The entire reason our farm has a voice online is because we know transparency is important. Dean started this blog and our social media, and after his passing, I took over. I have tried to show the good and the not so great sides of farming. Today I am talking about...
Each year, when I sit down to review the last 12 months, I often feel like I don’t really have anything new to say. Farming is generally steady in the big picture, while small details change. That being said, there have been some opportunities over the last year to...
When I first sat down to write my annual year-end post, I thought I would end up just rearranging the words from last year. Much of what we do on the farm is the same day after day. This last year was not significantly different than the year before but as I reflected...
As summer eases into early fall, it’s a good time to share what has been going on here at the farm over the last few months. When this growing season started, the seeds we planted went into soil that was a little drier than we liked. We didn’t know that would be a...
While you cannot plan for everything that life may throw your way, planning for what you can is important as business owners. Being in Wisconsin we have everything from blizzards and barn collapse from snow to tornadoes and floods as weather disasters to keep in mind....
Every year I like to look back over the last 365 days and share a few of the highlights with you. This year I wanted to share some of our highs and for transparency’s sake, something that did not go well for us. So what went well? First, despite a more...
