Jan 18, 2020 – Adversity

All activities that you are involved in as a child prepare you for adulthood. I love livestock shows for that … More

Jan 17, 2020 – Mini Farm

It’s Mini Farm Day. The day was spent leading school children through two barns full of farm animals. Many of … More

It’s moving day! Not for us, for the 4-H animals. Today our entire 4-H club moved all of their show … More

As we begin to prepare for the upcoming livestock shows, we must clean and pack everything that is required to … More

We have 3 litters of piglets! Here is the “birth story” Young female pigs are called gilts. Once they give … More

I have developed a procedure for our show pig castrations. I’d like to share it with you and explain why … More

We are in peak breeding season for our 4-H show pigs. We have our show season in January and February. … More

Today we received semen from our chosen boars (breeding males) in the Midwest. We are planning to breed 7 sows and … More