Category Archives: family

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  The Ultimate Sacrifice

  Posted on May 28, 2012 by Mike Haley in family, Uncategorized

  This post is about a man from our little town whom I have never met, yet he has sacrificed everything for me and you. First Lieutenant John Runkle was fighting for our freedom in Afghanistan just a little over a year ago when when his unit was struck by an improvised explosive device on May […]

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  How many cows do I have?

  Posted on January 11, 2012 by Mike Haley in #AgChat, Agvocate, Cattle, family, Farm, farm photos

  How many cows do I have? This is a question that I face quite often. The simple answer, of course, is that I have no cows. While my grandfather often talked about a few shorthorn cows he and his grandfather raised on our farm there were no cows on our farm while I was growing […]

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  An open letter to America

  Posted on September 20, 2011 by Mike Haley in #AgChat, Agvocate, Environment, family, Farm, livestock care

  I’m not sure who may read this and knowing some of you may not know me, I want to start this off by introducing myself. I am a fifth generation grain and beef farmer from Ohio. My daily responsibilities on our family’s farm vary immensely from day to day, but in the end, each day […]

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  Dog Days of Summer are Here

  Posted on July 1, 2011 by Pam Haley in #Plant11, Agvocate, Cattle, family, Farm, farm photos, livestock care

  Well it has been a long time since we last posted on here but there has been a lot going on and not much time to relax and take it easy.  So let me up date you on what has been happening, we have almost finished planting everything it was a rough year and there […]

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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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  Learning the Hard Way

  Posted on May 17, 2011 by Pam Haley in Cattle, family, Farm, livestock care, Uncategorized

  As I thought about writing this post I am remembering the hundreds of times through my life that I have heard someone say “Sometimes you just have to learn the hard way” well that applies to the day that I am having.  Let us start from the beginning of the day, it is wet nasty […]

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  Busy Breeding Day

  Posted on April 13, 2011 by Pam Haley in Cattle, family, Farm, livestock care

    It has been an extremely busy day here at the Haley homestead.  By midnight tonight we will have bred cows 14 times, 4 of those are donor cows that were bred 2 or 3 times today and yes these are all timed and we must do them so many hours apart.  My day started […]

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  Remembering my Dad… Guest Post by Beth Lehman

  Posted on March 13, 2011 by admin in family

  Guest post by My Aunt Beth Lehman A year ago, March 12, 2010 I wrote this for my Dad’s memorial. I thought my family would like to see it again as we are all feeling a little heavy remembering how the year has left us without Dad’s “W”s….. First of all I want to thank […]

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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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