FARM HAPPENINGS Wow - how about this crummy weather the last few weeks! The cold, wet spring has really slowed down the grass growth...

FARM HAPPENINGS Sorry its been a few months since my last post. Things got a little crazy around Christmas and haven't settled down...

FARM HAPPENINGS With the craziness of Thanksgiving turkey daze behind us we can now look forward to the less hectic days of winter. For...

FARM HAPPENINGS We are entering the home stretch of our busiest few weeks of the year, with our last batch of Thanksgiving turkeys...

FARM HAPPENINGS Fall weather has finally arrived and we are happy to have it. Ample sunshine and cool nights combined with recent rains...

FARM NON-HAPPENINGS Last weekend Anna and I headed out for the hills of central Missouri to enjoy a few days off to celebrate her...

FARM HAPPENINGS We've had a lot going on the past two weeks, some events planned and some unplanned. On the planned side, we welcomed...

FARM HAPPENINGS We had a lot going on last week and unfortunately I was not able to get a newsletter out. First I will mention the good...

FARM HAPPENINGS As noted in last weeks update, our daily chore schedule is a little less demanding now with no baby chicks or turkey...

FARM HAPPENINGS For the first time since late March, the brooder house on the farm is empty, as we moved the last batch of Thanksgiving...

FARM HAPPENINGS Another hectic week culminated with an overnight trip down to Colfax, Indiana on Sunday night to deliver 16 fat beef to...

FARM HAPPENINGS Whew...last week was a challenging one for me with processing dates for beef, hogs, chickens, AND turkeys all requiring...

FARM HAPPENINGS All of us at the farm are happy to put the past week long string of hot, humid days behind us. Not only does it make...

FARM HAPPENINGS It has long been my goal to get out a weekly or at least bi-weekly newsletter, as many of the farm visitors have...

FARM HAPPENINGS Since my June newsletter, we have been fortunate to receive some timely rains over the last few weeks to green up our...

FARM HAPPENINGS As I am writing this newsletter my fingers are crossed for a heavy rain tonight. We are in the midst of a severe drought...

FARM HAPPENINGS It's been a very busy spring as usual on the farm, and with all we had going on I missed getting the April newsletter...

FARM HAPPENINGS Spring has finally arrived and we welcome the warm sunny days coming our way. With spring we are preparing for the...

FARM HAPPENINGS We survived the two week long deep freeze of '21 and are enjoying the warm sunny days of the last week. Of course with...

FARM HAPPENINGS We are excited to put 2020 behind us and look forward to a new, hopefully more normal year in 2021. As a livestock farm...