It’s been a while again since I’ve been on here but such is life in the fast lane, eh! It’s been warm here, in the seventies, sunny out. Translated from Minnesotan to English this means a sea of mud on the farm. Can’t hardly do anything except try to feed cattle in the [...]
My oldest son, Nathan, who is 18, is now in his second year at Polyface. Initially he went there when he was 17 years old with the idea that he would only be there for the normal one year apprenticeship program that Polyface offers. This first year has turned into a second year and , [...]
Well,
Yes it has been a long time since my last post… Been busy. However,
things are looking up now. I hope to have more time real soon to continue
blogging and discussing some of the interesting comments and conversations
I’ve been having ever since I proposed Authentic Agricultureâ„¢ as an
alternative to “organic”
Also, I’d like to [...]
Well, after a week off around here things might, just might get back to normal. Had me some computer problems starting last Sunday and it took till Friday evening to get things back in order. Really though it was a fairly peaceful week without the thing operating here. Didn’t mind it all to [...]
There has been plenty to do here lately. At my off-farm job, computer changes for the daylight savings consumed me for a number of days, resulting in me working through the night for a couple of nights. I had one 16 hour day that started at noon and went to 4am the next morning. With [...]
Looks like we have entered mud season. The temperature has stayed above freezing through the last couple of nights, which always melts lots of snow. The area that the cows are in is now quite muddy, although it is not as bad as it could be. Tonight I was reminded that the rubber boots I [...]
It is starting to feel like the calm before the onset of the spring work load. This past weekend was warm with lots of snow is melting. Saturday we decided to check our electric fence and get it turned back on. After checking the fence I took the following picture of my son with [...]
A Friday evening after one of the warmest and best days to come along in a while around these parts. There’s even water running here and there. And keeping farmer tradition I’m hoping it’ll freeze back down tonight so I can bring some bred heifers home early tomorrow morning from the [...]
Just came in a bit ago from cutting and splitting wood all afternoon and these bones are a bit tired. I was planning on posting all day and when I got in I just sat here wondering what could I possibly be in the mood to write about. You know how it [...]
On the internet I found an article about a corporation’s plans to grow genetically modified rice in Kansas. This rice has been genetically modified to contain human genes. The article is at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=440302&in_page_id=1770&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=NEWS&ct=5
The USDA has indicated that it will approve commercial production of this rice. The human genes are used to produce compounds found in [...]