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A salute to “black stretchy thingies”
About a year ago, my husband, Mark, started assembling a toolbox for me. The idea behind it was that I would have a few tools on hand in the barn at all times. It seemed like whenever he went to the barn with me something needed fixed and he never had a tool to work [...]
Everybody loves puppies
Everybody loves puppies, so, while I am busy putting together stories from Commodity Classic this week, I thought I would share with you some photos of the newest addition to the Reese family – Clayton. He is a Great Pyrenees that lives in the barn with the sheep to hopefully one day thwart the growing [...]
Self-proclaimed goat midwife
People who knew me in my youth would have never guessed I would have babies of any species born on our property let alone assist with the births. I never had a strong stomach for blood or body fluids. About 7 years ago a friend from college was buying pygmy goats at the same time [...]
To eat or not eat that Golden Burrito…
By Matt Reese The marketing masters from Chipotle have once again fired up farmers with a video that promotes small-scale agriculture while vilifying larger farms. While the promotion of small farms, like ours, is fine, it is the vilifying part that draws objections from many in the agricultural community. My wife, Kristin, writes a regular [...]
Well Done Dr. Forshey
By Ty Higgins As you have probably heard by now, The Ohio Department of Agriculture has a new leader at the helm. His name is David Daniels and he makes his way to ODA via the Statehouse where he served as a State Senator for Ohio’s 17th District for four terms. For the past 3 months, [...]
Don’t change the RFS rules in the middle in the game
My four-year-old daughter and I were playing a game of cards the other day. The goal of the game was to get a matching set of 8 cards, or so I thought. I had just gotten the final card for victory when my daughter announced that she had changed the rules slightly and that I [...]
Mike Zuzolo’s Market Update – February 19th, 2012
FEBRUARY 18, 2012 GCAC WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW Weekly Review—Favorable Export Demand Trend Continues. Looking at the overall market this 3 weeks (this is my first post in 3 weeks since I have been traveling across the Midwest & Great Lakes to participate in meetings associated with Price Outlook and Crop Insurance), we have seen a [...]
Beware of the stud
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been helping my neighbor, Patricia, with her barn chores. She is recovering from surgery and has lifting limitations so her daughter, Liz, and I have been working together to make sure her stalls are cleaned and her water buckets are full. Patricia is a good friend and I [...]
Cow Cam
Now I have seen it all! I recently discovered the first video filmed by cattle. This, of course, raised a few poignant questions, like did the Director use a bull horn? Is this just a “trailer” for the full length moovie? When a cow messed up a line, did someone yell “Cud, Cud”? I doubt [...]
Surprises in the horse barn aren’t always pleasant
At this point in my life, I’m never really very surprised when I find some kind of problem or disaster in the barn. I will admit that I did reach my breaking point last spring, when the barn flooded and my pregnant goats where standing in three inches of water but that was a pretty [...]
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