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In addition to spring field work in May, we also had the opportunity to host around 200 local kindergarten children and parents as they conclude their unit study of the farm. Rolling down the hill is always a hit! The FFA students serve as tour guides and help assemble SMORES.

One of our favorite soups is CHILI. I love CHILI, because it is so easy to throw together. In addition, we raise all the ingredients on our farm with the exception of the chili beans and the chili powder.

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WOW! The weather the past couple of weeks certainly does not feel like February in Iowa! This afternoon it was 72 degrees and I was skimming some leaves off of the top of the pool with a T-shirt on! I think that is about to change tomorrow. Oh well, I am not quite ready for yard work yet! Today I am including a few of the happenings on the farm this last month.

When she was asked about the best part of living on a farm, Kidman replied, "The simplicity, the air, the peace." She noted that Urban's music pairs perfectly "for this countryside activity we have with cows grazing in the backyard."

Each one of us, in our own way, and our own time, determined the best descent from the hills that day. Our paths were not straight. They were riddled by ruts, and worn from decades of weather and the hooves of cow and sheep herds heading up to hill pasture, or descending to shelter on the farm overnight. But no one stumbled or was hurt. The wounds all were on the inside.

As farm management editor at Successful Farming magazine at Meredith Corp. in Des Moines, Cheryl was the first woman editor in the magazine's history to write about business. Her monthly column elevated the role of women in agriculture. She also wrote the longest-running farm magazine's health and safety page. She retired in 2015, after 36 years.Cheryl served on the board of Farm Safety For Just Kids, and is a founding member of Iowa Women in Agriculture. She farms and is a longtime 4-H leader and community volunteer in Boone County, Iowa. Her column, Unfinished Business, is on Substack and she is a member of the Iowa Writers' Collaborative.

Not everyone gets the opportunity to see where their food comes from, but thanks to a partnership with Pipestone System, Midwest Dairy recently collaborated with Carlson Dairy in Minnesota to create an interactive virtual farm tour.

Dairy farmers are hard working and innovative, especially when it comes to taking care of their animals and the environment. Most dairy farms are family-owned, and there are many ways you can support dairy farmers. Dairy farmers are also active in their local communities, helping with projects and being involved in different organizations.

We face a constantly changing landscape as farmers, with new challenges and opportunities appearing nearly every day. No doubt my sons, or the next farmers here, will face the same. In order to keep up, adjust or take advantage, the ability to make choices that the market will accept and that regulation will not deny will be key to ensuring sustainability.

I saw this tweet the other day, which rewarded me for my procrastination with this post. The story of how the dairy industry has improved its environmental impact over the past several decades is inspiring. Unfortunately, many are unaware of the steps taken by dairy farmers to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Spring and early summer brought cropping challenges to the farm. While early on, with parts ordered well ahead of time and work completed and ready for a window of good weather in May, we encountered a breakdown right off the bat. And then another, and another and another. The entire month of June felt like it dragged on while we dealt with the repairs and waited through rainy weather. The highlight was when my DF drove our big tractor in reverse (it was stuck in gear) through town to get it to the mechanic. Boy I wish I got a picture!

We are all healthy and happy, embarking on new adventures, facing challenges and cherishing every day with our farm boys and time with our families. We are blessed and feel responsibility to live up to our good fortune and do our best by it.

At the end of the day, this way of life, this collection of extreme ups and extreme downs and whatever comes in between is all done in the name of producing of food. Food that is served at the dinner table or grabbed in a rush. Food that is baked or cooked in your kitchen for those closest to you with love. Food that nourishes our bodies so that we may carry out our string of daily tasks that make up our lives.

At the end of the day, milk is milk, still the nutrient powerhouse and wholesome glass of refreshment produced by farmers who care about taking care or their cows and keeping their farms sustainable for future generations.

Two and a half weeks ago, I had a unique opportunity to sit in front of a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives to share a bit of my farm story. I told them about our cows and about how our farm operates, a little about our history and family, and shared specifically how important biotechnology is on our farm and others like mine around the country. The big topic of the day was (and is) genetic engineering or modification (GM).

After about a week and a half of very late nights and early mornings trying to get all my work done, keep up with the farm and the boys and prepare for my testimony, I found myself sitting with three other panelists in front of six members of Congress.

The establishment of high schools early in the twentieth century, though an important educational advance, benefited only a small fraction of North Carolina's school-age children-most of whom lived in rural settings without access to adequate educational facilities. This fact motivated state superintendent J. Y. Joyner and various farm groups to promote the idea of farm-life schools, which the General Assembly authorized in 1911. If a local governmental unit provided facilities (including dormitories for boys and girls) in the amount of $25,000, then pledged $2,500 for operating expenses each year, the state would match the latter amount. Almost immediately, five counties took advantage of the offer, and by 1916, 21 farm-life schools were in operation.

These schools were required to offer a standard high school education in addition to classes and practical experience in vocational agriculture and home economics. In Nash County, local farmer Tom Jones donated 25 acres of land, and the community voted an additional $10,000 in bonds for buildings for the Red Oak Farm-Life High School. Students within walking or horse-riding distances paid no tuition, but boarding students paid $12.50 per month. The boys cut wood for fires, and girls cooked and waited on tables. Crop rotation, contour plowing, selection of nutritious foods, and improved homemaking practices were emphasized along with the academic curriculum. A second school-the Rowan Farm-Life School in China Grove, which opened in 1914-was such a success that in 1921 the regular China Grove High School merged with it and shared the farm campus. Academic standards there were high, and the school distinguished itself in scholastic and vocational fields as well as in extracurricular activities at state and regional levels.

In the first quarter of the twentieth century, however, with increased urbanization, the introduction of motorized transportation for students, and the passage of the federal Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 appropriating federal funds for vocational education in public high schools, farm-life schools faded into educational history.

Glimpse inside a country store, traditional farmhouse, and farm workshop, and learn about town meetings, one-room schoolhouses, and the daily chores of a typical Vermont farm family. Discover what it took to prepare the soil, plant and harvest the crops, and feed the livestock.

These engaging farm life exhibits help tell the story of rural life in Vermont at the turn of the 20th century, and the men and women whose lives were rooted in the rocks, forests, and fields of the Green Mountain State.

Among the Carolina pine trees along US 301 just off I-95, Exit 107, stands the Tobacco Farm Life Museum. The museum's existence is a testament to the farming community in the area. Without the prosperity that flue-cured tobacco farming brought to North Carolina, many farmers would have lost their land. Since the late 1800s, tobacco would out perform all other crops like cotton, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.

Our museum and grounds are the perfect way to step back in time. Enjoy the 6,000 sq. ft. gallery with permanent and rotating exhibits on farm life, southern medicine, domestic skills, rural social life, textiles, early transportation and more. Don't forget to stop and sit on the front porch before touring the grounds.

In 1983, area farmers started giving guided tours of their tobacco farms to visitors interested in learning about bright leaf tobacco. Local farm families donated farming tools and equipment to the museum, some of which had been used for decades. Visitors were fascinated, and the tours grew in popularity.

The exhibits at the museum portray the importance of tobacco, ranging from early harvesting techniques to soil conservation and tobacco advertising from the 1930s. In 1989, the museum set out to assemble an exhibit of an entire farmstead, including an authentic log tobacco barn, farm house, kitchen, and smokehouse, which were all restored to their original beauty and relocated to the shady pine grove at the museum site.

To better portray the importance of tobacco to visitors, the museum set out in 1989 to assemble an exhibit of an entire farmstead on the site of the museum. An authentic log tobacco barn, farm house, kitchen, and smokehouse were restored to their original beauty, and relocated to the shady pine grove at the museum site. ff782bc1db