Lunchtime update

We got a lot more done this morning than I thought we would, and I even had time to vote before the lunch crowd made it to the polls.

The hay mowers have been unhooked, the hay rake is running right now, and I'll be firing the hay baler up as soon as I can put out the TMR for our cows right after lunch.

Time for me to log off, eat a quick bowl of ice cream, and get back to work.

Shorthanded

We've got a lot to be doing on the farm today, but I don't know how much we'll actually get accomplished with two employees off until tomorrow. I guess we shall see. I know we'll finish clipping the crabgrass off our fields, but I don't know if we'll have time to start baling it.

I do know the weather is going to be great today! It's days like this I really appreciate being able to make my living outdoors smack-dab in the middle of God's Creation. Of course, I'd also take 35 degrees and rainy over a career spent underneath fluorescent lights (no offense to all you office workers out there).

Remember to vote today!

A serious appeal to America's voters

When you go to the polls tomorrow, please vote for pro-agriculture candidates and ballot initiatives.

America is, in my opinion, "Ag Independent". Even though there are fewer and fewer of us on the farm, we're still managing to produce in such abundance that we enjoy the safest, most affordable food supply in the world.

But for how much longer?

Heaven forbid we ever reach a point where we depend on others for our food and fiber as we do for energy. We're a long, long way from that point, but let's take steps NOW to make sure we don't face that grim prospect later.

As a farmer I can tell you that public policy and those involved in its creation, implementation, and enforcement effect every facet of my business and have a major impact on my ability to viably produce a product my fellow Americans want and need. The same holds true for most every other farmer I know.

We've got a great agriculture industry in this county! Let's all vote tomorrow to keep it that way so we can continue to enjoy safe, nutritious, affordable food.