Today we celebrate National AG Day! As a farmer I celebrate all my fellow farmers who help to produce the safest and most affordable food in the world. I am truly proud of producing a nutritious product for my neighborhood, state and world. Farming goes beyond just a job though, and I choose this lifestyle […]
#ILookLikeAFarmer
Today for International Women’s Day I joined the Female Farmer Project in their #ILookLikeAFarmer campaign. It’s a movement to show the world what a large role women in agriculture play. And to show the world what a farmer looks like, beyond the stereotypical old man in flannel that comes to mind first. Because women are […]
Happy Presidents Day
Happy Presidents Day! A day that is worth celebrating and remembering those that have led our country. This day often brings me back to our Founding Fathers. So many of our early leaders had such close ties to agriculture. George Washington not only said “I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of […]
Classification – Jan 2016
Last week we classified our herd for the American Guernsey Association. It’s an important and long day looking at every cow in our herd. Classification scores are an objective collection of information on the type characteristics that are important to the success of a dairy cow. Type, is the “beauty” side of the cow, what […]
2015 Year End Review: Farm
I started writing this yesterday, and well today we end 2015 on a very low note. We laid to rest our all time favorite cow today; Abiqua Acres Prestige Jesusita. I don’t really have more words than that right now, she definitely deserves a proper tribute. I’m just glad the sun is shining today, as […]
Five Years of Blogging
Five years ago today, I sat down and wrote my first blog post. 140 total blog posts later and a presence on every social media, I can honestly say this whole idea has been an awesome ride. This platform has been so much fun to give a voice to the passion and dedication I truly […]
A Good Day
Sometimes, every once in a blue moon a perfectly ordinary day, is a good day. Nothing spectacular happened, nothing that was earth shattering good news, it just was. And in that just being, there was total peace and happiness for me. Add in a gorgeous sunset to end a beautiful Fall day in Oregon and […]
Choosing Robotics for our Dairy Farm
I’ve mentioned before that our farm is in the process of transitioning to robotics. For the past year we have been taking the time to plan and really dig into all the numerous decisions that go along with making this change. Building a new facility requires a lot of thought and we are glad we […]
Happy Cow Appreciation Day
There had been some discussion on exactly which day was cow appreciation day. The same talk was still circulating this year, so it’s time we set the record straight. Guess what? It’s EVERYDAY! That’s right, every day we appreciate and care for our hard working Ladies that produce nutritious milk. Without milk there would be […]
FarmHer Dilemma #1
You know you’ve had a “good” week when you end up doing the laundry earlier than normal. I usually do laundry on Sunday. It’s our down day and we just do the minimum amount of work required so we usually don’t end of going through too many changes of clothes. This week by today, Friday, […]
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