Last week I spent a day helping out with Farm Tours. If you remember, Ag United and CommonGround here in South Dakota have been doing a few every summer.And, they just keep getting better and better.We started off the day visiting two confinement facilities. When I say confinement facilities I mean buildings where animals were housed.Benefits of housing animals inside a building:- Manure control- ... Read More about Farm Touring: Pork, Beef, and Dairy…Oh My!
Ag Advocacy Video Style
Advocacy comes in all different styles, and can be about all different topics. Agvocacy is something new in the agricultural industry. Not new like, just came out yesterday new, but new as in becoming more common and also more accepted across the industry as a whole. You can tell your story through photos. Like Keeping It Real: Through the Lens of a Farm Girl Telling your story on the radio. ... Read More about Ag Advocacy Video Style
Mommy Mondays: Tractors, Big and Small
I find that the last few days in South Dakota have been rain free...which finally means some time to play in the outdoors.I think the last few weeks have been such a tease. That and always having to time exactly when you are going to mow your grass. You have to plan to be home so you can get to it right in between rain showers. And with a yard as big as ours...you definitely have to plan ... Read More about Mommy Mondays: Tractors, Big and Small
Calving Season 2013
This about 2 months overdue, but I still wanted to share because it can give you a pretty good idea of what calving season can look like. And since our calving season is pretty much complete (minus a few stragglers) it seemed a good post to end the season.The last few weeks the days have gotten longer, the weather warmer, and lots of baby calves.A few weeks ago my husband also went on a business ... Read More about Calving Season 2013
Wordless Wednesday: Chopping Hay Silage
While I was at the conference last week my hubby and his brothers spent a day chopping hay silage. Hay silage is harvested the same way as our corn silage- with the chopper. What is corn silage you ask? For more info go here, it is a post from a few years ago that will give you a quick run down.Basically the hay is cut and is lying on the ground. The chopper picks it up, chops it into tiny ... Read More about Wordless Wednesday: Chopping Hay Silage