In yesterday's blog post, I shared several photos from my visit to a tobacco farm in Tennessee. Today I invited David Hayden (@DavidHayden7) to share more about tobacco farming and the tobacco harvest process. He grew up working with tobacco in Kentucky and studied the crop in college. Fire cured tobacco barn in Kentucky Tobacco … Continue reading What does tobacco farming look like? Ask A Farmer
Farm Photos of Tennessee Tobacco fields
Have I mentioned that tobacco is a new crop to me since moving to Tennessee? Pretty sure I was one of the "new" folks wondering why that barn was smoking! In Tennessee, tobacco is still a big crop. Both burley and dark fire are grown across North Central and Eastern parts of the state. Touring … Continue reading Farm Photos of Tennessee Tobacco fields
Family and Farming will persist through the Arkansas drought
A special Thank You to @Urban Magazine from Fort Smith, Arkansas for featuring my story and insight on this year's drought and its impact on the farming community. Be sure to check out the original story and leave a comment on the @Urban Magazine website. Ryan Goodman is tracking the extreme drought from his home … Continue reading Family and Farming will persist through the Arkansas drought
The Life of a Beef Cow | Heifer vs Cow
One of the more common questions have about the life of a beef cow has been, what is the difference between a cow and a heifer. A heifer has not given birth to offspring. A cow has given birth once or more. To be more specific, we can break it down into more technical terms. … Continue reading The Life of a Beef Cow | Heifer vs Cow
What will you do when HSUS shows up next door?
Thursday morning while checking my messages, a news release from The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS, not to be confused with your local animal shelter) showed up in my Facebook timeline. Their latest move in an escapade to change the face of livestock farms includes Tennessee-based Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. The press … Continue reading What will you do when HSUS shows up next door?
Road Trip Turns Into Agriculture Education
I'm not sure about you, but to me 'normal' Agriculture is what I grew up around. In Arkansas we have fishing and chickens. There's rice fields and soybeans. We have timber harvest and small herds of cattle. That's just what I'm familiar with. But after finishing high school I took the opportunity to explore other … Continue reading Road Trip Turns Into Agriculture Education
Becoming A Hockey Fan
Normally when discussing hockey on the ranch, we're talking more about what comes from the business end of a cow, but Monday I told ya a bit about Saturday's Nashville Predators match-up with the St Louis Blues. The game was awesome and meanwhile, I am catching on to this whole hockey fan thing. I know … Continue reading Becoming A Hockey Fan
Visit from a Non-Farmer for a Day
How would I work differently if a non-farmer/rancher followed me around on the farm for a day? Well, my first impulse is to say I would not do anything differently, but every time someone visits the house I make sure the house is picked up, the dishes are done, and the dirty clothes are stashed … Continue reading Visit from a Non-Farmer for a Day
Hockey and Farming?
Saturday I had the awesome opportunity to attend my first every ice hockey game. My uncle came over to Nashville for the weekend and we went to the Nashville Predators game against the Montreal Canadiens. We had seats four rows up from the glass pretty close to the net. I compared it to a basketball … Continue reading Hockey and Farming?
Dairy Farming Requires Passion
To change things up a little bit, today I host a guest post from a graduate student, dairy farm kid, and agriculture advocate from Minnesota. Farming and ranching in general, require much patience, passion, and hard work. Once ya grow up on a farm, it's impossible to leave those experiences behind. Even though so many … Continue reading Dairy Farming Requires Passion