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WE ALL NEED THIS!

We all need this, and I found it in my pasture while visiting the cattle. Today I’m taking a look at the cattle while talking…

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Here’s How to Think Like a Farmer

We’ve got lots of work today moving animals and loading hay, and here’s how to think like a farmer: our farm contains storehouses of necessities…

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NUTS! Bull Battle Fallout

A day has passed since the bull battle. What is the fallout? Are Titus and Ordin getting along? Plus, I take a look at our…

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How To Make Friends with a Calf

Today I’m heading out to the pasture to show how to make friends with a calf. Most of our Dexter cattle are friendly, but the…

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Ain’t Marriage Great? – Benny Hill Edition

Let’s have some fun “Benny Hill” style! Hilarie and I are both tired from the summer’s work, and taking down the brooder tarp is the…

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Finding PEACE Amongst FEAR

Finding peace amongst fear is not easy these days. While I take a walk around the farm to check on the chicken, pigs, and cattle,…

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Small Farms and the Tyranny of Idealism

Modern small farms are idealistic endeavors that often go against the flow of mainstream agriculture and society. It takes an idealist to have the vision…

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Forage Testing for Dummies

Is your hay poor, marginal, or excellent? Introducing forage testing for dummies! We had forage tests run on three separate batches of hay, and interpreting…

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What a Load of CRAP!

Life on a farm is a load of crap! And I have TONS of it to move today! To make the job easier, I bought…

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Happy Cattle = Happy Farmers!

New bedding = happy cattle, and happy cattle = happy farmers! Even grumpy old boss cow Patti is taking a break from her complaining today,…

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Release the Cattle! 🐮🐮

This is one of the best days of the year! It’s time to let the cattle out onto spring pasture! -We do not offer farm…

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Cattle Chaos & Counting Piglets

Our bellyaching cattle need to be sorted today! They are rewarded with new pasture after we are done. And I can’t forget to check in…

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Something for Everyone! Morning Chores, Sickle Bar Mowing, and a New Direction for the Farmall MD

This video has something for everyone! Morning chores with the animals, mowing a field with a sickle bar mower, and a new direction for repairing…

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A Pasture Full of Trouble

Holy cows and calves! And piglets, and chickens, and turkeys! Life is springing up all over the farm, and today we’re focusing on getting all…

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Cattle Mayhem!

It’s cattle mayhem as we sort the herd for breeding season! -We do not offer farm tours or accept visitors -We do not sell from…

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Is This the Best You Can Do?

Is this the best you can do? Amongst all these chickens, pigs, turkeys, and cattle, I often wonder. From the great wide world to a…

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