Author Archives: Mike Haley

Mike Haley is the 5th generation to farm their family farm in Ohio. Currently he farms alongside his father Steve and wife Pam. On their farm they raise corn, soybeans, wheat, hay and purebred Simmental cattle.

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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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  A Thank You To Our Military

  Posted on May 29, 2011 by Mike Haley in family, farm photos
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  Farm week in pictures 5/21/2011

  Posted on May 21, 2011 by Mike Haley in #Plant11, farm photos

    It was another busy week around the farm waiting for the rains to pass.  We were not able to get anything planted this week, but the week was full of lots of excitement.  Here are a few pictures from this week.    Just a few pictures from after my livestock trailor was rear ended. […]

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  Farm week in pictures 5/14/2011

  Posted on May 14, 2011 by Mike Haley in Cattle, farm photos, Uncategorized

  Sorry for not getting any farm updates up in the past week, things are finally starting to roll around the farm. For the first time this spring we have been able to get in the fields to get some seeds planted. It was a little rough going as we had three days of planting with […]

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  Farm Week in Pictures 5/7/2011

  Posted on May 7, 2011 by Mike Haley in farm photos, Uncategorized

  Well, another week has went by and we are still waiting to get in the fields. With a wet forecast for next week it may be a bit yet. Here are a few pictures of my week around the farm, enjoy. Planters sitting in the shed Sadie really wants the weather to dry up so […]

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  Farm Week In Pictures

  Posted on April 24, 2011 by Mike Haley in farm photos

  Normally at this time of year there would be plenty of pictures of working ground and planting that I could share, unfortunately the wet weather has barely let us do any field work yet this spring, maybe next week!  Here are a few pictures from around our farm over the past week!   The Calves […]

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  Farm Equipment Auction!

  Posted on April 22, 2011 by Mike Haley in Uncategorized

  After several years my neighbors have decided that it is time to retire from the cattle business. They are auctioning off the last of the equipment that they own tomorrow April 23rd at 11 sharp, all of which is in good shape.  We have a few pieces of equipment that are no longer needed on […]

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  Why Animal Abuse?

  Posted on April 21, 2011 by Mike Haley in livestock care

    Yesterday I wrote a post in outrage about a video I saw showing very horrid animal abuse and neglect to calves on a large farm in Texas.  I don’t, nor does the industry support such acts of animal abuse by anyone.  If you are interested in what other farmers have had to say about […]

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  No Mercy for Animal Abuse

  Posted on April 19, 2011 by Mike Haley in Agvocate, Farm, livestock care

  I just watched a horrific video filmed by a vegan activist group about how one farm very clearly did not care for the welfare and health of the dairy calves.  I just want to say that I am outraged; nobody should treat an animal in the manner that was depicted in the short video, and […]

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  Load of organic fertilizer

  Posted on April 13, 2011 by Mike Haley in Cattle, farm photos, livestock care, Wordless Wednesday
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