, and feel free to share this with others. [...]
I am very spoiled. Let me explain what I mean by that. When I moved out to the Salatins they didn’t have a milk cow, they had had a couple cows years ago but that had fallen by the wayside as they became busy . I started getting milk from a friend of [...]
It looks like things are moving along just fine here on the old blog and that’s all right with me! Sunday evening and not much to tell weatherwise around here. We had a “huge†snowfall here of about a half an inch, they haven’t been getting much bigger than that this winter here. [...]
Do we really need another word to define agriculture? I think so. Folks, I don’t come at this easily. I am not normally one to wrangle about words, but we all must agree that the government has adulterated words like “organicâ€, and “naturalâ€, and they are working hard at “Grass-Fed.†Remember, [...]
During the last couple of years, a neighboring sheep farmer, usually through my children, has asked me to come to his farm to put down sick sheep. Typically I just assumed that the owner had hired help do everything and that I was just a convenient person to call on (even though I wasn’t getting [...]