Wow! 2014 flew by faster than the speed of light for me! I feel like it’s still December 29th, 2013 and I was looking at my second child’s due date! Literally, where did the year go?!? I guess you throw two young boys into the daily grind of farm life and time is going to […]
Northwest Farmer’s Fighting Hunger Results
The beginning of June Dairy Month I brought to your attention the Northwest’s Farmer’s Fighting Hunger campaign. Well the results are back and I am so happy to have been involved in such a successful year: So THANK YOU to everyone who participated and helped #fightsummerhunger! Very proud that Oregon won this little Challenge, of […]
Springing in a Dairy Cow
Every Lady on our farm gets at least 60 days of dry period before calving and starting a new lactation. Dry period means that she is not milked, basically like maternity leave. She gets to relax all day and basically do what she wants, while her body focuses on her baby and preparing for a […]
Factory Farm or Family Farm?
I’m sure by now you have heard the term factory farm thrown around. Quite frankly I’ve heard it more times than I ever care to have ever heard it! I am really curious as to who came up with this term, as it really has no definition, but it seems to have painted quite a […]
A Little Perspective on my Dairy Lifestyle
Dairy farming, farming, ranching, most sectors of agriculture are a lifestyle all of their own instead of a job. There’s no nine to five, TGIF’s, leaving it all at the office for the weekend. We are married to our job, we live our job 365 days a year. There’s usually no vacations or weekends off […]
Northwest Farmers Fighting Hunger
Today is not a Wordless Wednesday! Lately all the posts and conversations I have seen about food, seem to be GMO related. That topic can get everyone on every side very riled up and passionate. I am not advocating for either side, but simply asking you to put that passion somewhere it can be put […]
Did I forget Mother’s Day?
No posts about Mother’s Day were found here on Sunday, I was busy enjoying my little farmers as well as caring for the other Mothers that call our herd home. I had to chuckle as my newsfeed overflowed with the breakfasts in bed, spa days and flowers. You see every day is Mother’s Day here. […]
What is in a Dairy Farmer’s Day?
I often get asked: “Well what do you do all day? “. So I thought it was over due that I laid out what HAS to be done EVERYDAY on our farm. Dairy Farming is a 365 day a year job, we don’t get to take sick days or vacations and some jobs have to […]
Baby Moving
After newborn babies are walking and eating well they are moved from the box stalls into the nursery. Twin Heifers in the box stalls. They get a ride in our nifty calf cart, that makes moving them a breeze. This is a funny looking calf! Little Farmer helps with the Vaccinations They also get their […]
Building my Agvocacy Arsenal with the AgChat Foundation
It was exactly this time last year that I was feeling incredibly excited about agvocacy and the role that my blog could play. After the release of Dodge’s 2013 Superbowl commercial, I felt even more energized to continue to reach out to the general public through my writing and social media. Well my energy this […]