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Those who are, have been, want to be, or admire a life in agriculture or rural living. Ranchers, farmers, or those who are happy living or being away from city-life. Good folks, happy to be part of the heartland of America.

I was just wonderin'

Since we are being such a chatty group lately, what are you all doing as a recycling effort? Let's face it, agribusiness generates a lot of waste and I'm not just talking about the corrals or feedl... | posted by ticabootrader

5 replies - last reply: "Hi everyone - Farm recyling eh. I... more" ~ Trishymo

Haying

I'm celebrating this morning -- we got the first field of alfalfa/hay mix baled up and sold. Those bales were heavy, packed tight! We still have a lot of grass to bale, but it's not so heavy, and e... | posted by BeadyDD

2 replies - last reply: "Congratulations on getting the first... more" ~ flowersmiles

Sold the cows...

Bought a motorcycle!!!! Yeah!!! | posted by grf2k

6 replies - last reply: "My cattle were Herefords or mix.... more" ~ grf2k

Arkansas Farmstead

We've got a small farmstead here in Arkansas (5 1/2 acres). I have 13 chickens and have recently acquired three dairy cows. In December we AI'd Carmen, our 4-yr old Jersey, and I am looking to star... | posted by arkansas

2 replies - last reply: "You could try magazines such as... more" ~ dressagerider

Happy New Year, 2009

I thought I'd better date this since most of the 68 members have not checked out the group in over a year! Where are you all? I know there's not too much going along in Agriculture at this time of ... | posted by flowersmiles

6 replies - last reply: "Happy New Year to all of you too!!... more" ~ dressagerider

Reggie the Ram

Ticabo, your description of your new Ram sounds plainly adorable. I'm not sure I understand what you are talking about with them stut, or whatever it was you said. The girls had 4-H Suffolk lambs a... | posted by flowersmiles

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Eons is contemplating some major changes to the appearance and functionality of the group home pages. One change will be the virtual elimination of graphics from the group's home page. Please join ... | posted by collieflower

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Haying

How many cuttings of hay do you get in your area? In New Mexico we get up to 5 cuttings. Most of the hay goes to dairy farms that are increasing in this area. | posted by lamb2ewe

6 replies - last reply: "Collieflower- the answers to your... more" ~ Redbud211

If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?

Tourist season is gearing up in the area in spite of gasoline being over $4/gallon here. Our ranch is surrounded by public lands. There is a general misconception that it is all public land and fre... | posted by ticabootrader

12 replies - last reply: "The tourists make enough potholes on... more" ~ ticabootrader

Shearing

Saturday we just finished shearing about 470 head of sheep and now are trying to get all the lambs (TOO EARLEY) mothered up and bottle feeding the ones that are not clamed. It was a nice day for sh... | posted by lamb2ewe

7 replies - last reply: "You might talk to the people at... more" ~ ticabootrader

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