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Thank You Farmers Video
I while back I wrote a blog about “thanking” other farmers. Well, I did “thank” my Farmer in it too. Remember though, he doesn’t want to be “thanked”. He just wants to be “appreciated”. If you missed it you can read it here. I wrote about how this Covid 19 pandemic has made me think about things I have taken for granted….probably all my life. And honestly, I hope that through this crazy time, everyone takes a moment to stop and think about what they have and be grateful for it. A lot of “thanking” has been going on lately. From thanking the nurses and doctors on the front lines,…
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A must read…The Man Who Fed The World.
This is my first book review or actually a book recommendation. I guess I did recommend a children’s book in my Arf blog, but I didn’t really do a review. So here we go, my review of The Man Who Fed The World. My view of this book is…….everyone should read it. Period. Yes, it is about agriculture. It is about history in agriculture. I firmly believe that in order to know why we are were we are at, and how we got to were we are at, you need to look at history. This book did that for me. This book is more about the context then the actual…
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Remembering the Night I Saved a Cow and her Calf
There is a point, as it is melting in the fields, that the snow becomes soft enough that the cows can walk through but we can not drive our ATVs through it. Cows have a tendency to walk as far away as possible to calve. When you put the two together, it can turn into trouble. When this happened last week, we drove the tractor out and rescued the cow and her calf. As we were doing this, I was reminded of a story from 2 years ago. I shared the story then on my old blog site. I figured I might as well share it again on this blog…
