Monthly Archives: February 2011

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  Blog Ticker

  Posted on February 26, 2011 by Mike Haley in Uncategorized
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  Wordless Wednesday: Winter’s Silence

  Posted on February 23, 2011 by Mike Haley in family, Wordless Wednesday

  This post was submitted to the Wordless Wednesday Blog

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  State of my wheat fields

  Posted on February 21, 2011 by Mike Haley in #Plant11, Farm

  After several days of sunshine I can finally see our winter wheat fields for the first time since January 7th!  As you can see from the picture below it is stooled (bushed) out nicely and still has good color. Typically wheat is not a crop that we plant on our farm to produce a profit [...]

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  Listen to me on CNBC!

  Posted on February 17, 2011 by Mike Haley in #Plant11, Farm

  UPDATE! Watch the video! Today I received a phone call from a reporter for CNBC Fast Money asking me how the current crop and fertilizer prices will impact my crop planting decisions for 2011.  We had a great discussion and she invited me to call into the show this afternoon at 5 EST to continue discussing!

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  Wordless Wednesday: Wishing for greener pastures.

  Posted on February 16, 2011 by Mike Haley in Cattle, Wordless Wednesday
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  Farmer Stereotypes – True or False?

  Posted on February 15, 2011 by Kelly Rivard in Agvocate, Farm

  Mike was recently featured on the AgChat Foundation blog in a post regarding the validity of agricultural stereotypes. Here is the content of the post. For further information regarding the AgChat Foundation, or to comment on this post, please see the original on the AgChat Foundation blog. Growing up I have noticed that there are [...]

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  Wordless Wednesday: snug as a bug in a rug

  Posted on February 9, 2011 by Mike Haley in Cattle, Wordless Wednesday

  Its cold! But this little calf has found a way to keep warm!

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  Got Milk?

  Posted on February 5, 2011 by Mike Haley in Agvocate, Cattle, Farm, livestock care

  There are many benefits to living on a farm; one of them includes watching calves nurse, run, jump and play.  Today I was watching a newborn calf nurse and felt it would be selfish not to share so I pulled out my cell phone and started recording! This bull calf has had a rough start [...]

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  A Sad Day on Haley Farms

  Posted on February 3, 2011 by Mike Haley in Cattle, Farm, livestock care

  People ask at times about how we feel about the livestock in our care and today’s experience is a good illustration even if this is tough to put down on the blog. If there is a calf that appears to be feeling under the weather, we know that we need to take action right away to make him/her feel better otherwise the calf’s health may continue to go downhill and reach a point that we can no longer help it.

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  Wordless Wednesday – Red Barn

  Posted on February 2, 2011 by Mike Haley in Wordless Wednesday

  Wordless Wednesday – Red Barn

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