My family never had a home office. They weren’t really a thing when I was a kid, most families just had a desk somewhere, but that was about the extent of it. In most homes, there was usually a spot somewhere near the kitchen, preferably close to the phone, that...
A Few Differences Between Beef Cows and Dairy Cows This Red Angus cow has the muscularity, smoothness and femininity we like to see in beef cows. This stylish and productive Red and White Holstein is as near to perfect as a dairy cow can get. I was 23 when I moved to...
My Generic Farming Venn Diagram Oh look. Here's a Generic Farm Business Structure Graphic. Here's a slightly more realistic version of a generic farm business structure Certain graphics seem to show up in more than their fair share of PowerPoint presentations. The...
2019 Virginia Women in Agriculture Gathering Women in Ag I’ve been to quite a few Women in Ag type functions over the years, and to me, it seems like the attendees at this group were different. I’m not sure if was the location, the organizers, the time of...
About All That Mud It looks terrible now, but in another month, a little dozer work and vigorous green grass will remove any vestiges of these ruts. These cows are waiting for me to remove the wire between them and their new "break". Rotationally grazed pastures can...
Window Trim – Part 2 – Ten Years to Instant Gratification Finally. Window Trim I’m not sure you’d call our home office a hellish landscape, but it certainly possesses many characteristics that bring forth wailing and gnashing of teeth....
