There's a rhythm and routine to days on the farm. Daily chores that include caring for our beef cattle are the routine events. The rhyth...

Where would we be without the women in our lives? Women's History Month and International Women's Day gives me  the opportunity to c...

Pictures don't always tell the whole story.  After the first cutting of hay this spring, we were faced with drought conditions. What hay...

   In 1919 a land deed was recorded in these historical record books   at the Benton County Circuit Clerk's office.   Earlier this year,...

Although our daylight hours are silently  slipping away as fall approaches, the hours in September have been packed with weaning calves and ...

Just before Labor Day, the square baler was pulled out of the shed, greased and oiled, and sent to the field for what almost seems like an o...

It was a bitter sweet moment as I watched the group of  bred Holstein heifers being checked by the veterinarian before being loaded on a tru...

Although every day is different on the farm,  we also have a routine that you can set your clock by. When I see the calves gathering by the ...

After the chores were finished, our family  gathered around the table for our traditional  July 4th picnic supper in the cool of the air con...

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Our hay cutting season is getting off to a really slow start due to our soggy weather but we did get started  with the field next to the  ho...

One of the added benefits to mowing the yard next to the pasture is  getting to watch the heifers enjoying  those grass clippings that were ...

It may be too cold or  wet for pasture grasses or crops to grow, but you can always count on the weeds to take advantage of the  worst condi...

April brings more than showers! We welcomed this new calf just after the showers and a cool down in the temperature.   As you can see, the c...