I’ve had calls from two friends lately. “We’re out of hay, I don’t know what to do, can you help us?”
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I’ve had calls from two friends lately. “We’re out of hay, I don’t know what to do, can you help us?”
It’s all too easy to look at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange right now and think, “Wow, class III is $23 per hundredweight (cwt)! It’s about time dairy farmers got a break.”
Spring is a time all farmers and gardeners look forward to after a long, cold winter. With the longer daylight, the temperature begins to rise and all the snow melts away.
I think the Discovery Channel should have a week devoted to cows. Cows need better PR people. All cows have is Chick-Fil-A and a children’s book about them jumping over the moon.
Given the nature of farming, it doesn’t typically lead to a life of notoriety. Between milking, feeding and fieldwork, there isn’t much time to become a household name or stay in the public’s eye.
Years ago, when my three nephews moved from North Carolina to Arizona, they wanted to experience everything the state had to offer, even the dust devils.