Here’s a short write up I contributed to the local Conservation District newsletter this month. It’s just a brief overview of forage management in Arkansas but thought I would share anyways. Maybe it will give you an idea of production methods in our region. Post any questions you have in the comments and I’ll try to answer […]
Another Animal Rights (Mercy For Animals) group is at it again; releasing videos of animal cruelty on their labeled “factory farms.” This time it’s a swine farm in Iowa that supplies to groceries like Costco and Krogers. The most pig raising I’ve ever done is raising a few for freezer pork as a kid, but […]
It’s been an unsettled Summer so far. An entire month without rain has left our pastures looking a little brown. With daily temperatures in June just below the century mark cattle have been sticking close to the watering holes. The lack of moisture combined with all this heat and the grass just isn’t growing well […]
There are have been a few travels on the ranch this week. I had to find a backwoods tractor and equipment dealership on Saturday for some new brush hog blades. Well I ended on some roads where I wished I’d had my shot gun. This is a state highway and what it looked like for […]
The AgChat Foundation is hosting a photo contest. Winning photos will appear in a 2012 calendar and the top photo will receive a trip to the 2011 AgChat Foundation Conference in Nashville in August (The weekend of my birthday!) SO if you are on Facebook, do me a favor, log on, and vote for my […]
Some say it’s a Southern Icon, some have never heard of it. It’s only the best late night franchise dinner. Waffle House. If you haven’t eaten in one lately you are missing out. Obviously in this town of 300 we have lil more than a gas station, but I did have the chance to make […]
Not much of a Photo Friday this week. There’s been some long hours in the hay field and a bit of time on the brushhog as well. Unfortunately this has included plenty of time with breakdowns, being covered in grease. We’ve just 1 more field to cut to finish up the first round of hay […]
A crisis is looming: To feed our growing population, we’ll need to double food production. Yet crop yields aren’t increasing fast enough, and climate change and new diseases threaten the limited varieties we’ve come to depend on for food. Luckily we still have the seeds and breeds to ensure our future food supply—but we must […]
Do cattle still court like people did back in the day? Either way I found this couple off to themselves in the pasture this week. I turned bulls out with the cows back on May 3rd. Our breeding season is 75 days long, so come July 17th the bulls will be headed back to the […]
Hay season is well under way, and with any luck we should finish up with another week of cutting, raking, and baling. However, some rain is in the forecast this week so we’ll gladly take a break for the pastures to get some moisture. In the video above I walk ya through one of the […]
