Monthly Archives: November 2011

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  Visitors On The Farm, Oh My!

  Posted on November 30, 2011 by Mike Haley in #AgChat, Agvocate, Cattle, Farm, farm photos, livestock care

  Recently a good friend I met online, Ryan Goodman, asked an interesting question on his popular blog Agriculture Proud: “How would you farm differently if a total stranger (non-farmer/rancher) followed you around all day?” I found this an interesting question. My first response was that I would do nothing different but after thinking about how […]

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  Sparboe Farms Open Letter

  Posted on November 21, 2011 by Mike Haley in #AgChat, Agvocate, livestock care

  Thanks to Zachary Bray for sharing his thoughts on the recent undercover video linking McDonalds to animal cruelty and how it effects his families poultry farm. Zachary can be found on his newly formed blog, From Cubicle To Corral To whom it may concern: My name is Zachary Bray. I’m a young, beginning farmer. On […]

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  Dirty Boots: Wordless Wednesday

  Posted on November 2, 2011 by Mike Haley in Uncategorized

  As much as I try to keep clean it is an impossible task.  Take a look at my pants and boots after I assisted a cow giving birth to a calf that was coming backwards.

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