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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…
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How to tell when a Cow is Calving…
How do you tell when a cow is calving OR maybe I should say in labor?This was always kind a of game or contest, between my Father-in-Law and my Farmer. Guessing which cow was going to calve next. Maybe I should clarify, it’s not really a game because it is important. When we know that a cow is in labor, we pay close attention to make sure she calves within a certain amount of time. If she goes to long, that means there could be a problem and she may need help. My father-in-law was really good at it, or so I thought. He could always guess the cow that…
