Category Archives: Farm

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  Winter Chores

  Posted on January 6, 2014 by Mike Haley in #AgChat, Agvocate, Cattle, Farm, livestock care

  Today was cold.  Despite the fidget temperatures and working outside for most of the day I have managed to stay comfortably warm by wearing layers of clothes and of course taking a couple breaks to warm back up. Weighing on my mind all day was the fact that the temperatures are supposed to get even […]

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  Pictures from around the farm…

  Posted on July 11, 2013 by Mike Haley in Farm, farm photos

  The weather has made for an exciting July on the farm.  After 16 days of rain we were finally able to enjoy a full day of sunshine today, a sure cause for celebration!!!  We were able to get a half day of harvesting wheat earlier this week, but the excess rain has delayed us from […]

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  Blocking ‘ag gag’ laws may prolong abuse

  Posted on April 25, 2013 by Mike Haley in Agvocate, Farm, livestock care

  Growing up on a farm, one of my biggest responsibilities was tending to the animals in our family’s care. At times livestock can be unpredictable in ways that are both amusing and frustrating, but much like a parent cares for thUeir child I cannot think of a moment that my top priority was not in […]

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  Farm Spring in pictures.

  Posted on May 27, 2012 by Mike Haley in #AgChat, Farm, farm photos

  Well its been awhile since I have posted much about the farm, so a quick update! All the corn is planted and growing. Soybeans are all in the ground, some a second time and after this most recent downpour we may have to replant some again ;( Hay season is in full swing as we […]

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  All covered in Poop.

  Posted on April 24, 2012 by Mike Haley in Cattle, Farm, livestock care

  We had a cow bloat this morning. I don’t know if she ate to much last night, or just was laying the wrong direction for to long and the gases in her rumen could not escape. Nonetheless she was stuck on her side and could not get up. I frantically started to push on her […]

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  As seen on TV!

  Posted on April 21, 2012 by Mike Haley in Cattle, Farm

  That’s right, Haley Farms was recently on TV! Things can be very busy on the farm during planting season there are some things that are worth taking a few moments out of the day for.   This was definitely the case when we were asked by Cattlemen to Cattlemen if it would be ok if they stopped by […]

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  On top of a grain bin – Wordless Wednesday

  Posted on February 8, 2012 by Mike Haley in Cattle, Farm, farm photos, Wordless Wednesday
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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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  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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  Occupy Combine: The Movement

  Posted on October 10, 2011 by Mike Haley in #AgChat, Agvocate, Farm

  There is a new movement afoot throughout rural America. Every fall, millions of farmers climb In their combine, head to the field and harvest their crops. Over the past couple of years, though, farmers began to add to this annual tradition by embracing a new type of technology: Social Media! Farmers are outfitting themselves with leather gloves, steel-toed boots […]

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