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I will admit that over those 4 years, the farm has struggled to be a high priority in my life. I ran for the Iowa State House in 2017 to 2018. I worked as the General Manager of the Iowa Food Cooperative in 2019 to early 2020, and I ran again for the Iowa House in 2020. 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We have the home farm and down the road three miles we have a 50 acre badly run down farm that will be a prolonged work in progress. We started by installing a water system in November and got it operational just after Christmas 2018. This was the short window after the 2018 election and before I started working at the Iowa Food Cooperative.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2fQx0enlSz7v2axa4g_FtCNcRlStAorMfncbQbKirIeLFpL5mk6yPk14F9QkmQj5YAhn-pROhKPizHx3bbx0XPY3jn_V1241_dDR7hYd30IepAEUbfa_uvB0bWaZ3jMBIlNEzQH0fAw/s2048/B38D6BCD-0992-4F60-B143-ECE70A2E7316.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2048&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;470&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2fQx0enlSz7v2axa4g_FtCNcRlStAorMfncbQbKirIeLFpL5mk6yPk14F9QkmQj5YAhn-pROhKPizHx3bbx0XPY3jn_V1241_dDR7hYd30IepAEUbfa_uvB0bWaZ3jMBIlNEzQH0fAw/w470-h470/B38D6BCD-0992-4F60-B143-ECE70A2E7316.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;470&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hydrant Base Assembly 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEWwcHi8XgNS4OrfX6qWef95ElsOxPMM10u7T40z8gskeCY0d8zQ1tZZQ7W3SPqYMtDFOAIqkjBh4srqygYdvWLIeMzl1l5mntPuVTz1EEt7UOYGRyo54p4AiyvQgsSDt8-jDBrfGEAE/s2048/01858353-4063-4127-AEF0-B9A3ED4EEB8B.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;362&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEWwcHi8XgNS4OrfX6qWef95ElsOxPMM10u7T40z8gskeCY0d8zQ1tZZQ7W3SPqYMtDFOAIqkjBh4srqygYdvWLIeMzl1l5mntPuVTz1EEt7UOYGRyo54p4AiyvQgsSDt8-jDBrfGEAE/w482-h362/01858353-4063-4127-AEF0-B9A3ED4EEB8B.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;482&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trenching into the Building 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUyI3brdctTH7Tbndjspipl89LK20hB0y-EypwaAoM_boBIpuOuOvZKHHB1fUcpTtAkhnmrTqQBxpsxj9sJMIHNpfLR8jauzoG1CRWBcUD_1W8_f5nwLNXNPBeJdTZI2zKOEqDCgTEZJQ/s2048/7392F6B7-91EF-48E1-B55F-9B963CD4AFF4.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;358&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUyI3brdctTH7Tbndjspipl89LK20hB0y-EypwaAoM_boBIpuOuOvZKHHB1fUcpTtAkhnmrTqQBxpsxj9sJMIHNpfLR8jauzoG1CRWBcUD_1W8_f5nwLNXNPBeJdTZI2zKOEqDCgTEZJQ/w477-h358/7392F6B7-91EF-48E1-B55F-9B963CD4AFF4.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;477&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cobett Base Installation 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjuMxUOAOgi7SoRaHVzScBAU57CpuPE9-J5YBWhxl7EpvrETma-kbg9P9zBHlOYlg9sNmr8QAgGk4FdW9BlpRFlYPBzQnff4vnmZ7RWcFv5IbOq-SlWvTFXz-iq2xq8_bPDVNprP50mo/s2048/364D0CDE-933F-4106-8BE0-90DBE1505245.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;328&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjuMxUOAOgi7SoRaHVzScBAU57CpuPE9-J5YBWhxl7EpvrETma-kbg9P9zBHlOYlg9sNmr8QAgGk4FdW9BlpRFlYPBzQnff4vnmZ7RWcFv5IbOq-SlWvTFXz-iq2xq8_bPDVNprP50mo/w437-h328/364D0CDE-933F-4106-8BE0-90DBE1505245.jpeg&quot; 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width=&quot;457&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cobett System Install 2018&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;For most of 2019 and 2020, little progress was made on that farm. New rock got laid down, the power system got updated, a short section of brand new fence go installed, and an old building or two got burned up but there is a lot to do that just did not happen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFVM4BbK1jdbnN4qSTcz9UP3oVzP6Vl8Rb45ZblunLKhKGElTvZYlVLWuy7-avNCnk7U9hrk4k1kHZZKL8XGvApq2zJUbDo8PtVDQW-sQ9ia7DqxeSZ-S3kwA2EA-C3uTXLPi4xJ_fF0/s2048/72D6DDD1-A36B-42B3-8702-5F13C5228BE3.heic&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;355&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFVM4BbK1jdbnN4qSTcz9UP3oVzP6Vl8Rb45ZblunLKhKGElTvZYlVLWuy7-avNCnk7U9hrk4k1kHZZKL8XGvApq2zJUbDo8PtVDQW-sQ9ia7DqxeSZ-S3kwA2EA-C3uTXLPi4xJ_fF0/w473-h355/72D6DDD1-A36B-42B3-8702-5F13C5228BE3.heic&quot; width=&quot;473&quot; /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Spring 2020 Fence Install Looking North&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6dOqK-dZGXb_FJQiEOtpYWb2I6JrxJRhyphenhyphenUpCqv11EGQshfHuPTfugDBV9zTKET3TH7h9zKqpjKu2hM9Sk0U4he36xTAgoLdFA0mDqvdyqo7bY-QBkmu42WDNpDWcfikLWkw3VKUcUTg/s2048/B73695C5-4ECC-40A3-9B23-4EFF09A94260.heic&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;351&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6dOqK-dZGXb_FJQiEOtpYWb2I6JrxJRhyphenhyphenUpCqv11EGQshfHuPTfugDBV9zTKET3TH7h9zKqpjKu2hM9Sk0U4he36xTAgoLdFA0mDqvdyqo7bY-QBkmu42WDNpDWcfikLWkw3VKUcUTg/w469-h351/B73695C5-4ECC-40A3-9B23-4EFF09A94260.heic&quot; width=&quot;469&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Spring 2020 Fence Install Looking South&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWf8DdPsS5SE4W3-dpaqBMVwN07vmc3tA9gp1IAg-n94k46Go6DRHAfoRVwebO6xV5mZ6o2dZsVtIdY2EX6Q1S0kB55m4L8agvHMjG1_irR9v_wAVGFlHxgK5WmN_kStYKok_YhlXtMD0/s2048/25667416-EB50-4D71-BDFC-1F3D602C294D.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;353&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWf8DdPsS5SE4W3-dpaqBMVwN07vmc3tA9gp1IAg-n94k46Go6DRHAfoRVwebO6xV5mZ6o2dZsVtIdY2EX6Q1S0kB55m4L8agvHMjG1_irR9v_wAVGFlHxgK5WmN_kStYKok_YhlXtMD0/w470-h353/25667416-EB50-4D71-BDFC-1F3D602C294D.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;470&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Burning Up Old Collapsed Buildings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;This brings us to 2021. I have been cutting low quality trees right a left, clearing old fence lines and working on building new fence. I have six goals on this farm this year. I want to finish getting the west fence line cleared out and fully replaced, create a fenced repository for hay storage on that farm, fence the cattle lot, clear out around the old house site so I can bring in a concrete breaker and get rid on the foundation. Then we can use the foundation pieces to help make culvert crossings on the farm. Finally I want to &amp;nbsp;continue to cut trees to increase the accessibility to parts of the farm that are hard to get to or inaccessible now.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2loylkft2aqU9P_KCm7DPfBJ5y9hc3hVigA_W3uvz9dB7dPO2GJ5UzBuHQTm_28QVUQ6Vmj7ueH0W1kHF96qK_-2WYMWFltPVs3gTlx_Zmm0rrKczx4VKbusXlDyI6dwnxMtuiI5Q0QE/s2048/E19CA8EE-6B90-4F81-8D8D-7E70AAD2E24D.heic&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;349&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2loylkft2aqU9P_KCm7DPfBJ5y9hc3hVigA_W3uvz9dB7dPO2GJ5UzBuHQTm_28QVUQ6Vmj7ueH0W1kHF96qK_-2WYMWFltPVs3gTlx_Zmm0rrKczx4VKbusXlDyI6dwnxMtuiI5Q0QE/w465-h349/E19CA8EE-6B90-4F81-8D8D-7E70AAD2E24D.heic&quot; width=&quot;465&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Burning Lots of Brush Piles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLgSdg-OpbIDQrWKV0dVoyaHiD66fmJU1VY2XjH1nEoyhzdUs5j1s5sOfhIJDqNftqOsQmTNW4zbY5A2p-wk6rTk9mh8D_qFgPdSvAkPQQ1aUm0nHn-1PDhAS3CcOfYQWAHUvdlztIIM/s2048/D694DD91-DF32-44E6-BE5F-41340235E54B.heic&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;335&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLgSdg-OpbIDQrWKV0dVoyaHiD66fmJU1VY2XjH1nEoyhzdUs5j1s5sOfhIJDqNftqOsQmTNW4zbY5A2p-wk6rTk9mh8D_qFgPdSvAkPQQ1aUm0nHn-1PDhAS3CcOfYQWAHUvdlztIIM/w446-h335/D694DD91-DF32-44E6-BE5F-41340235E54B.heic&quot; 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width=&quot;445&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cleared Fence Line, On to the Next&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-p0VRdCiraqneEyx6CytLal7tg5IEb10NUW8aTp29NytmkIEe00yKqfjAutEbOBn24y-4V4Befjy-2qqVdwEybjPBtQ-YRcdmpNCQM0G4evUkZo036wtgSAU24-9Rs9UMnhv06zWbDvY/s2048/BBE1D33A-9C94-4BDF-AFAB-D3569373BBAF.heic&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;326&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-p0VRdCiraqneEyx6CytLal7tg5IEb10NUW8aTp29NytmkIEe00yKqfjAutEbOBn24y-4V4Befjy-2qqVdwEybjPBtQ-YRcdmpNCQM0G4evUkZo036wtgSAU24-9Rs9UMnhv06zWbDvY/w435-h326/BBE1D33A-9C94-4BDF-AFAB-D3569373BBAF.heic&quot; 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/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Burning Spent Hay Residue from Feeding Cattle All Winter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;On the home farm, we did get the barn fixed up after the hail damage of June 2017, created a permanent divider in the barn between the livestock and the equipment, replaced our livestock trailer, bought a tractor, sold the same tractor, and bought another tractor. We also got all of our tractor loaders swopped out to skid loader quick attach systems for a serious quality of life upgrade.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DHXiSG14uhVwzJrsvHaJzPWiDxsL6fpemquKasqlxvaYwceoceGOe_7OLICg7Lcu_Uinb4K0l9pAYwBCk0_w3s01HQK6YpJMkMtAekb_cK5hQV3ll2nJMVoopi-xsgrZJ5IA1gR15sI/s2048/A7C7E9DB-CD80-48D5-99EF-CD307466A197.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;323&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6DHXiSG14uhVwzJrsvHaJzPWiDxsL6fpemquKasqlxvaYwceoceGOe_7OLICg7Lcu_Uinb4K0l9pAYwBCk0_w3s01HQK6YpJMkMtAekb_cK5hQV3ll2nJMVoopi-xsgrZJ5IA1gR15sI/w431-h323/A7C7E9DB-CD80-48D5-99EF-CD307466A197.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;431&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Replaced Hail Damaged Roof&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyufjZ_aGYrZpqqZGW22VTl1NXWaQrs_fpwRzdlYLDpFesu6y0Tlb3wF-o1jGzY651VRF028_oFsQN8gL1A9lej-jqmQEPop1Vlx8J-5jS-viUEfINy5sAFyGNmowmM_cjUY1J3WFoWE/s2048/065DBC89-5764-4CC8-B9F8-20214C4FB923.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;321&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyufjZ_aGYrZpqqZGW22VTl1NXWaQrs_fpwRzdlYLDpFesu6y0Tlb3wF-o1jGzY651VRF028_oFsQN8gL1A9lej-jqmQEPop1Vlx8J-5jS-viUEfINy5sAFyGNmowmM_cjUY1J3WFoWE/w428-h321/065DBC89-5764-4CC8-B9F8-20214C4FB923.jpeg&quot; 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width=&quot;438&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;One for Both Tractors&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;With the Pandemic we have seen insane demand that greatly exceeds what we can produce and what our local food system has evolved to handle. We sold more beef quarters in 2020 then we have in all of the 13 years we have farmed previously. We had to book all of our 2021locker dates back in August 2020 and ran out of ground beef in late November. In 2019, we struggled to sell our ground beef, now we can&#39;t keep it in inventory. Our poultry locker plant closed in late 2019, and in 2020 we were down to one last state inspected kill poultry locker running in all of Iowa. Because of that we can now only sell whole chickens and can no longer sell individual parts. A feed issue where our mineral got changed out for a diluted mix plagued us for most of 2020, but got cleared up in time for our turkeys to finish out fine. With the pandemic, we were conservative with the number of turkeys we raised, only to find demand strong there as well, despite limits on family gatherings. With the solid demand continuing into 2021, we are hoping for a good year. The first 2021 broilers are off to a great start and look really promising.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Hf-0-1fVcUhd6VxreKWZC-_d4HBbXnoyEsPu-ACU01ah6NsYUG-vqWuUevz7WHAo74qhFwF6Do37gr8EDhJxd-oyY13zv75n5TSoMMll3Ok-zEM2mLHDZL33pSqtgI18tX7vABEyqVs/s2048/7B6C5364-6BD4-4ACE-85D8-7036A031A7EA.heic&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;331&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Hf-0-1fVcUhd6VxreKWZC-_d4HBbXnoyEsPu-ACU01ah6NsYUG-vqWuUevz7WHAo74qhFwF6Do37gr8EDhJxd-oyY13zv75n5TSoMMll3Ok-zEM2mLHDZL33pSqtgI18tX7vABEyqVs/w441-h331/7B6C5364-6BD4-4ACE-85D8-7036A031A7EA.heic&quot; width=&quot;441&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Last Operating Inspected Kill Poultry Locker in Iowa 2020&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yrYgITWNg2vOzl7T_RJZiH0NHM9Kkxk6TIS6R69yjfE2xv2myC2j4ofDJoxtQlKDrj8msOvfcMCxw7cD7P3SsS1OLxRh0-gGymQ7uq3Ya7zed_S5WYNQEylf1mMLiIgW33X1FnZKRg4/s2048/77D3BD72-A9B3-4E2E-91CF-A5E16E8B71EF.heic&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2048&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1536&quot; height=&quot;483&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yrYgITWNg2vOzl7T_RJZiH0NHM9Kkxk6TIS6R69yjfE2xv2myC2j4ofDJoxtQlKDrj8msOvfcMCxw7cD7P3SsS1OLxRh0-gGymQ7uq3Ya7zed_S5WYNQEylf1mMLiIgW33X1FnZKRg4/w362-h483/77D3BD72-A9B3-4E2E-91CF-A5E16E8B71EF.heic&quot; width=&quot;362&quot; /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Picking Up Beef From the Locker 2020&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEVHncR2DHFBT4CMcHl7rJqvKGNOWWmav2ub_eO3sJnlHgI42YYjjEMpZWkMvTiEmsT_AdQKc2wljolkMtoYe5wb8XfulTA8M8r_856EnCdLIH1NZDXCRp5JEPY1v92K9a6ZNLCSaqxs/s2048/E6F9AEB8-E5A2-4B9F-8B7E-411AA25EE28D.heic&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1536&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;348&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEVHncR2DHFBT4CMcHl7rJqvKGNOWWmav2ub_eO3sJnlHgI42YYjjEMpZWkMvTiEmsT_AdQKc2wljolkMtoYe5wb8XfulTA8M8r_856EnCdLIH1NZDXCRp5JEPY1v92K9a6ZNLCSaqxs/w463-h348/E6F9AEB8-E5A2-4B9F-8B7E-411AA25EE28D.heic&quot; width=&quot;463&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Less Than a Week Old Broiler Chicks 2021&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;That is a quick summary of the past four years. We are a little run down by the toll 2020 took on us but making and seeing progress on the land and in the facility improvements is motivating. I look forward to seeing our customers again. Until then thanks for reading and supporting us, and keep your fingers crossed for rain.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/feeds/2768249861106368929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2021/05/4-year-time-warp.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/2768249861106368929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/2768249861106368929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2021/05/4-year-time-warp.html' title='4 Year Time Warp'/><author><name>Ryan Marquardt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02158248365301876879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsHSKOKpM03aMTKNkw2YhJ9FPkJZ1tlROUeOunoWTJwi2ZsJf-SvbsFDKfrpnIv1Wd0Yo6V_4Yeom8ZnRCYOKN7mJVNVNlJbtgT1EJ9cK9gh42PQQJ5q1VWuJUOANhg/s151/133-3335_IMG.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJYTMiCG06MQrD0VaYM4RROXkx-eaTPYz3ipm2lKPdxLESxexQmEXThozxdiKI91zoAhJkDyIcsFO1cCekKreMOeaYT-d39xdWPDRE8s5afc42y4V1MhOOFBmCWFZydhPUjiwYEYH7gc/s72-w438-h329-c/E15B3171-F2F7-4C86-86F7-509A47A7E459.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394707382725206352.post-7557272908738792807</id><published>2017-06-22T07:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2017-06-23T09:55:50.594-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Beef"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Buildings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chickens"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Personal"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Processing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Trees"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Turkeys"/><title type='text'>Oh Hail and Other Stuff</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
2. A week ago, we got am unpleasant surprise of fifteen minutes of hail culminating in golfball sized balls of ice slamming into everything. We lost a large tree and chicken pen lid. Our garage doors, eave spouts, window sashes, and metal out buildings are all dented up, but we did not loose any windows. Luckly, the cattle were in a place where they could hunker down under the dense cover of hedge trees (they are rugged trees). We have not meet with our insurance adjuster yet because this storm dropped hail in a mile wide strip across the top of all of Madison County, including the entire town of Earlham. Since we did not loose any windows, we are lower on the priority list. </div>
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28. My Uncle did not fair as well as we did. Two-thirds of the crops were hit, with a lot of it completly lost. We won't know the full effect for some time. The dry weather was already stressing the pastures and crops to begin with, so this is just compounding a difficult situation. <br />
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33. <b>My Uncle & Father's Corn</b></div>
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37. The real victim was the home place. Of the seven windows on the west side of the house, all seven lost their storm windows, and five broke all the way through. Even the one in the attic under the overhang is broken (we had to board that one up from the inside). The siding is shot, the shingles seemed to hold, but that storm might have taken years off their life. Some of the cedar shingles on the barn came off and most of the windows were broken out. </div>
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42. <b>Starting to Board Up Windows at my Uncle's Place</b></div>
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47. <b>Finished Boarding up the Broken Windows</b></div>
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49. Aside from the hail, we are plodding along. The first round of chickens have come and gone. We had a five day stretch of cold damp weather in mid-May, that got Phemonia started in the broilers and it killed of around twenty percent of them.  Those that survived turned out very well with nice larger weights. Luckily, the broilers finished out just as the scorching heat wave started. Mature broilers and heat don't mix well. Pastured poultry in the spring is such a risky venture in Iowa as the weather can go from cold a stretch to heat wave in the same week.<br />
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54. Spring Broiler Batch</div>
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58. The turkeys just arrived two days ago and are doing well. I have such a love hate relationship with turkeys. They are immensely cute, but they are also very fragile and are fond of smothering each other. They are a very risky enterprise that requires a lot of small adjustments.  They make it so I can't really travel in the summer. </div>
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63. <b>Brooder is All Set-up</b></div>
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73. <b>In their New Home</b></div>
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77. Yesterday, I took our first two beef to the locker this year. My trailer is really showing its age and I am increasingly concerned that it might need to be replaced sooner then later. The boy closest to the camera was very difficult to get off the trailer. We went back and forth for 40 minutes before I got him to back off the trailer. I then had to grab the alleyway rails and drive my chest into his head to get him to back up the remaining twenty feet into the holding pen. Thank goodness the other one was off the trailer and in the pen within five minutes. I will freely admit that I am a bit sore today. </div>
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86. The kids are doing well and Luna keeps getting bigger.  There is a lot of pressure from my daughter to build her a tree house this year. I do want to get a play structure built for the kids to encourage them to be outside and to make their outside activities increasingly self directed. Outside of the farm, our family has been pretty busy with Janice working 6 days a week, the kids at home for the summer, and me attending two to three functions a week. It is a pretty rare evening when I just get to see my wife. Stay tuned as we move into summer and hopefully we get some rain, get some projects done, and have some fun along the way. </div>
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99. <b>Kite Flying Again</b></div>
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105. <b>Wrestling with Luna</b></div>
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110. <b>Playing Robot Turtle (a programing game)</b></div>
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189. <!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: small;">It has been way to long since my last blog post. With the mild winter, </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">rampant</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: small;"> sickness, tons of meetings, and Janice’s promotion, it has been very
190. busy around here. Some of our lingering projects are almost complete. The new
191. chicken house has been put into service despite a few finishing touches on the
192. interior that needs completing.</span><!--EndFragment--> The building is located jetting out into the cattle winter lot, to hopefully help reduce fly levels and therefore reduce the risk of pink eye (which hit us hard in 2016).<br />
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197. <b>Front of the Layer Building (recycled metal and all)</b></div>
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202. <b>Southside of the Layer Building</b></div>
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207. <b>Pulling 150 feet of wire through Conduit Sucks</b></div>
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213. <b>Layers Moving In</b></div>
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217. I did get some of our frost seeding on late, but it got
218. done. I put on a mix of 50 pounds of birdsfoot trefoil and 50 pounds of Haifa
219. white clover. I use just a shoulder mounted bag seeder a manual spinner, so the process can take several days to get over the whole farm.</div>
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225. <b>100 Pounds of Seed to Spread</b></div>
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310. Our first 2017 chicks got here two weeks ago. They are
311. growing well and depending on the weather, should be outside in a week or two. They should be available to customers by mid-June. We are brooding in stock tanks like we have in the past, but I have constructed
312. some smaller brooder hoods based on a design I was using on the old farm. This helps the chicks regulate their own temperature and should help avoid health issues like pneumonia. </div>
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318. <b>Checking Out the Brooder Set-up</b></div>
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323. <b>Hamming it Up with the Chicks</b></div>
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328. <b>They are cute when they are little</b></div>
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334. <b>Crafted a smaller brooder hood based on the ones we used on the old farm</b></div>
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338. Other projects that are getting nudged along on the farm include some fencing and brush clearing. </div>
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340. I started building a stretch of fence behind the house almost two years ago, but that got stopped when I realized I would have to put a gate in the middle of that expanse of fence because that was the best sledding site for the kids on the farm. I got the bracing for that gate finished last night, now I need to run the wires, hand the gates, and bury the connective wires. </div>
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346. <b>One Step closer to Finally Getting This Stretch of Fence Done</b></div>
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350. I did not get very much brush cut this winter, but what I did get cut still needs to be stack and burn. I started that process last night and for a few seconds that pile of brush went up like a candle. That should tell you that it is pretty dry on the farm (we have missed several good rains). </div>
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356. <b>I found a calm day to burn brush</b></div>
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360. One of the two things that have really been keeping me busy is my role as Board President of the Iowa Food Cooperative. I have been running meetings, trying to improve processes, and just trying to get everyone on the same page and pulling in the same direction. The Iowa Legislature in there 2018 fiscal year budget eliminated the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University.  I made a trip up to the capital to give testimony at the house budget hearing. That testimony is available <a href="https://iowafood.coop/from-the-president/leopold-center-matter/">here</a>. </div>
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366. <b>Heading up to the Capital</b></div>
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370. I have also been increasingly involved in my local political party and parallel organizations. With that in mind, I am considering running for public office in 2018. The groundwork for these things takes quite a bit of time, focus, and energy. I will keep you posted if and when I have anything to announce. </div>
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374. The kids are doing well in there respective schools. Our Daughter, is increasingly reading on her own and is still a social butterfly. Our Son, is shockingly advanced at math and has matured so much in the past year.  I am trying to get them outside more and a bit more involved in farming. Luna (the big puppy), sometimes wants to playfully chase them around a bit and at 50 pounds she can at times be intimidating. I wish both Janice and I could devote more time to the kids, but I try to make the most of what I have to work with. </div>
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380. <b>Posing Next to Flowers Planted in Memory of my Mother</b></div>
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385. <b>Kite Flying, Early Spring Winds are Good for That</b></div>
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393. <b>Luna keeps Growing</b></div>
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397. Hopefully it won't be so long before the next blog update. Until next time, take care and I will keep you posted about any updates here and on the Facebook page.</div>
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400. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/feeds/690951873101149644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2017/04/revving-up-for-2017-and-beyond.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/690951873101149644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/690951873101149644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2017/04/revving-up-for-2017-and-beyond.html' title='Revving Up for 2017 and Beyond'/><author><name>Ryan Marquardt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02158248365301876879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsHSKOKpM03aMTKNkw2YhJ9FPkJZ1tlROUeOunoWTJwi2ZsJf-SvbsFDKfrpnIv1Wd0Yo6V_4Yeom8ZnRCYOKN7mJVNVNlJbtgT1EJ9cK9gh42PQQJ5q1VWuJUOANhg/s151/133-3335_IMG.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdPH4Ct8B-fUyLdkdzwezMoqkNM3n3iJqgbGc-ULeNkeHThXoASy1vT18LUbBlprMcYoZ_flPRWFUjrsa-ETmKfsKBZ6CwgGbUX9BfubnqsKIJN8WlffjuzHkQH-WWyh2wvu_lXLxIuA/s72-c/IMG_5926.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394707382725206352.post-6084570354537782891</id><published>2017-02-16T22:40:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2017-02-16T22:40:23.322-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Buildings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Eggs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Laying Hens"/><title type='text'>Looking Back at 2016 &amp; Looking Ahead at 2017</title><content type='html'>2017 is our tenth production season. We have come a long way in ten years and yet there are many challenges ahead. 2016 was a decent year, but not a great year. Overall sales were generally down a little over 2017. There is a national trend away from direct to farmer sales and we are not immune. We have heard of sales declines from many other local producers, to the point where I know of about a half dozen that are considering other alternatives. Our sales decline was 7% from last year, with cattle breeding stock sales helping to stabilize things. Producers who have held steady continue to offer more and more product selection and additional services. There are limits of course to what is possible, but we continue to reevaluate our product offerings. Our pricing and products page has been &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildrosepastures.com/pricing.php&quot;&gt;updated&lt;/a&gt; for 2017 and contains some products we have added as well as others we have left off in the past.&lt;br /&gt;
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404. Starting layers back up again has been a noticeable burden on the business with start-up costs of around $2,000. (building, chickens, feed, & cartons). The chickens have not moved into their new home yet, but they are laying full bore producing at least 15 dozen a week. When eggs stopped being a regular product for us, it hurt business a lot, and I never imagined it would be three years before we would be back into that enterprise. </div>
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410. <b>House Wrap is On & Windows are In</b></div>
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416. <b>Door is on & Exterior Steel Starts Going Up & Roof is On</b></div>
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421. <b>Steel Going on the West Wall</b></div>
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426. <b>Interior Insulation and Wall Sheeting Going Up</b></div>
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431. <b>Electrical being Run</b></div>
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435. A quiet little change around the farm was the purchase of a newer truck. We purchased a 2011 Toyota Tundra because we wanted to be able to tow the tractor on the flatbed truck (Tundra is a good pulling truck), we wanted to update from the gold 1997 Chevy because she had reached 189K miles and rust has been pretty hard on her. She might stick around at least for a while because a beater 4x4 truck still has some value doing jobs you would rather spare the new truck. However, that meant that Grandpa's old blue truck 1991 had to go. I found her a good home.</div>
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441. <b>New 2011 Toyota Tundra</b></div>
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447. <b>2007 Chevy Farm Truck Gets to Stay for a While</b></div>
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453. <b>Good Bye Blue</b></div>
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457. I would have liked to make more progress this month, but my children have been intermittently sick and have made me intermittently sick as well. They are looking better today, but neither one is back to 100% yet. </div>
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464. <b>"Daddy I Don't Feel Good"</b></div>
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467. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74LANUv2MAlkBqc-pYE50BUOXGLr0jREl0n_awBRh4t6V1U1ITQxhBmTWavIHPyw_vihlnkCEmh6eFMVcTsQ0YQrsysoi092cDmfmnOFL6EnMNSd6odGZDR3K9ydA8yepl2clw5ylsok/s1600/IMG_5843.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74LANUv2MAlkBqc-pYE50BUOXGLr0jREl0n_awBRh4t6V1U1ITQxhBmTWavIHPyw_vihlnkCEmh6eFMVcTsQ0YQrsysoi092cDmfmnOFL6EnMNSd6odGZDR3K9ydA8yepl2clw5ylsok/s400/IMG_5843.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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469. <b>How Two Sick Kids Share a Couch</b></div>
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473. Stay tuned as we will try to get our production schedule for 2017. When we have delivery dates figured out, we will share them with our customers. Thank you for your support and I look forward to seeing you all in 2017. </div>
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479. When last I left off a month ago, the chicken building was just bare concrete. Well a lot has changed in a month. The vast majority of my farm energy has gone into building this structure. </div>
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483. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSpXz_gfnLqGljhSDz0ZVvf0G38Kl61QpoCC_2oJuvsKbP183tRy5o8cPnwKEww1yRHh_Hi40iy5lgEgWVTJh1BLP-F_UqR8GkS2-vxGU48RvozH0MbkfrDpCN6yK3b44CY2CVSERdss/s1600/IMG_5376.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSpXz_gfnLqGljhSDz0ZVvf0G38Kl61QpoCC_2oJuvsKbP183tRy5o8cPnwKEww1yRHh_Hi40iy5lgEgWVTJh1BLP-F_UqR8GkS2-vxGU48RvozH0MbkfrDpCN6yK3b44CY2CVSERdss/s320/IMG_5376.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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485. <b>Started with the West Wall</b></div>
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488. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAA2t2AveajbYugVYC54tJb2arfV-gz0BIJAja3dKzZssEAXUe946-NGCm_F_psoUo6m_LCr-Am1qnERsRipi7IGy_wKcOKaefgUvmxPNKpHXubPpAG8o4Gj1riz4MZ_Hqbyh9zhFXtQ/s1600/IMG_5400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAA2t2AveajbYugVYC54tJb2arfV-gz0BIJAja3dKzZssEAXUe946-NGCm_F_psoUo6m_LCr-Am1qnERsRipi7IGy_wKcOKaefgUvmxPNKpHXubPpAG8o4Gj1riz4MZ_Hqbyh9zhFXtQ/s400/IMG_5400.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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490. <b>Then the East Wall</b></div>
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495. <b>Completed East Wall</b></div>
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498. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkVLm9KD5MWUSGR-1IN1zWK9Y3alCIVyHm4HChsFRT034PA32W-d3GMY0FE2Pn6beYdP78Csxd-b5COJb7QqWT-bLVZXsoBAS8TD58wFnn6St3ZgAbVdJNTTRnZq-pbE4lEBfpnn9hI0/s1600/IMG_5428.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkVLm9KD5MWUSGR-1IN1zWK9Y3alCIVyHm4HChsFRT034PA32W-d3GMY0FE2Pn6beYdP78Csxd-b5COJb7QqWT-bLVZXsoBAS8TD58wFnn6St3ZgAbVdJNTTRnZq-pbE4lEBfpnn9hI0/s400/IMG_5428.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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500. <b>Running Rafters</b></div>
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503.  Several things got changed along the way.  The window in the west wall got moved to the south wall and then two smaller windows framed up. The east was initially six inches taller, but when I started assembling it, that got changed. It was just was too tall and hard to work on because of its height.<br />
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506. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSR_dntrATRdL-j6MqlRKTsJJiUAKb7b3opiPgG0Y6IL3OmzGAqNasZKLbppKltE65goSWfjp8dFjb8ui0kCeyJGX5lh60bG5ahRkxtb9jaNTUSQUebM_xYSvMbNJWP1-EDKUswqxDMSg/s1600/IMG_5435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSR_dntrATRdL-j6MqlRKTsJJiUAKb7b3opiPgG0Y6IL3OmzGAqNasZKLbppKltE65goSWfjp8dFjb8ui0kCeyJGX5lh60bG5ahRkxtb9jaNTUSQUebM_xYSvMbNJWP1-EDKUswqxDMSg/s400/IMG_5435.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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508. <b>Horizontal Rafter Supports & Roof Extension</b></div>
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515. <b>Fully Framed</b></div>
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519. The framing took about three weeks, then I went on to sheeting the walls to add strength before doing the roof, but with heavy rain forecast for  Christmas Day, I shifted to sheeting the roof and putting down felt to help keep the rain out of the building. Then I came back to finish up the walls. </div>
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525. <b>Roof Felt is On</b></div>
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528. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KiNq45NFbkaiEyd6AM8cAzZPfzFq5IY9uq4PivkBL2Bee5JzEjwRP-WOPzwRKVtats24deE5qgFTwfOIDP8mhOaTCOJzZjV6DLRgyu85vbE5AsPhXIK-16QNlQHreMipDa5RSLsuZa0/s1600/IMG_5577.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KiNq45NFbkaiEyd6AM8cAzZPfzFq5IY9uq4PivkBL2Bee5JzEjwRP-WOPzwRKVtats24deE5qgFTwfOIDP8mhOaTCOJzZjV6DLRgyu85vbE5AsPhXIK-16QNlQHreMipDa5RSLsuZa0/s400/IMG_5577.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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530. <b>Fully Sheeted</b></div>
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534. With all that done, the next step is house wrap followed by soffit instillation, window and door instillations, building up the roof, adding steel siding, running electrical wires, installing insulation, putting up internal sheeting, and painting the soffits in the spring. </div>
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537. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqhNMTN2zqtZRssK0g2FUVFb0rsgCFagbezR1zZCiqXJep7xmYtsLUxnlQHkH1X0XS6vlA-hqR-hxgBGUm38Dczslfo1FQHZhdrYO7pLbZYMwotWSSuLFl_NxVV6MxY9nR9Yo_PjxV-0/s1600/IMG_5569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqhNMTN2zqtZRssK0g2FUVFb0rsgCFagbezR1zZCiqXJep7xmYtsLUxnlQHkH1X0XS6vlA-hqR-hxgBGUm38Dczslfo1FQHZhdrYO7pLbZYMwotWSSuLFl_NxVV6MxY9nR9Yo_PjxV-0/s400/IMG_5569.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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539. <b>Christmas Hangover</b></div>
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543. I hope to be done soon, so I can get back to the normal winter activities of taxes, chainsawing, and planning out 2017. Until, then I got a full winter ahead of me. No time for sleeping on the job. Stay tuned for a look back at how things went in 2016 and what we are planning for 2017. </div>
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549. Here we are almost to December. It has been more then two months since my last post and a lot has happened since then. The production season has wrapped up. Almost all of the Turkeys are sold. I purchased 30 bales of hay since production was down from the dry conditions we had locally.  I found a good price on hay over by Martensdale (30 miles) and hauled them back home three at a time.  </div>
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551. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCSN5XhtcRJcQQMkhn738K3RBZqqC_hjXFFGXba_cvbgoryCdsu9ul23h2k4Ym8RwytiarLEAvLx4798jClWXtUXl-9gjwtEaqiJNSBLwPckyKJ9Mt1jXoteyGRfUj2NeiJIIu7cuOHQ/s1600/IMG_5009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCSN5XhtcRJcQQMkhn738K3RBZqqC_hjXFFGXba_cvbgoryCdsu9ul23h2k4Ym8RwytiarLEAvLx4798jClWXtUXl-9gjwtEaqiJNSBLwPckyKJ9Mt1jXoteyGRfUj2NeiJIIu7cuOHQ/s400/IMG_5009.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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553. <b>Turkeys in Pasture in early October</b></div>
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557. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwVI-034YnFaEGVRkN9Jawb5ou1pQnr5fNpip4-Zhmghyphenhyphenmup42s6zAOhkpJQ0cXqDFqA6o4iaXnczVkRAEf56IqV69z07SkU3_KLD2iqlXKxgQGnhW_NBIQODIFTLKhpUphkQnzANJhA/s1600/IMG_5146.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwVI-034YnFaEGVRkN9Jawb5ou1pQnr5fNpip4-Zhmghyphenhyphenmup42s6zAOhkpJQ0cXqDFqA6o4iaXnczVkRAEf56IqV69z07SkU3_KLD2iqlXKxgQGnhW_NBIQODIFTLKhpUphkQnzANJhA/s400/IMG_5146.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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559. <b>One of Ten Hay Loads</b></div>
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563. I am trying to build a chicken house before we get full blown winter. The big problem with the chicken house is all of the other projects that the building affects that have to get done first. First, I had to run a water line through the area the building was going in so I could have a hydrant on the west side of our main building. </div>
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567. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWGllDRVw06NVjBCpJKjJbCBEwsLm6C45irDm4-Ts19y7Tmx14EcgPGSHDz3uivLx9VWQdY78Z8Ky8kZvINP5ZeftYh7_xdvLVL2WVZ7CN7YaqA2PplqZbeHNEQbLX_sbueAlSAoJAzU/s1600/IMG_5100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWGllDRVw06NVjBCpJKjJbCBEwsLm6C45irDm4-Ts19y7Tmx14EcgPGSHDz3uivLx9VWQdY78Z8Ky8kZvINP5ZeftYh7_xdvLVL2WVZ7CN7YaqA2PplqZbeHNEQbLX_sbueAlSAoJAzU/s400/IMG_5100.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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569. <b> Installed Water Line</b></div>
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573. Using the same trench, I put solid drainage tile in to route the water from the south side of our main building and future chicken building away from the cattle lot. To do that, I had to expand the initial excavation and fill it in a bit to create the proper fall to route the water away. </div>
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577. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITLNPVRUaAIJdKsbKmzUZzopBpEAgnw_fEzWpzyxlIrtLjKG3Ohkrn_40vhaiHMtoBJ7ZhXJ9ccY0LaUh__lSbmjiJEBuCZSRrrnMldU5tXM4J1NtBadadvFh7xgcBhCFPtr-PVmDpWc/s1600/IMG_5109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITLNPVRUaAIJdKsbKmzUZzopBpEAgnw_fEzWpzyxlIrtLjKG3Ohkrn_40vhaiHMtoBJ7ZhXJ9ccY0LaUh__lSbmjiJEBuCZSRrrnMldU5tXM4J1NtBadadvFh7xgcBhCFPtr-PVmDpWc/s400/IMG_5109.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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579. <b>Helper Showing Off the Modified Trench</b></div>
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585. <b>Getting Drainage Tile Out of Storage</b></div>
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589. After all that, it is time to make the form and actually start the building. I hauled three truck loads (my truck, not a dump truck) of concrete sand. That was around 5,000 pounds. I have a truck bed unroller that I bought years ago (and never used) that made unloading the truck surprisingly easy (I no longer regret the purchase). After that, I put in a rebar perimeter. I decided to use bagged ready mix for the project and to pour the pad in two passes. For this project, the bagged product was over $200 cheaper and doing it in two rounds made it easier for me to manage most of the project alone. </div>
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593. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMf9HIDlOO_gUK2evChWjNVS1aoZfAoYE6ggJE-Qre5HAeZd5P7sYMIkrBPwBNBFEiw7QLI4rhE8kSAs7e8yVtFmO3BVxZ0i-Qf_tvapuBCOyedQ0pAh98V7ILIet0_zxTzOp5FLsZdk0/s1600/IMG_5196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMf9HIDlOO_gUK2evChWjNVS1aoZfAoYE6ggJE-Qre5HAeZd5P7sYMIkrBPwBNBFEiw7QLI4rhE8kSAs7e8yVtFmO3BVxZ0i-Qf_tvapuBCOyedQ0pAh98V7ILIet0_zxTzOp5FLsZdk0/s400/IMG_5196.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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595. <b>The Basic Form</b></div>
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599. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGD5nJmmtgq9FK63HAccffCTlrWXzOO-OcYiwmJO9kndhJIIWCvgO_P8vA4mx7wJ1Brv7rYvaiVw_XVv5WC1Iu6oYFo1I39fBU336T3NiJiea_bGQm0w59mkItSzv23n7u4dwCP2SwT4/s1600/IMG_5230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXGD5nJmmtgq9FK63HAccffCTlrWXzOO-OcYiwmJO9kndhJIIWCvgO_P8vA4mx7wJ1Brv7rYvaiVw_XVv5WC1Iu6oYFo1I39fBU336T3NiJiea_bGQm0w59mkItSzv23n7u4dwCP2SwT4/s400/IMG_5230.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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601. <b>Sand, Rebar, and Moisture Barrier Installed on Half</b></div>
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605. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWgPTP_0MSu7ApDWAl27f26SA1LqnRT0jDJEn7qGxASzwl4KW7xqozWuxAyEoNFLHZeZGjPj0O1HHTMambYZvzYTrh_Szy6SqJsZtDOifA81N9uaNv07wS-m3uqZ2Mq8RyhRZNXA1WWw/s1600/IMG_5232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWgPTP_0MSu7ApDWAl27f26SA1LqnRT0jDJEn7qGxASzwl4KW7xqozWuxAyEoNFLHZeZGjPj0O1HHTMambYZvzYTrh_Szy6SqJsZtDOifA81N9uaNv07wS-m3uqZ2Mq8RyhRZNXA1WWw/s400/IMG_5232.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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607. <b>This Would End Up Being Two-Thirds of the Concrete Needed for the Entire Project</b></div>
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613. <b>Ready Set Pour</b></div>
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619. <b>Both Sides Poured</b></div>
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623. With both sides poured, the next step was to pull off the forms and grade the soil back. I had to install a wood fence to keep the cows from wrecking the building once it was built and to create a safe workspace for myself. I also had to reroute and rework the power line that supplies some of the electric fence on the farm. This gave me a chance to put in a shut-off switch for that section. </div>
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629. <b>Newly Installed Shut-off Switch</b></div>
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633. I am half way through bolting down the moisture barrier and base plate. This week, I plan to pour a concrete stoop and start putting up the walls. </div>
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639. <b>Cattle Fence Installed and Base Plate Started</b></div>
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643. On the home front, Janice has been working late almost every day. She got a good promotion at work, but is still working her old job along with her new one while she gets a new person hired and trained.  I have been keeping the house running and cooking many of the meals. Janice has continued to tackle some of the remaining household projects in her scant free time. </div>
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649. <b>Janice Staining Some of the Last Windows</b></div>
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653. The kids are doing well. Our daughter is still a social butterfly and is reading more and more on her own. Our son is learning his letters at preschool and can now reliably count to twelve. </div>
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659. <b>Checking out Their Pumpkins</b></div>
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665. <b>Flying Her Kite</b></div>
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670. My last post introduced our farm puppy, Meeka. As a border collie, she was a difficult dog to manage as she would herd or chase anything. We tried to work with her, but she ultimately got struck by a car in mid-November. We are willing to give this one last try. This is the two month old female great Pyrenees that we picked up today. The name is still being debated.<br />
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676. <b>Great Pyrenees Puppy</b></div>
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681. <b>Trying to Go For a Walk</b></div>
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685. I think that is it for now. Hopefully, it won't be so long between posts, and hopefully we can get get that chicken building moving along.  Until next time, thank you for reading, and stay tuned. </div>
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687. It has been a while since have checking in. For the most
688. part, summer with two kids at home is a time spent primarily just keeping up.
689. Now that school has started, my Daughter is in 1<sup>st</sup> grade and my Son
690. just started preschool, there has been a bit more time to push projects along
691. and catch-up. We also picked up a new puppy. Meeka was born on a farm and is a border collie and rat terrier (?) cross. She is a four-month-old ball of energy.</div>
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697. <b>Son at Preschool</b></div>
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705. <b>Daughter Playing with New Puppy</b></div>
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711. <b>Meeka the Puppy</b></div>
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715. The first thing to get caught up on was getting birds out of the brooders and into pens and the sunshine. This meant getting a new pen built for the new laying chickens  (37 of them). I built this new 8x8 chicken; it should accommodate 40 birds or around 15 to 20 turkeys depending on age.</div>
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721. <b>New Brooder Frame</b></div>
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727. <b>New Brooder With Steel</b></div>
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733. <b>Moving New Brooder Out To Field</b></div>
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737. <b>Moving Layers Out to Pen</b></div>
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741. We also got turkeys ranging inside a poultry net barrier. The hard part has been getting them to use their portable roost at night.</div>
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747. <b>Turkey's Ranging</b></div>
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751. Lastly, we got the 180 broilers in the brooder outside this week. Now the brooder is empty for the year.  That puts us at peak production for the year.    </div>
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757. <b>Daughter Helping to Move Turkeys</b></div>
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761. <div style="text-align: center;">
762.  <b>Filling-up the Pen</b></div>
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768. <b>Peak Poultry (Broilers, Layers, Turkeys)</b></div>
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773. <b>Peak Poultry (Broilers, Layers, Turkeys)</b></div>
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777. We also have two beef going into the locker this week. So we have pretty much everything available and if if it is not available, it will be soon. Stay tuned and we will try to keep you posted as we progress into the fall. </div>
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877. <b>Lost a Chuck of One of the Old Silver Maples</b></div>
878. <span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span>
879. <span style="text-align: center;">There is an old grove of these ancient silver maples just west of the house. There are also two old depressions in the soil on either side of the grove. What we know about this grove is that there used to be a pioneer farm out there. Some of the community elders remember being told as children that there used to be a farm on that hill. We believe the depressions  in the soil to be old root cellars or ice houses. I have encountered a square headed nail while planting service berries in the area. </span><br />
880. <br />
881. With the cows only grazed for two months before I decided to pull them back to the lot and let the grass recover. These last two storm have me hopeful that we can continue to catch rain and we can get back to grazing within the next two weeks.<br />
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888. <b>Send in the Clean-up Crew</b></div>
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892. We just got beef back from the locker and are starting to do deliveries. I am a little concerned about sales this year. Having moved once before, I know that sales take a big hit after a move as our customer base adjusts. I am a little more concerned because of our lack of real internet. It makes it hard to reply to customer emails, update our webpage, update pictures of our product on the Iowa Food Cooperative, create blog posts. In general it makes running our kind of business very very challenging, as if it was not hard enough. It is still early, and we will see what comes of the next few months, but I would be lying if said I was not a little worried.</div>
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896. I must admit that in nine years of raising poultry I have never had a batch of chickens as challenging as this first batch of meat chickens. After talking with other producers who have had similar problems, we believe it is probably pneumonia. This was likely brought on by the cool spring and rapid temperature fluctuations that followed. The subsequent heat only aggravated things as the birds developed. All told 79 birds made it to the locker from a starting batch of 183. Those that did make it to the locker we smaller then I would have liked even after eleven weeks of development, where a normal batch is completed in eight to nine weeks. Couple that with the incredibly dry conditions, which has now forced us to start feeding the cows hay, and this year pretty disappointing so far on the farm side of things.</div>
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902. <b>Rolo (our white dog) Playing With the Locker Dog on Processing Day</b></div>
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906. There is still a lot of the production season left, and I hope things can correct themselves. Our second batch of birds arrived this week, consisting of 60 turkeys and 37 layer pullets. The turkeys are the same number as last year and will be with us for at least the next sixteen weeks. This is the first time we have had laying chicks around since before our Son was born.  We are finally trying to get our layer population back up so we can sell eggs as freely as we used to.  It will be six months before they start really laying eggs, so they will likely start right around Christmas (the first time our first batch of layers laid an egg was Christmas Eve). I also have to build a permanent structure for the birds, that I still would really like to get a start on yet this Summer. </div>
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912. <b>Brooder Tanks Sterilizing in the Sun</b></div>
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918. <b>Chicks Have Arrived</b></div>
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924. <b>Sixty Turkeys in Their Tank</b></div>
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930. <b>Thirty-five  Layers in Their Tank</b></div>
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934. Elsewhere on the farm, we did take two beef to the locker two weeks ago, so we should have a nice selection of beef and chicken available at our July & August delivery days, which start next weekend. If you are interested in ordering and have not done so yet, hit us up <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Mx_dI4vIdenfiDiWtvoWqmSObfLv_0UksJMdadWHj8I/viewform?c=0&w=1">here.</a> I hope to see all of you soon at a delivery site in your town. Until then, take care. </div>
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940. <b>Chicken Inspector</b></div>
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946. <b>Tired Little Guy</b></div>
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955. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/feeds/4397632252107951176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2016/07/round-one-leaves-round-two-arrives.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/4397632252107951176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/4397632252107951176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2016/07/round-one-leaves-round-two-arrives.html' title='Round One Leaves &amp; Round Two Arrives'/><author><name>Ryan Marquardt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02158248365301876879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsHSKOKpM03aMTKNkw2YhJ9FPkJZ1tlROUeOunoWTJwi2ZsJf-SvbsFDKfrpnIv1Wd0Yo6V_4Yeom8ZnRCYOKN7mJVNVNlJbtgT1EJ9cK9gh42PQQJ5q1VWuJUOANhg/s151/133-3335_IMG.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQkvHy_rKCfZYMBG7gtd_ZuaOtu7cbtvbtSJrD5pVV_BX3mIGzzJpXBL34Qvc9Z9OXJ2asXr1Su9N3pIf2zIL4eL7m0nTokEEZ6rnH17bKZnlSZiyGdvEDwiaVkFZsEdADKKJNeuieYw/s72-c/IMG_4339.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394707382725206352.post-194157769813693201</id><published>2016-06-04T16:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-06-04T16:13:35.637-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cattle"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chickens"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Water System"/><title type='text'>Early 2016 Update</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
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957. <span style="text-align: start;">Sorry for the great length of time between posts. Not having regular internet at the house is painful.  It is very hard to conduct business with no hard-wire internet available to us.  We started grazing a month ago in early May. The grass greened up early, but was slow to grow back to grazing height. </span></div>
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963. <b>Cattle out on Grass Again</b></div>
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965. We had seven calves this spring, the same as all of last year, despite removing three of our older larger cows in 2015. We sold three young heifers as breeding stock this spring and were able to pay off the tractor.<br />
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970. <b>Last of Our Seven Spring Calves</b></div>
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975. <b>Three Heifers Sold for Breeding Stock</b></div>
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979. We started chicks in April, but we had issues with the first batch. They started off fine, but after a few weeks, they did not really get any larger eventually started dying a few at a time. We struggled to find a source of this stress on the birds, but ultimately moving the birds outside once the night temperatures finally warmed up did the trick. At this point I think the problem might have been associated with illness that was caused by covering the brooder tubs because it was pretty cool this spring. We will change out the brooder set-up for the layers and the turkeys coming in a few weeks. </div>
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985. <b>Chicks in the Brooder</b></div>
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991. <b>Rolo (the new dog) Watching the Chicks in the Outdoor Pen</b></div>
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995. I have continued to work on tree planting and tree removal on the farm. I am planting another 100 serviceberries on the farm. That brings us up to around 200 serviceberries planted on the farm. </div>
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999. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cdJnoYRSV9fE161IjOJMUgQQ1kSw-zQiDpeNcGM2ilsShCJlxXBw2t_uDBPV1WjFbrl7Cu2BsQk_4YDsjgHGYdtmdjhPz3GLvF5O4XTArMvKVmjTW7IlitIWWz2lVLtaG51KzaRFIyw/s1600/IMG_4064+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cdJnoYRSV9fE161IjOJMUgQQ1kSw-zQiDpeNcGM2ilsShCJlxXBw2t_uDBPV1WjFbrl7Cu2BsQk_4YDsjgHGYdtmdjhPz3GLvF5O4XTArMvKVmjTW7IlitIWWz2lVLtaG51KzaRFIyw/s400/IMG_4064+1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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1001. <b>Serviceberries Waiting to be Planted</b></div>
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1005. I spent much of the winter cleaning up trees in the pasture. We have a fair number of cedar, osage orange, and Russian olive trees. I might leave a few the hedge and cedar trees that I can trim up as long they are male trees. The early thaw made the process harder as the frozen waterways were being used to drag brush up, down, and across them. </div>
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1011. Burning One of the Brush Piles</div>
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1017. Frozen Waterway = Brush Hauling Highway</div>
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1021. We need to build a chicken house this year for our new layer flock. Before I get the pad poured, I need to run a waterline through that area. We started that project, but it is not done yet and still needs to be hooked up to the existing water line. </div>
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1027. <b>Putting in a Hydrant on the New Waterline</b></div>
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1031. Around the house, we got Janice's hammock up. It is her favorite place to read. It has been almost 15 years since it has been up for Janice to use. I am glad to see her using it again. Our daughter had her sixth birthday party a few weeks ago, now Kindergarden is behind her and school is out for summer. Our son is getting bigger everyday. He is three-and-a-half now and in a lot of ways finally hit his terrible twos.  </div>
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1037. <b>Janice in Her Hammock</b></div>
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1042. <b>Daughter's Birthday Part with Cousins</b></div>
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1046. Stay tuned and we will try not to be such strangers. I look forward to seeing our customers again starting again in July with a full inventory of beef and chicken. </div>
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1052. <b>Nermal wants to Play with the Radio</b></div>
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1070. <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Sorry it has been so long
1071. since I have posted. The lack of Internet in our home has put a real damper on
1072. blog posting. 2015 went pretty good for us. Janice already posted about this
1073. already, but I think it is important to discuss. We did our taxes and posted
1074. only a $200 loss on the year. In eight years of farming, this is the closest we
1075. have come to showing a profit. Before mileage, insurance, power, and water, we
1076. made $6,000 last year, with total sales around $18,000. This is an increase
1077. over the last several years by around $4,00 to $3,500. Sales by product looks
1078. like 40% beef, 35% chicken, 25% turkey, and less than 1% eggs. We did this
1079. without any lamb sales, since we phased that product out, and with a 25 percent
1080. reduction in the number of meat chickens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1086. <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p><b>2016 Production & Delivery Schedule</b></o:p></span></div>
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1090. <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Chicken production was cut
1091. back for several reasons. With the move last year, our production season got
1092. started about 4 to 6 weeks late. This cutback on the number of deliveries we
1093. would normally have done by cutting out June and the first half of July. This
1094. meant a lot less cash coming in early, and not enough cash flow to afford to
1095. raise 90 more chickens late in the season. I hope to move our chicken
1096. production back up to previous years levels. As of right now, my availability
1097. of chicken in the freezers is close to running out. Profitability on chickens
1098. went up as we started be able to offer individual cuts and I would expect us to
1099. continue to do that in the future. We may offer chicken breast as two per
1100. package instead of four, and offer chicken drumsticks at six or eight per
1101. package instead of for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1105. <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Turkeys treated us well.
1106. We had some of the best mortality rates we have had in years. I think that 50
1107. birds may be just about right for us. We did not do Pickett Fence Creamery
1108. Thanksgiving Sample Sunday for the first time in seven years, but added turkey
1109. delivery to Farm to Folk in Ames. With the switch to GMO-free feed and
1110. subsequent price increase to cover that change, it would seem that our turkeys
1111. are just too expensive for that market to bear as we saw a massive drop off in
1112. sales there in 2014.  I have been very pleased with our smoked turkeys,
1113. since they are now sodium nitrate and nitrite free, but the big challenge has
1114. been getting the locker to let me bring them in. This has been very frustrating
1115. to me and I have customers who want his product, but I can't get the locker to
1116. do the job. Putting poultry into the lockers smoker, precludes red meats, and
1117. requires the smoker to be completely cleaned out once complete. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will continue to work on this and look
1118. at other options.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1122. <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I want to see improvements
1123. in our egg sales. We have demand for eggs, which we are not meeting. Right now
1124. we have the same old seven hens that we have had for years. The big bearer is building
1125. a new poultry structure. I am working on plans to build a nine-foot by
1126. thirteen-foot structure this spring and summer. The odd size dimensions are
1127. because that is the largest structure we could squeeze into the desired space.
1128. The building will accommodate 30 to 35 layers and will place the access doors
1129. in the cattle lot, which should help reduce fly numbers. I currently have
1130. chicks scheduled to arrive in June, which means we won’t really start to see
1131. eggs until around Christmas. The process of ramping back up on eggs is
1132. unfortunately a slow one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1136. <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Beef has finally really
1137. come on in 2015. We processed 4 animals and sold two older bred cows. We are
1138. now to the point where we are creating a pipeline that will let us process four
1139. animals a year, and sell a small amount of breeding stock each year. I am
1140. looking at selling off at least two young heifers this year to keep out cattle
1141. numbers inline with our available forage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1147. <b>Calf Born Today</b></div>
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1153. <b>Calf Born Five Days Ago</b></div>
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1157. <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Part of profitability is also watching costs. We spent too much on hay
1158. this year, having to stop grazing and feed hay in the summer is killer. In the
1159. short term, I have been clearing brush and “weedy” trees from the pastures and
1160. broadcasting clover seed on the pastures in an attempt to frost seed. It has
1161. been very warm here this spring and we have not been seeing freezing
1162. temperatures at night in March, which is unusual. In the longer term, I am
1163. looking at the possibility of trying to “reclaim pasture ground” across the
1164. road from me that is so badly overgrown with “weed” trees that some locals call
1165. it the “Jungle.” I am still searching for cheaper ways to get the protein side
1166. of our GMO-free poultry ration, but I have yet to find something that I am
1167. confident will no reduce product quality. I would love to be able to reduce the
1168. price on our poultry and I will keep looking for a solution. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1170. <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I am exited that the house construction is largely behind us and that we
1171. get to start a year on our new farm. I want to try to improve our communication
1172. with our customers. This has definitely suffered with the move, the uncertainty,
1173. and lack of reliable Internet at home. I am excited to see all of you again and
1174. wish you all a happy spring. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1284. <b>One of ManyBrush Piles Cleared This Winter</b></div>
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1290. <b>Post Burn</b></div>
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1293. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/feeds/4484123561664676344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2016/03/farm-profitability-in-2015-2016-plans.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/4484123561664676344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/4484123561664676344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2016/03/farm-profitability-in-2015-2016-plans.html' title='Farm Profitability in 2015 &amp; 2016 Plans'/><author><name>Ryan Marquardt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02158248365301876879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsHSKOKpM03aMTKNkw2YhJ9FPkJZ1tlROUeOunoWTJwi2ZsJf-SvbsFDKfrpnIv1Wd0Yo6V_4Yeom8ZnRCYOKN7mJVNVNlJbtgT1EJ9cK9gh42PQQJ5q1VWuJUOANhg/s151/133-3335_IMG.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXivG1_p4ZSFJGvz18Na1FwC4VFxaisf4RRrZNDAJlzrWOVpDtY31wynv-l_2FaMZyvu-jhH1wJw9BdXY802-OyotKbWVoKN4y0oe4iXp23gKKV1TnJHEZilGcUhAEgOFd59alkamSuVs/s72-c/Screen+Shot+2016-03-06+at+11.52.59+PM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394707382725206352.post-4450587631586338445</id><published>2015-10-15T08:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-10-15T09:12:47.222-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Product Review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Turkeys"/><title type='text'>How We Do Turkeys</title><content type='html'>I am writing today from a coffee shop in Bloomfield, IA. We are marking the end of our poultry production season for 2015. I thought today I would go into some detail about how we raise our turkeys.&lt;br /&gt;
1294. <br />
1295. We started our turkey pullets (chicks) back in late April by ordering them from the hatchery. We use<a href="http://www.schlechthatchery.com/"> Schlecht Hatchery</a> out of Miles, IA (North of Clinton, IA). They have always given us good birds and they are a small family business that we want to support. Our pullets arrived in mid-June. Like almost all domestic poultry, they spend their early growth period in the brooder. The brooder is there to protect them from drafts, keep them warm, and keep them safe from predators. Our current brooder is simply a five-foot round metal stock tank that has a few small holes in the bottom and no longer holds water. The round tank is nice because it does not have any corners for the chicks to crowd in and smother each other. It can also be drug out of the building and dumped onto the compost mound and left to sterilize in the sun. We have a lid made of wood and hardware cloth as well as a few heat lamps. We do not use medicated feed. All of our feed is GMO-free. The only supplement we give them is some gatorade in their water for the first day. This helps the chicks get over dehydration from shipping.<br />
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1300. <b>Turkeys in The Brooder</b></div>
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1304. The turkeys spend about five to six weeks in the brooder. This gives them time to develop feathers, and become much more durable. This early period is often the most challenging. I am happy to come out of this period with mortality rates of 10% or less. We usually schedule our fall locker run around this time, because the turkeys seldom have significant complications after this period of time. We often supplement their feed with beef liver, and fruit clippings.  From the brooder, the turkeys move outside to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tractor">chicken tractors</a>, floor-less pens that get moved frequently. Our pens are ten by twelve foot and are moved every morning. </div>
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1310. <b>Turkeys in the Chicken Tractor</b></div>
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1315. The Turkeys will spend another four to five weeks in the chicken tractor. They will spend enough time in the chicken tractor to get large enough that aerial predators (hawks or owls) are no longer a concern.  We use short <a href="http://www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=49835&species_id=ALL&criteria=racoon">raccoon electric fence</a> from <a href="http://www.premier1supplies.com/">Premier One Supplies</a> to keep ground predators (raccoons, opossums, weasels,foxes,  and some dogs and cats) away from the pen.<br />
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1320. <b>Turkeys Ranging</b></div>
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1322. From the chicken tractor, the turkeys will move to our ranging system. They will have a sizable area to move around in surrounded by Premier One's electric <a href="http://www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=44079&species_id=ALL&criteria=poultry">poultry fence</a>. I am not a huge fan of poultry fence, as it is very saggy and requires a lot of additional posts to hold up. The turkeys will roost at night on a portable wood structure with a tarp strung out over their head. The roost keeps them off the ground (safer from ground predators), and helps to huddle them together so they conserve body heat at night. The tarp primarily keeps them dry, but can also reduce drafts. A cold very wet turkeys no matter how larger it is will struggle with hypothermia and possibly die.<br />
1323. We try to move the whole set-up about every week.<br />
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1328. <b>Turkeys Roosting at Night</b></div>
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1331. Turkeys will spend six to eight weeks ranging. When it is all done, we will come by after dark and collect them one or two at a time and load them into the trailer. A piece of advice, always load poultry into trailers at night. They are more docile and much less mobil. From there, it is a very early morning trip out to the locker outside of Drakesville, IA. </div>
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1337. <b>Poultry Locker</b></div>
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1343. <b>Last Days on Pasture</b></div>
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1347. Freeman and Sara own Valley View Poultry Processing. I was beating down the door for them to open  (I think it was 2011) and I have been going there ever since. They are Amish and part of a very active and lovely rural community. Freeman gives me grief because I like to schedule Friday locker trips so I can visit the local Amish run bakeries. For smoked turkeys, we take birds up to<a href="http://www.storycitylocker.com/"> Story City Locker</a>. The nice thing about working with Ty and Bobbie in Story City is that I can now sell a smoked turkey that is not cured, so it is free of sodium nitrates and nitrites.</div>
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1349. That is our turkeys production in a nutshell. We don't like to sell "fresh" birds for Thanksgiving, because it requires us raise five weeks later into the fall. That is a period of very cold nights, increasingly shorter days, and decreasing grass growth. All of these are conditions that make it harder to raise the turkeys and in my opinion reduce the birds quality.<br />
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1351. Starting the last week in October, we will have turkeys available to sell. So please get in touch with us through the <a href="http://www.wildrosepastures.com/">website</a>.<br />
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1353. Again I am sorry that it has been so long since my last blog
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1527. <b>Turkeys Walking Toward their Ranging Pen</b></div>
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1533. <b>Roosting Frame</b></div>
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1539. <b>Using the Roosting Frame</b></div>
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1545. <b>Turkeys Ranging in New Pen</b></div>
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1549. We also have 90 chickens out on pasture right now. They are coming along well, they will get processed at the same time as the turkeys.</div>
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1553. I have worked on a corral to load cattle. It is still very much incomplete, but it worked to load out our cattle to the locker. We tried to load an older cow that did not calf this summer, but she would have nothing to do with the corral, and we have yet to get her loaded up to the sale barn. </div>
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1559. <b>Beginnings of a Cattle Loading Shute</b></div>
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1563. We have made some progress on the house. The deck contractors have wrapped up their work. We have started painting the house. Janice continues to sand and stain the woodwork. I made some progress in the garage. </div>
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1569. <b>Workbench</b></div>
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1575. <b>Tool Storage</b></div>
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1581. <b>Bike Storage</b></div>
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1587. <b>Cooler Storage</b></div>
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1591. The children are doing well. Our daughter has started Kindergarten and our son gets to spend time out of her shadow during the day. They play pretty well together and getting better at choring outside. It is crazy how quickly they grow-up.</div>
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1597. <b>Watering Sod</b></div>
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1603. <b>Holding Young Chick</b></div>
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1609. <b>Pulling the Trailer</b></div>
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1615. <b>Bedtime</b></div>
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1621. That is it until next time. Deliveries are going well and we hope to see you at a delivery drop soon.</div>
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1632. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/feeds/1672411780302314900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2015/09/ranging-turkeys-building-home-growing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/1672411780302314900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/1672411780302314900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2015/09/ranging-turkeys-building-home-growing.html' title='Ranging Turkeys, Building a Home, Growing Children'/><author><name>Ryan Marquardt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02158248365301876879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsHSKOKpM03aMTKNkw2YhJ9FPkJZ1tlROUeOunoWTJwi2ZsJf-SvbsFDKfrpnIv1Wd0Yo6V_4Yeom8ZnRCYOKN7mJVNVNlJbtgT1EJ9cK9gh42PQQJ5q1VWuJUOANhg/s151/133-3335_IMG.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtf_Qzh0oVjtk27rtFAmLQHkIm-Axv6LAyxfS1bCKbsobdU4ry2wUaM2h-oSL_6zadzP8w9U9qcKx-vImRsCUlr1vzkqAOYXT2y95AbKjBe_Waew4vgwW-typ9xnA3kY6xDvYNaNDtFSA/s72-c/IMG_2423.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394707382725206352.post-8116514073482437755</id><published>2015-08-08T17:31:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2015-08-08T17:33:04.866-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Beef"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chickens"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PFI"/><title type='text'>Chickens, Turkeys, No Broadband, O My</title><content type='html'>First, I must apologize for letting so much time lapse between posts. It is complicated by that fact that we do not and will not have hard-wired internet in our home for the foreseeable future. We were told that internet was available when we chose the site, but it turns out that was wrong, so I have been dependent upon my phone&#39;s data plan. We are looking at other options, but have not settled on anything.&lt;br /&gt;
1633. <br />
1634. We are still putting the business back together after the move. I am eternally grateful to our longtime customers who have reached out to us and helped keep us solvent as we relaunch the business in September. Part of that relaunch, is a new website, which is up right now, but still needs some tweaking. We are working with a new locker this year, Story City locker, which is allowing us to offer a number of new products including chicken, basil, and garlic sausages, smoked turkey halves that are free of sodium nitrates and nitrites, beef sticks, beef frankfurters, and summer sausage. All and all it is exciting to be able to offer such a wide range of new and revised products. We also got our long-time poultry processor to to package cut-up chickens in parts. That means you can now buy bone-in chicken breasts (4 per package), chicken thighs (4 per package), chicken wings (8 per package), chicken legs (4 per package), and chicken backs and necks (4 each per package).<br />
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1636. As production seasons go, it has been pretty good. Our first batch of chickens did quite well in the pasture and missed the coolest parts of spring and some of the hottest parts of summer. The turkeys have also done quite well. They just hit five weeks and moved out to the pasture this week.<br />
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1641. <b>Chickens in the Chicken Tractor</b></div>
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1647. <b>Full Chicken Pasture Setup</b></div>
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1652. <b>Turkeys at Two Weeks in the Brooder</b></div>
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1658. <b>Turkeys just Moved Outdoors</b></div>
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1662. The cattle have been doing well. The fertility of our pastures is much much better then the old farm, but not so much better that we can shrug off the loss of twenty acres. That has meant feeding a little hay this summer to let the grass recover. We will process four animals this year, and should have a full restock of beef available in late August.<br />
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1667. <b>Cattle on the West Pasture</b></div>
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1671. We hosted aPractical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) field day back in June. We had over twenty people out at the farm and talked about building high-tensile electric fence and do some demonstration work. PFI did a nice <a href="http://practicalfarmers.org/blog/2015/07/06/field-day-recap-high-tensile-fence-build-june-27/">write-up</a> on the field day. </div>
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1677. <b>Hosted a PFI Field Day</b></div>
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1681. The kids are doing well as summer begins winding down. We have family camp, the state fair, and the next thing you know, school is going to start. Having both children at home is challenging and managing them better along with the farm business is something I still could use to improve on.<br />
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1687. <b>Picking Flowers</b></div>
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1693. <b>Investigating Butterflies</b></div>
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1695. Sorry for taking so long to fill people in. We are still here, we do still have the products you love, and we hope to see you soon at a delivery near you.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/feeds/8116514073482437755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2015/08/chickens-turkeys-no-broadband-o-my.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/8116514073482437755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/8116514073482437755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2015/08/chickens-turkeys-no-broadband-o-my.html' title='Chickens, Turkeys, No Broadband, O My'/><author><name>Ryan Marquardt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02158248365301876879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsHSKOKpM03aMTKNkw2YhJ9FPkJZ1tlROUeOunoWTJwi2ZsJf-SvbsFDKfrpnIv1Wd0Yo6V_4Yeom8ZnRCYOKN7mJVNVNlJbtgT1EJ9cK9gh42PQQJ5q1VWuJUOANhg/s151/133-3335_IMG.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKolXbv4rwe8ZD2DNebyK5WGw_vvZxxzGIXqefMErwXbvrIE7lSHovWUnbTaVD0RUXMIRe82qdMLKUEaZ2eLs0sm_Yatk93i25ORkWVhZrTzEcaW-USTvwaUmYDeyvJKTB3HakhrPtfEA/s72-c/IMG_2058.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394707382725206352.post-3430355721296968252</id><published>2015-06-03T22:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-03T22:39:07.937-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Beef"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cattle"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chickens"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Farm Move"/><title type='text'>School&#39;s Out For Summer</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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1698. We are now halfway through the second week of having both kids at home. Between the kids, the farm, and the house, I am pretty darn tired. It some ways it is fun to have them both home, like when we go outside and play on the tractor. Other times it is pretty suffocating, like when Daddy is just trying to get all 100 <a href="http://www.beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2013/07/things-are-brewing-mean-while-we-are.html">Serviceberry</a> trees planted (I am only half way there). I make it work though and the kids do spend much of their time outside being kids. </div>
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1702. My daughter has been pretty surly with me the last two weeks. </div>
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1704. We are preparing to start the potty training process with my son. He seems willing and eager to try, I am just not sure I am personally ready and willing to try. </div>
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1710. <b>Tractor Gal</b></div>
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1713. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb58ucTMyAn3-UAe2zTsSRkUAV-6IcrsYRRkzxubztypBH5Ai0kyOAQWBPmkTm5DVWCcCzuJ5d4y9-UkX5sVGVDzO5WscMu_yq5FMDgoCnSOrL5atQRzX4qDLaXiCoMDEvyO0oVmfet8I/s1600/image3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb58ucTMyAn3-UAe2zTsSRkUAV-6IcrsYRRkzxubztypBH5Ai0kyOAQWBPmkTm5DVWCcCzuJ5d4y9-UkX5sVGVDzO5WscMu_yq5FMDgoCnSOrL5atQRzX4qDLaXiCoMDEvyO0oVmfet8I/s400/image3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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1715. <b>Backhoe Boy</b></div>
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1719. The most challenging thing the last few weeks has been the rain. We have had well over three inches of rain in the past ten days. When you consider that around our house is bare earth, and the house did not get rain gutters installed until yesterday, you can begin to guess how muddy it has been. This has also meant there have been quite a few days that I have had to keep the kids inside on account of extreme mud (which is really rough on everyone). </div>
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1725. <b> One of Our Frequent Storms Moving In</b></div>
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1729. We are starting to get things going this year. One-hundred-and-eighty chicks just got here last week. They are doing well in the tank brooders we are using. This is not my favorate way to brood chicks, but it is what we have and it does work. It makes me miss the old chicken building and has motivated me to work on some plans for our next poultry building. </div>
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1735. <b>180 Broiler Chickens in the Brooder</b></div>
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1739. The rest of the farm is hanging in there. I continue to move cattle, every two or three days. We have had three calves during this wet weather and all of them are doing fine. Serviceberries continue to go in the ground as fast as I can. Customer emails and delivery schedules still need to be finalized and sent out. Our website is still in the mess, and the new one just is not ready to go yet. There is no shortage of things that need to be done. To complicate things, we just found out that connecting the home to internet is no small task. This is contrary to what were were originally told by the local service provider and the Iowa Internet Connectivity Maps.</div>
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1745. <b>One of the Three New Calves</b></div>
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1747. Our evenings and weekends are filled with house projects. Janice has been tiling, and painting like crazy on the inside, while I have been running the farm on the outside. Progress is slow, and we still have some big projects to tackle, like installing quarter-round, filling holes in all of the woodwork, sanding down the filled wholes, and staining the trim.<br />
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1752. <b>Janice Laying Tile in the Mudroom</b></div>
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1756. Thank you, for bearing with us as we continue to make progress on the house. We have not forgotten about our customers, we just have been  pretty busy.  Stay tuned. </div>
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1761. We are, baring some unforeseen complication, less than a week away from living in our house. In the last few weeks, we have been out there almost every day working on something house or farm related. There will still be a lot of small things to do, but the necessary items should be completed by then.  </div>
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1765. One the farm side, the pastures have greened-up nicely and on the last day in April, I turned the cows out to graze the the east side of the farm (around 8 acres). I spent early April working on fence connectivity around the farm and getting power to the high tensile lines that went put up last fall. </div>
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1771. <b>Looking Toward the House and Building from the East side of the Farm</b></div>
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1776. <b>Cattle Getting Turned Out to Grass on April 30th</b></div>
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1782. <b>Wiring& Digging under the Gates to get Power to the Boundary Fences</b></div>
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1788. <b>Wiring up the Fences so We Have Power</b></div>
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1792. We have starting to get this growing season worked out. Poultry have been ordered, but we are starting a month latter then we normally would. We have only two calves so far, but several other cows are looking pretty close to calving. I hope we can can get customer correspondence out within the next two weeks, including delivery dates. We do still have some inventory left from last year (whole chickens, ground beef, tenderloin, flank steak, porterhouse steak, and, shorts ribs come to mind). We will be working with the <a href="http://www.storycitylocker.com/">Story City Locker</a> this year. That will cost quite a bit more, so adjustments to beef pricing will come this year.  Beef prices have been steady for three years, but our costs have not. I am excited about the possibility of working with the Story City Locker and about new products we might be able to offer. As it currently stands, we will not have new beef ready until the September delivery, but we should be good to go for fall grilling season. Story City Locker is going to work with our left over turkeys and create some turkey garlic and basil sausages so we have something to offer customers for the summer grilling season. </div>
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1795. The house is coming together finally. There are so many fine details to work out, like sanding and staining trim, touch-up paint, and grading around the house. Despite all of the things left to do, I figured I would share a few pictures of where we are right now. The trim carpenters did a great job. They are some of our new neighbors and are fine craftsmen.<br />
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1800. <b>Kitchen in the New House is Coming Together</b></div>
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1805. <b>Egg Washing Station also Coming Tgether</b></div>
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1810. <b>Stove Propane Tank just got Delivered, to its Own Little Concrete Pad</b></div>
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1813. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zxq0PeAcQkyvgXWQDJAuZsi2ItS8EuNInzl8v5QTTh48M1dlRTIzv333U2KX8lU9VeAR7341uJwdlOPTa5a1MrhOEtNMRMbywuOrRHaGazxmHd-Ers1ZUuwZqk0twfOF43oH5v4-zIE/s1600/IMG_1823.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zxq0PeAcQkyvgXWQDJAuZsi2ItS8EuNInzl8v5QTTh48M1dlRTIzv333U2KX8lU9VeAR7341uJwdlOPTa5a1MrhOEtNMRMbywuOrRHaGazxmHd-Ers1ZUuwZqk0twfOF43oH5v4-zIE/s320/IMG_1823.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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1815. <b>Janice and I just put the Vanities Together Yesterday</b></div>
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1818. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkusXW0VXUCMzaAX9NrlMNlBcTs7uP1OmV5kML4Fh4u6nvdr1mHKOh1AZKRwnnndH89iVyVOoCzx0ZuG-wrL2wIdRc3pQh8Zzijzq8VSCOWlUa4RmwnW2VHPKIO2L4OKb2R_0d-SwloNk/s1600/IMG_1789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkusXW0VXUCMzaAX9NrlMNlBcTs7uP1OmV5kML4Fh4u6nvdr1mHKOh1AZKRwnnndH89iVyVOoCzx0ZuG-wrL2wIdRc3pQh8Zzijzq8VSCOWlUa4RmwnW2VHPKIO2L4OKb2R_0d-SwloNk/s400/IMG_1789.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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1820. <b>Trim Carpenters Built the Wood Lockers in the Mudroom</b></div>
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1826. <b>Trim Carpenters Put the Stairs Together</b></div>
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1831. <b>Another Look at the Stairs</b></div>
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1833.  Through this whole process, the kids of hung in there. We have really been pushing them to the limit here in the past few weeks. Our Son has obviously grown accustom to going to the home improvements stores. They have held up surprisingly well given the circumstances. During this time to, our Daughter had her fifth birthday and our Son is a week our of being two-and-a-half.<br />
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1836. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXuePs_QjSeNEPc02HppRBGku7rHSBXws-BQmXkpZjrTZNIElb7YNN0Y82DlMFM-S2SwPPmEXvCF739zZcad4SRUKRaV_pX8N1x_tbOAN7KW5gsZmWXC9fLsygqvy2Xp3f2hyphenhyphenr58-rIg/s1600/IMG_1802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXuePs_QjSeNEPc02HppRBGku7rHSBXws-BQmXkpZjrTZNIElb7YNN0Y82DlMFM-S2SwPPmEXvCF739zZcad4SRUKRaV_pX8N1x_tbOAN7KW5gsZmWXC9fLsygqvy2Xp3f2hyphenhyphenr58-rIg/s400/IMG_1802.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
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1838. <b>Just Another Day on the Job</b></div>
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1845. <b>The Hearth is a Great Place to Set-up the Train Set</b></div>
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1852. <b>Big Sister Trying to Read to Little Brother</b></div>
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1856. Through this whole process, we have had some great help from some friends and family, from painting, to laying tile, to installing insulation, and watching the kids. Without their help, we would be weeks behind. Stay tuned as we hope to get moved in and get production up and running here within the next two weeks. </div>
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1858. It has been too long since I posted to the blog. The weather is improving rapidly and the grass is starting to really get growing. There is a lot to work going on between the house and the farm. We had our first calf this past week. We have the potential to have as many as 11 calves this year. That is a huge number and when I think about it, it is pretty intimidating. I do feel like we are finally starting to get over the hump with the cattle herd. </div>
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1860. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20mmfoUWKuOV3Ry0HurvfVCKU3BdOxIPEKmBuVogkdh4KVihYUj6rxijKucjv0XrY9s38NndFiwQXHia28rmt3bPN0HuuzisvuH6zxkm36gHxfawNaUenRUAcmwyAiuAe9l1TafIeO-k/s1600/IMG_1710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20mmfoUWKuOV3Ry0HurvfVCKU3BdOxIPEKmBuVogkdh4KVihYUj6rxijKucjv0XrY9s38NndFiwQXHia28rmt3bPN0HuuzisvuH6zxkm36gHxfawNaUenRUAcmwyAiuAe9l1TafIeO-k/s1600/IMG_1710.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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1862. <b>First Calf of 2015</b></div>
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1866. The tractor has been back on the farm for some time. I burned out the auxiliary hydraulic motor in the middle of winter and had to have that replaced. I finally got around to replacing the bucket on the tractor with the bale spear. Since it was the first time making the switch and using that spear with this tractor, it took a lot finagling, but two-and-a-half hours later it was done. </div>
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1870. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMyig9yrKkQ7WjCfd_7ljmfKuDxsajf8HFRstQMNPmsyos7-rN3OZCgc2ZqzDJKAWwm2Z9I3QIU0FPsqQg0NJW4hI1Lmd_qzqODjZE93ge0PEw703hlwmKXXdEPGSOnc5o-_eU4iebTY/s1600/IMG_1702.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMyig9yrKkQ7WjCfd_7ljmfKuDxsajf8HFRstQMNPmsyos7-rN3OZCgc2ZqzDJKAWwm2Z9I3QIU0FPsqQg0NJW4hI1Lmd_qzqODjZE93ge0PEw703hlwmKXXdEPGSOnc5o-_eU4iebTY/s1600/IMG_1702.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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1872. <b>Bale Spear Finally on the Tractor</b></div>
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1875.  The other day we had freezing rain and falling temperatures that ended in several inches of snow. I was very glad to go out to the farm and find all of the cattle under roof. I finally have the capacity to do this. It is one of the little things I always felt really bad for the cattle in those conditions in the past.<br />
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1878. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrV_StWZYmaGiJNTulcBLs8_vZF4ErlB5uI8wtmQRagkxmVu7MucFiwKs3ydZCq7QIY-bfRSecXeqBfpLWLcsceje3kLnuGcJjP4HroGE__k-ikEP6pMEcv1eddqkow0uoUz0-SPge4BU/s1600/IMG_1696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrV_StWZYmaGiJNTulcBLs8_vZF4ErlB5uI8wtmQRagkxmVu7MucFiwKs3ydZCq7QIY-bfRSecXeqBfpLWLcsceje3kLnuGcJjP4HroGE__k-ikEP6pMEcv1eddqkow0uoUz0-SPge4BU/s1600/IMG_1696.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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1880. <b> Cattle Huddling Under Cover to get out of the Freezing Rain</b></div>
1881. <br />
1882. On the farm this year, we have several big goals. We should have a new website (finally), we will be hosting our first Practical Farmer's of Iowa field day in June for hands-on fence building (we have an insane amount of prep to get ready for this), we have to come up with a way to brood poultry, and we have more fencing work to push forward on. I would love to build a full scale chicken building, but I just don't see the budget for that right now. Other than a chicken building, finishing the inside of the cattle shed and acquiring a herd bull are also high priority items.<br />
1883. <br />
1884. The house is coming along pretty well. The roof is on and the exterior is almost complete. These pictures are about a month old, as most of the house work has been focused on the inside. Wiring, plumbing, heating and cooling all got their rough in work done. The house has been spray foamed and now the drywall crew is finishing up on the inside. Next up will be painting and finish carpentry.<br />
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1888. <b>House Exterior in Late February</b></div>
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1893. <b>House Exterior in Late February</b></div>
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1898. <b>House Exterior in Late February</b></div>
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1902. The family is doing well. Aside from a week in February, everybody has been pretty healthy this winter. Everyone is pretty excited about the new home. Thanks to my awesome wife, things are staying pretty close to schedule. </div>
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1908. <b>Watching Daddy Feed Cattle</b></div>
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1910. <br />
1911. One thing I am a little conflicted over about this year running the business is being a stay-at-home dad and being a farmer at the same time. I have tried to really embrace the stay at home dad gig more while I have been in town. I make many of the family meals, do the meal planning, try to schedule some activities during the week (even if that is just going to the library). I am not sure how to balance that when the demands of farming increase. It might result in some changes as the season develops.<br />
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1917. <b>Lowe's Build & Grow</b></div>
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1922. <b>Lowe's Build & Grow</b></div>
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1927. <b>Lowe's Build & Grow</b></div>
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1932. <b>Biking around the Neighborhood</b></div>
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1937. <b>Reiman Gardens Indoor Butterfly Garden</b></div>
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1940. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLwxmDZMIEidR5U_kchpOVUf74r5apJPcPifJiO72TupmPqcRMUxuwo2f245AfNhfrOvUI_yiAnfiTPsbP0Pz5MwgzwxdsBOD7deCxh4uplPaErKwXjtYAiLtpkG-HprDj6Bynh5R2ck/s1600/IMG_1432+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyLwxmDZMIEidR5U_kchpOVUf74r5apJPcPifJiO72TupmPqcRMUxuwo2f245AfNhfrOvUI_yiAnfiTPsbP0Pz5MwgzwxdsBOD7deCxh4uplPaErKwXjtYAiLtpkG-HprDj6Bynh5R2ck/s1600/IMG_1432+1.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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1942. <b>Dog Sitting</b></div>
1943. <br />
1944. Stay tuned as we get our production and delivery schedule fully hammered out. The house is coming along quickly right now. It changes quite a bit on the inside from week to week.<br />
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1950. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvUZ0A4rPp5PodaAF6Dz4VRW_WJh6TYlPKdugIh_nqD9TJ0vJI2kpUo-2kCP2OftfAdisQsE5Bacmd1Fq7EGNStBn5sapS3eL4A60t_QMPb91eN29YnMW20RbJr3AJBn9dzUK36FHFxw/s1600/IMG_1502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvUZ0A4rPp5PodaAF6Dz4VRW_WJh6TYlPKdugIh_nqD9TJ0vJI2kpUo-2kCP2OftfAdisQsE5Bacmd1Fq7EGNStBn5sapS3eL4A60t_QMPb91eN29YnMW20RbJr3AJBn9dzUK36FHFxw/s1600/IMG_1502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></a></div>
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1952. We had an extremely mild January. This allowed us to go from piles of lumber to an almost fully put together structure in less than two-and-a-half weeks. November's weather was so cold that we were very concerned about how any progress was going to get made on the house. But three mild weeks has made a big difference.</div>
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1959. <b>Framing the Basement</b></div>
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1963. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jHfAg6Q1kggKUo8ZnilKjiH59Wz2ioRZbXRw7U18iNKLA2Xp6gAsopA0uT61aI9SqXVCvLZkNAosfG_mJ854xiUBvlbl5Z_sww2axmQB_G2sDljH4EIukYOWh5We7j61SwApJEN3z3c/s1600/IMG_1500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jHfAg6Q1kggKUo8ZnilKjiH59Wz2ioRZbXRw7U18iNKLA2Xp6gAsopA0uT61aI9SqXVCvLZkNAosfG_mJ854xiUBvlbl5Z_sww2axmQB_G2sDljH4EIukYOWh5We7j61SwApJEN3z3c/s1600/IMG_1500.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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1965. <b>First Floor Framing</b></div>
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1969. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcy-GFzMNben_GGLaPj1ssUH5FNrkt7tZKW5Bs2rBxe6qgqzEmoegrokla932QaTBRI2_nCEv1ujyFSMwBKo69jWZ9BumzBqYGKuJYuIP9v-2REvypk3wkhNeSLVqSqLAjQ8l5OmZR2o/s1600/IMG_1509+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcy-GFzMNben_GGLaPj1ssUH5FNrkt7tZKW5Bs2rBxe6qgqzEmoegrokla932QaTBRI2_nCEv1ujyFSMwBKo69jWZ9BumzBqYGKuJYuIP9v-2REvypk3wkhNeSLVqSqLAjQ8l5OmZR2o/s1600/IMG_1509+1.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></div>
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1971. <b>Rafters Going Up</b></div>
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1975. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcc5kYnoICdObBoPiFcrASCpBhAFH5TglcufpjfTLvH97p8zY8TGOsSMazwey8uHhJld9EkXbkMhQR-GIT28kSltz07JNlxPkRYIAtI0AaLzF2Bnw5o1mKsINIWBagD5zORZACOLr_DA/s1600/IMG_1516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcc5kYnoICdObBoPiFcrASCpBhAFH5TglcufpjfTLvH97p8zY8TGOsSMazwey8uHhJld9EkXbkMhQR-GIT28kSltz07JNlxPkRYIAtI0AaLzF2Bnw5o1mKsINIWBagD5zORZACOLr_DA/s1600/IMG_1516.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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1977. <b>Sheeting Going On the House</b></div>
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1981. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4byDiMTo_WPJ6qxHgKCtks7eWiOmXFbvJ1n9hAZ79kH4AWy0jcZfAWVInXoEug-neCwERWXnsUiomMRqLaJpcjWbpPVHQMEoIdT0IBTHXphyBE6CcNN09vHoo0TsEaDnEXIJ0goydy-g/s1600/IMG_1541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4byDiMTo_WPJ6qxHgKCtks7eWiOmXFbvJ1n9hAZ79kH4AWy0jcZfAWVInXoEug-neCwERWXnsUiomMRqLaJpcjWbpPVHQMEoIdT0IBTHXphyBE6CcNN09vHoo0TsEaDnEXIJ0goydy-g/s1600/IMG_1541.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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1983. <b>Windows & Doors Going In</b></div>
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1987. Many of the windows going into the house have been in storage for over ten years. The house itself is something we have been working toward for around twelve years, and I will admit that there is something very rewarding about finally watching it take shape.  It is also exciting to take the next steps forward as we move into plumbing, electrical. HVAC, siding, and roofing. </div>
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1990. Outside of the house, not a lot of activity has been going on around the farm. I continue to put two large round bales out every four to five days. I had to invest in two new hay rings as the old one was worn out. They certainly are not cheap, ouch.</div>
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1994. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTO7tzDIw6GHSQbrA11eJPOMYLHYirH0cYMfsEFTxK0J8rz5h-R6zU_sQ4893TJSrLQzA62mrSvj5P7xxWRULt8Piur8TNMS9fOV0qokcCS0iFEdZH-FVJo1tDvpDsGGp2uyhTsZMKZo0/s1600/IMG_1307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTO7tzDIw6GHSQbrA11eJPOMYLHYirH0cYMfsEFTxK0J8rz5h-R6zU_sQ4893TJSrLQzA62mrSvj5P7xxWRULt8Piur8TNMS9fOV0qokcCS0iFEdZH-FVJo1tDvpDsGGp2uyhTsZMKZo0/s1600/IMG_1307.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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1996. <b>Cattle Eating Hay out of Two New Hay Rings</b></div>
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2000. The tractor hydraulic system has been giving us fits ever since the new clutch went into the tractor. It started with the control valve block on the back hoe started leaving all over. Unfortunately, that part is crazy expensive, so it is not getting fixed any time soon. It is possible to just unhook the backhoe from they hydraulic system, so it really is a manageable problem. However, recently the auxiliary hydraulic pump started to fail. Since that pump controls the loader (needed for hay moving, and gravel and dirt smoothing and moving), it needs to be fixed. Fortunately, it appear to be about a fifth as expensive as the valve block to fix. It was already been an expensive end to 2014, and having this problem already is not a great thing for early 2015.</div>
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2010. <b>Leaky Control Valve Block</b></div>
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2014. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErl-yjQzlrPcB3qNDe6x5OBqFSYvpeK9X3jx1AaGOZFikPj9ywd-MdXgqXl7KjQlWXlRhdNwG6596993gG5FgNA9ZAhP3-VA93mFTM8azUhvFy5sym1zatuFhoiEbsI52x-OzuJfhU1g/s1600/IMG_1539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErl-yjQzlrPcB3qNDe6x5OBqFSYvpeK9X3jx1AaGOZFikPj9ywd-MdXgqXl7KjQlWXlRhdNwG6596993gG5FgNA9ZAhP3-VA93mFTM8azUhvFy5sym1zatuFhoiEbsI52x-OzuJfhU1g/s1600/IMG_1539.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></div>
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2016. <b>Leaky Auxiliary Hydraulic Pump</b></div>
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2020. I did make some progress finally getting power hooked up to our fences. There is still many more connections to make and two more gates to dig under, but it is a start. </div>
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2024. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjSSvhealMTrjKrE-T0oi0zWK_OyR0g8aC_W20wxcin4xt2tGsiVuaTYrubUTev5xd-RzIV0OxJdvn_vtw4vac0euNQGA3qpGBiGFkCs0WfbgozfDBdhvqetve9_jBN8ruTYUCfuhA8U/s1600/IMG_1532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjSSvhealMTrjKrE-T0oi0zWK_OyR0g8aC_W20wxcin4xt2tGsiVuaTYrubUTev5xd-RzIV0OxJdvn_vtw4vac0euNQGA3qpGBiGFkCs0WfbgozfDBdhvqetve9_jBN8ruTYUCfuhA8U/s1600/IMG_1532.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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2026. <b>Energizer is Running Now</b></div>
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2029. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddAGwMatZSJK1L-wCRrM8W6O5rckb0j0rwb113VQnl2-vFaZd4G_Rok69HorbaYgXDqKTObj2fDfqL_jHGnuryb7XLPjhKGjD7JoCgQb_bAYB4MABZkBQf7DKEsCp51SmsrRG5h7Gows/s1600/IMG_1529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddAGwMatZSJK1L-wCRrM8W6O5rckb0j0rwb113VQnl2-vFaZd4G_Rok69HorbaYgXDqKTObj2fDfqL_jHGnuryb7XLPjhKGjD7JoCgQb_bAYB4MABZkBQf7DKEsCp51SmsrRG5h7Gows/s1600/IMG_1529.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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2031. <b>Burying Insulated Power Line Under a Gate</b></div>
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2035. The kids continue to get bigger with each passing week. We celebrated Christmas as a family together with my Sister's family, my Father, and my Grandmother. It was not the same without my Mom there. It has been almost a year since she passed, but her presence was always a big part of Christmas and the holiday just is not the same without her. </div>
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2038. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMw2moI_jPdBxnawpm2NEvWheoGZEE-ALEfK_n4TzZMvhjbWHJbbOnuRCHuwiT4XbNuzofQw_RzL5baTLZ_nzkm9CudhFg4f7dkn07GVSuDGgHJ2HQO3oq2Gp_fIyXpsKiBOO6X51JI1I/s1600/IMG_1386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMw2moI_jPdBxnawpm2NEvWheoGZEE-ALEfK_n4TzZMvhjbWHJbbOnuRCHuwiT4XbNuzofQw_RzL5baTLZ_nzkm9CudhFg4f7dkn07GVSuDGgHJ2HQO3oq2Gp_fIyXpsKiBOO6X51JI1I/s1600/IMG_1386.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2040. <b>Bringing a Gift for Grandma</b></div>
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2044. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHWkR2WiBNOeXDrT5PNDFRNb5g1H_GAjjMjZ98qGnylGGhyphenhyphenezp1gCtwMYU8B2Hryjz9MLFBL8GHp6wkon_EJrB5Jl8KjUjKJfTU7ARghlthAAaAO8mb7ugXmWUg8nhCzvq39mhFDNR1g/s1600/IMG_1398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHWkR2WiBNOeXDrT5PNDFRNb5g1H_GAjjMjZ98qGnylGGhyphenhyphenezp1gCtwMYU8B2Hryjz9MLFBL8GHp6wkon_EJrB5Jl8KjUjKJfTU7ARghlthAAaAO8mb7ugXmWUg8nhCzvq39mhFDNR1g/s1600/IMG_1398.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2046.  <b>If it has Wheels, He is Onboard</b></div>
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2050. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfc_bBRK5_Kh8p6a733btQPb4iLtEnBVXG5NXjEQBVTbMwoPVKHUGuA_tB9jrIIn4gCaQ6h-FxcbN6EJB6jmYvvCKNXXKTIqNa8XizoZug1wz2AinAzzc1rZSEjmhPl6SZ-4-fXBCECQ/s1600/IMG_1410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfc_bBRK5_Kh8p6a733btQPb4iLtEnBVXG5NXjEQBVTbMwoPVKHUGuA_tB9jrIIn4gCaQ6h-FxcbN6EJB6jmYvvCKNXXKTIqNa8XizoZug1wz2AinAzzc1rZSEjmhPl6SZ-4-fXBCECQ/s1600/IMG_1410.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2052. <b>Playing at the awesome New Ames Library</b></div>
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2056. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FSnxQxGEwRrOMjq9z7r7xHIcTq4ftADkvXfVhbK7T163aQF2Wd9xypdtf_t2waS0Z8xSYsxe9ohPLGBiRJDC6uupiL8td4C3ZQvHO_55A3e3EoPSIAank5P0tCrApajW4-sD6Ep1qmE/s1600/IMG_1505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6FSnxQxGEwRrOMjq9z7r7xHIcTq4ftADkvXfVhbK7T163aQF2Wd9xypdtf_t2waS0Z8xSYsxe9ohPLGBiRJDC6uupiL8td4C3ZQvHO_55A3e3EoPSIAank5P0tCrApajW4-sD6Ep1qmE/s1600/IMG_1505.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2058. <b>Showing off Designs She Just Made on Her Chef's Hat & Apron</b></div>
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2062. I think that is it for now. Will the tractor get fixed, the house get steel shingles, and there be more pictures of the kids? Stay tuned to find out.</div>
2063. <br />
2064. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/feeds/2414604295137294911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2015/01/let-there-be-house.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/2414604295137294911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/2414604295137294911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2015/01/let-there-be-house.html' title='Let There Be House'/><author><name>Ryan Marquardt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02158248365301876879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsHSKOKpM03aMTKNkw2YhJ9FPkJZ1tlROUeOunoWTJwi2ZsJf-SvbsFDKfrpnIv1Wd0Yo6V_4Yeom8ZnRCYOKN7mJVNVNlJbtgT1EJ9cK9gh42PQQJ5q1VWuJUOANhg/s151/133-3335_IMG.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvUZ0A4rPp5PodaAF6Dz4VRW_WJh6TYlPKdugIh_nqD9TJ0vJI2kpUo-2kCP2OftfAdisQsE5Bacmd1Fq7EGNStBn5sapS3eL4A60t_QMPb91eN29YnMW20RbJr3AJBn9dzUK36FHFxw/s72-c/IMG_1502.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394707382725206352.post-7498369826649447545</id><published>2014-12-16T21:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2014-12-17T07:09:11.952-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Beef"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Farm Move"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fencing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Water System"/><title type='text'>I Never Want to Do That Again, but I am Thankful</title><content type='html'>I never want to move again. Not just move, move all of the cattle, which means prepping the new site for cattle which equals fence, water, power, and the act of physically moving 21 animals 65 miles. I never want to move a the stuff a farm accumulates over seven years. Feeders, waterers, tools, trailers, fence panels, chicken pens, etc. I also don&#39;t want to, but will have to move all of our freezers, product inventory, and not to mention our household possessions, again.&lt;br /&gt;
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2067. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI66GfgYLk9LXZDk0xwm4bGjjPAwdxOH1KB23f9PLx2mF-h19n3oT-oY4u9vpAo3VWK1MsZjgl63yQeu60s0OchZY9YbnbsJkssaD5afNQ_Xj3sMnOjPPaKSxE96S9BkJfyIlVkYaeom0/s1600/IMG_1222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI66GfgYLk9LXZDk0xwm4bGjjPAwdxOH1KB23f9PLx2mF-h19n3oT-oY4u9vpAo3VWK1MsZjgl63yQeu60s0OchZY9YbnbsJkssaD5afNQ_Xj3sMnOjPPaKSxE96S9BkJfyIlVkYaeom0/s1600/IMG_1222.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2069. <b>Moving the Chicken Pens to The New Farm</b></div>
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2073. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBk_bnB36ZbyCq4NGXz9Fg23Wrz8gvdyibiHJVE7EYX5AhQzW1aYtjPcrd7w18GUaWxfd-ociqMRMkY8i8YwozuWFe-mKEtfzMKfbvXd1rPDkyZSxfV1M36VLLmqD3ob2bao-MY5AyMA/s1600/IMG_1240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBk_bnB36ZbyCq4NGXz9Fg23Wrz8gvdyibiHJVE7EYX5AhQzW1aYtjPcrd7w18GUaWxfd-ociqMRMkY8i8YwozuWFe-mKEtfzMKfbvXd1rPDkyZSxfV1M36VLLmqD3ob2bao-MY5AyMA/s1600/IMG_1240.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
2074. <div style="text-align: center;">
2075. <b>A Load of Freezers Headed to Ames</b></div>
2076. <br />
2077. This process started in September, when fence building went from a need to an urgent need. Let me just say, we have awesome friends. Many of whom sacrificed repeated weekends to help build and repair fence. Together we ran several hundred feet of high tensile fence, installed three gates, and repaired 2/3 of the entire south side fence on the new farm. That entailed removing obsolete wood and steel posts, and replacing them with steel posts, and re-hanging the wire. And doing it in weather that was not pleasant to work in.<br />
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2080. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8R4BbcSBBKwXfK000qnmtqcdhVJKMSzGc7CzTwyTj6nblCSFRl9Qvn0Jh-niNY5ycI2uYD8lt72evIHI3v9WLtiXt6dKmTDlySFl6bhSfNIygYTYFv_4VOFBGHzmVOJNCmyEYMzV2e0/s1600/Fence+Construction.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8R4BbcSBBKwXfK000qnmtqcdhVJKMSzGc7CzTwyTj6nblCSFRl9Qvn0Jh-niNY5ycI2uYD8lt72evIHI3v9WLtiXt6dKmTDlySFl6bhSfNIygYTYFv_4VOFBGHzmVOJNCmyEYMzV2e0/s1600/Fence+Construction.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></div>
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2082. <b>Nate, Jared, and I Building a Corner Brace</b></div>
2083. <br />
2084. On November 1st, we lost access to our old pasture and had to move our cattle to the new place. That meant four trips back and forth, and catching all of the animals so we could make the trips. If you have seen my handling facilities, you would know that they are not remotely up to the challenge. The whole process was pretty miserable.<br />
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2087. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWmsVU48rwjMe-s8tA1furwIWfv6rL54NFR7jtUTvf15LSaLAoNT7JuOZk6yqWc069AIUT2AZ-pyRAmHAIG1t2YAlnOQRagkl4EFHumpqYiutBlfRRA5cAy0iFA81Tezzb3Xwgc_tuW8/s1600/IMG_1152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWmsVU48rwjMe-s8tA1furwIWfv6rL54NFR7jtUTvf15LSaLAoNT7JuOZk6yqWc069AIUT2AZ-pyRAmHAIG1t2YAlnOQRagkl4EFHumpqYiutBlfRRA5cAy0iFA81Tezzb3Xwgc_tuW8/s1600/IMG_1152.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2089. <b>Catching cattle in the Cattle Shed Proved the Easiest Way to Load Cattle</b></div>
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2097. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsqIrzDCb7vRDpcGVPeu4xtNN9c6Sf7sD7MPjWDv8M_uyWaNLmOiuTr8p3gGwDr11aF9gfIDcBbFEsaXiiYE_gommH3pTj53GBxUjon00bONFgakbaFKqp2Gv0ZgF7lI6TvvzJVWmavw/s1600/IMG_1151+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsqIrzDCb7vRDpcGVPeu4xtNN9c6Sf7sD7MPjWDv8M_uyWaNLmOiuTr8p3gGwDr11aF9gfIDcBbFEsaXiiYE_gommH3pTj53GBxUjon00bONFgakbaFKqp2Gv0ZgF7lI6TvvzJVWmavw/s1600/IMG_1151+1.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2099. <b>Unloading the First Load of Cattle at the New Farm</b></div>
2100. <br />
2101. When we moved the cattle, our water system was nonexistent so I spent several weeks racing to install a water system only to have to reinstall half of it again, because of a critical failure. Thankfully, the cattle were able to get water out of a draw the whole time, even with the crazy cold November weather.<br />
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2104. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiIyK5ytsYgYehcp2Z7iYRXog-7NWThhFsXbjF-w9mHSl2FbpzSMcbJG4w14AZDt1b8kdythb8uao49akxepry8_3PE6ZJc4p8tZwMeBJQN_FgvCSFoTEUhEVyWF-8KS8IxSzjz7VwIM/s1600/IMG_1198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiIyK5ytsYgYehcp2Z7iYRXog-7NWThhFsXbjF-w9mHSl2FbpzSMcbJG4w14AZDt1b8kdythb8uao49akxepry8_3PE6ZJc4p8tZwMeBJQN_FgvCSFoTEUhEVyWF-8KS8IxSzjz7VwIM/s1600/IMG_1198.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></div>
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2106. <b>Cobett Waterer Installation</b></div>
2107. <br />
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2109. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcerc-2s0bEKatDTyPiwJTqDuzvODL7v7wK7Q-kvIlBhpVOP3oe6Lkj7zkOkB_1fbzNQ-E9EfS6ZDkZ5Q1XR8ZbIVvldrOaz67ZIQvonnwJB5fm6tSBBS54pJDqbzOOi9IwSJ6DJ4g0xc/s1600/IMG_1199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcerc-2s0bEKatDTyPiwJTqDuzvODL7v7wK7Q-kvIlBhpVOP3oe6Lkj7zkOkB_1fbzNQ-E9EfS6ZDkZ5Q1XR8ZbIVvldrOaz67ZIQvonnwJB5fm6tSBBS54pJDqbzOOi9IwSJ6DJ4g0xc/s1600/IMG_1199.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
2110. <div style="text-align: center;">
2111. <b>Water Pipe Installation</b></div>
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2113. <b><br /></b></div>
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2115. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCw5f3LE6K2EJsbwdPoHBfLOmhoSUSVSy_bdTGtzx15T1coplaQ0fyX2Yj8VApf6sluRanzAJzI_CXlDBhFzNh1ddM7qeNcH-lX6GQDVeip2jB7-SXtWnySfonJCMnbICy4BNxD9ABgY/s1600/IMG_1209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCw5f3LE6K2EJsbwdPoHBfLOmhoSUSVSy_bdTGtzx15T1coplaQ0fyX2Yj8VApf6sluRanzAJzI_CXlDBhFzNh1ddM7qeNcH-lX6GQDVeip2jB7-SXtWnySfonJCMnbICy4BNxD9ABgY/s1600/IMG_1209.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2117. <b>Functional Cobett</b></div>
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2121. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tyasEMKFiElPBYiWZ9AF-_f4KiquO7MD1rN3rEsf1QiuORrfLxnMQ1mUGj4ZxRqHVg9lBbIYj7vEalkAaUFDQIEREeDdTB1YLTWoAKq5mgMSnGNtJXFFujPozj9XqR2EQXcLYrHnl8s/s1600/IMG_1216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tyasEMKFiElPBYiWZ9AF-_f4KiquO7MD1rN3rEsf1QiuORrfLxnMQ1mUGj4ZxRqHVg9lBbIYj7vEalkAaUFDQIEREeDdTB1YLTWoAKq5mgMSnGNtJXFFujPozj9XqR2EQXcLYrHnl8s/s1600/IMG_1216.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
2122. <div style="text-align: center;">
2123.  <b>We Have a Leak</b></div>
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2127. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXa45uZabxF_4GRJks6n392hZfrhK7zGUSWIziBjyNXVtvjUpOiTPX7TiWJe1KVlA8vFbq5pxAp4-4AkZWQ2Sap-frEaYplvFITutUAbbeA6w1ZJ9JScknfp5GJTe1MQ1fGXjkkz1IlP0/s1600/IMG_1217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXa45uZabxF_4GRJks6n392hZfrhK7zGUSWIziBjyNXVtvjUpOiTPX7TiWJe1KVlA8vFbq5pxAp4-4AkZWQ2Sap-frEaYplvFITutUAbbeA6w1ZJ9JScknfp5GJTe1MQ1fGXjkkz1IlP0/s1600/IMG_1217.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2129.  <b>Exploratory Digging of Leak Reveals a Large Connection Failure</b></div>
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2132. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYHDX_BE7RpHi3TOIKZY-Dns1N3Zeavi-9P5crEcIvhjaawWWAPiGUaRNo5UOUNNNOh6v8DU3bXUJ18JBawLA992YiUxGq752ftHI2mRodywtQnuN44zatRQ_3NMeay4xP1ojAbPT-wI/s1600/IMG_1218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYHDX_BE7RpHi3TOIKZY-Dns1N3Zeavi-9P5crEcIvhjaawWWAPiGUaRNo5UOUNNNOh6v8DU3bXUJ18JBawLA992YiUxGq752ftHI2mRodywtQnuN44zatRQ_3NMeay4xP1ojAbPT-wI/s1600/IMG_1218.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2134. <b>Primary Spot Cattle Have Been Drinking From the Waterway</b></div>
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2140. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LR6Z-MyZxaD7Y2mUM_4jfxmwr3XdWaR74W4hghKxLt2rLE6ULolwz33-TQ8FPYxc3q7yCRudhXc0wUAe3CSfrov93tGtNs3b11QiupOqCm-Jh78lNpnPUzspbiNUO3W5YJmcR42xQeI/s1600/IMG_1235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LR6Z-MyZxaD7Y2mUM_4jfxmwr3XdWaR74W4hghKxLt2rLE6ULolwz33-TQ8FPYxc3q7yCRudhXc0wUAe3CSfrov93tGtNs3b11QiupOqCm-Jh78lNpnPUzspbiNUO3W5YJmcR42xQeI/s1600/IMG_1235.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2142. <b>Janice Running a Rented Mini-Excavator During Second Water Pipe Installation</b></div>
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2145. <br />
2146. Instead of moving house and farm stuff, I was spending a great deal of time working on a water system, which then led into November deliveries for Thanksgiving, and the water system again to replace the massive failure. This all compressed the amount of time we had available to move down to a few days and resulted in a frantic mess. On top of that, we learned that the new owner was going to destroy every building on the farm, except the chicken building and start over. So there was a bit of an additional scramble to salvage some additional items because of that.<br />
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2149. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UZu-Uww-wsYeVgX2TMhbKE4Q3gYOHXt8JhzXsEHKHLjtb3vG5QrmHKKIqIPRhMJhmVPIrV1EcJjm8jcG_eoXjhSdqrbXIj5Z5nyTAPJoF9psvUoEnSSyIzw-U5zuLoqbxyeVSQXnA5I/s1600/IMG_1253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UZu-Uww-wsYeVgX2TMhbKE4Q3gYOHXt8JhzXsEHKHLjtb3vG5QrmHKKIqIPRhMJhmVPIrV1EcJjm8jcG_eoXjhSdqrbXIj5Z5nyTAPJoF9psvUoEnSSyIzw-U5zuLoqbxyeVSQXnA5I/s1600/IMG_1253.JPG" height="137" width="640" /></a></div>
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2151. <b>Bye Bye Home</b></div>
2152. <br />
2153. Needless to say, the children were stressed out by the move and the new household that we setup in Ames. Of course, we were also very stressed out and strained by the whole process. Janice was not only moving, but prepping to present her final group project for her MBA, and coordinating contractors on the new house. Despite all of the stress of the past 8 weeks, I am thankful for a few things.<br />
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2155. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaK58-FFhksfvnkZcjFMJCjxnC_4JsuoVdiLUsYctd00QE-BuVMHd9iNwCEApBZJcR6cq1rC9Wg5kgSen4JBkE_Q1N0cnSqawnn0REsadFlNYYdAt1Y6iPzT_M15hrZztOBJyWk7fW_g0/s1600/IMG_1279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaK58-FFhksfvnkZcjFMJCjxnC_4JsuoVdiLUsYctd00QE-BuVMHd9iNwCEApBZJcR6cq1rC9Wg5kgSen4JBkE_Q1N0cnSqawnn0REsadFlNYYdAt1Y6iPzT_M15hrZztOBJyWk7fW_g0/s1600/IMG_1279.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2157. <b>After Several Weeks, Janice and I Finally got an Evening Together</b></div>
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2160. First, I am thankful that this move is in the past, seriously thankful. Second, I am thankful that Janice and I love each other as much as we do, because I sure pushed her to the limit (actually past quite a bit). Third, I am thankful that we have awesome friends and family, like Nathan, Rob, Tom, and Jen for helping us move household items, like Audra, Jeremy, and Michael for wiring our building,  like Jared, Adam, Nate, Jeremy, Rob, and Michael for helping with fence building, and Jared, Amanda, and Darvin for helping watch the kids. A special thanks to Jared and Adam for spending successive weekends out on the farm building fence well into the night. Lastly, I am thankful that things are starting to normalize a bit and that new routines are finally starting to get set-up.<br />
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2165. <b>Helpers Loading the Livestock Trailer</b></div>
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2167. <br />
2168. Stay tuned as we hopefully start to frame a house this week and look at doing some December deliveries. <br />
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2173. The Basement is Fully Poured and Framing Should Begin Soon</div>
2174. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/feeds/7498369826649447545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2014/12/i-never-want-to-do-that-again-but-i-am.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/7498369826649447545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/7498369826649447545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2014/12/i-never-want-to-do-that-again-but-i-am.html' title='I Never Want to Do That Again, but I am Thankful'/><author><name>Ryan Marquardt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02158248365301876879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsHSKOKpM03aMTKNkw2YhJ9FPkJZ1tlROUeOunoWTJwi2ZsJf-SvbsFDKfrpnIv1Wd0Yo6V_4Yeom8ZnRCYOKN7mJVNVNlJbtgT1EJ9cK9gh42PQQJ5q1VWuJUOANhg/s151/133-3335_IMG.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI66GfgYLk9LXZDk0xwm4bGjjPAwdxOH1KB23f9PLx2mF-h19n3oT-oY4u9vpAo3VWK1MsZjgl63yQeu60s0OchZY9YbnbsJkssaD5afNQ_Xj3sMnOjPPaKSxE96S9BkJfyIlVkYaeom0/s72-c/IMG_1222.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394707382725206352.post-8878864220006092214</id><published>2014-11-04T08:21:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2014-11-04T08:21:47.296-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chickens"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Turkeys"/><title type='text'>Poultry Wrap-up</title><content type='html'>Busy is too simple a word to describe how we have been recently. It has been more then a month since my last post, but we have been hurtling toward some large deadlines and that has taken most of my faculties to keep on top of. &amp;nbsp;I will discuss them soon in another post.&lt;br /&gt;
2175. <br />
2176. In the last two weeks, we have taken 180 broilers, 65 turkeys, and have picked-up one beef and 5 lambs from another locker. Needless to say, our freezers are packed with product right now. It is good to be on the back side of everything at this point and it has allowed me to focus much more attention on moving cows to the new place.<br />
2177. <br />
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2179. I past years, we have used a movable roost for the turkeys, but this year I decided just divide off the area around out lean-to (lambing barn) and run the turkeys in at night. So for weeks I was herding them in at night so they could be out of the elements and not have to use so much energy to stay warm at night. </div>
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2182. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBug80nigOtI9OX2nnwRe1yijQWcUnEqYBObmTsVbWtYOvpvlr5kURfwR9GD_zqrb-2B2W_l4K3U41A7ednOLRx1HN65QwcQkRijg_DxEX9rlorxmyapvBlTalcp9Q9laE7SFwf_dezY/s1600/IMG_1077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBug80nigOtI9OX2nnwRe1yijQWcUnEqYBObmTsVbWtYOvpvlr5kURfwR9GD_zqrb-2B2W_l4K3U41A7ednOLRx1HN65QwcQkRijg_DxEX9rlorxmyapvBlTalcp9Q9laE7SFwf_dezY/s1600/IMG_1077.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2184. <b>Herding the Turkeys inside</b></div>
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2189. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFQtutRtG7DkaTkGCilVtpoX6s4WrYF0Eqw5wtd59y6myfp84RYCWA4IQ5AzxmLZFfR4cam_WcYW1nJ0YCaQWsIh2QApLQ_0DBe4-hoFa079cpsJfcLY2fVTZfPx6_MiKrgeHDWNO8BM/s1600/IMG_1080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFQtutRtG7DkaTkGCilVtpoX6s4WrYF0Eqw5wtd59y6myfp84RYCWA4IQ5AzxmLZFfR4cam_WcYW1nJ0YCaQWsIh2QApLQ_0DBe4-hoFa079cpsJfcLY2fVTZfPx6_MiKrgeHDWNO8BM/s1600/IMG_1080.JPG" height="137" width="640" /></a></div>
2190. <div style="text-align: center;">
2191. <b>A Panoramic Shot of the Turkeys inside the Lean-to</b></div>
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2195. There is always a part of me that misses the turkeys. They form a bond with me since I have cared for them since they were pullets.  I am reminded of Wash on Firefly when he says, "Curse your sudden, but inevitable betrayal." I get over it pretty fast when I remember, I am not caring for or buying feed for all of those turkeys any more. </div>
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2199. I did get that second chicken pen rebuilt and put into operation. It took longer then I would have liked,  but we have rebuilt both of our primary chicken pens this year. That was something I was hoping to do after I move, but it did not work out that way. Now I have to move two ten by twelve pens. Both pens are built pretty ruggedly, but will have to be turned up on their side for transit, because they are too wide to be legal on the roads.<b> </b></div>
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2205. <b>Initial Framing for New Pen</b></div>
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2210. <b>Both Chicken Pens Full of Broilers</b></div>
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2214. The kids have been handing in there while we have been pretty busy. My Daughter and I took a weekend day Janice had class to work on pumpkins. I has just listened to the H. P. Lovecrafts "The Call of Cthulhu" ready by the <a href="http://yourturngo.com/">Your Turn Go Podcast</a>, so we did a Cthulhu inspired pumpkin.</div>
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2220. <b>Cleaning out the Pumpkin</b></div>
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2225. <b>Posing with Cthulhu Pumpkin</b></div>
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2229. My Son, is rapidly approaching two years old and is leaving that fun toddler stage gradually. That being said, he is playing a bit more physically and is saying quite a few more words. He still loves his dump truck a lot. </div>
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2235. <b>A Little Closer</b></div>
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2240. <b>A Little Bit More</b></div>
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2245. <b>Bang</b></div>
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2251. That is it for this short catch-up. I will try and fill you in more about the new place, and the help we have received from some of our awesome friends. Stay tuned. </div>
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2259. If you have not heard, we accepted a offer on our farm. We are still holding our breath a bit until it is all a done deal, but we have deadliness and a time horizon for our future for the first time in a year. We are currently planning on getting the cattle moved by November 3rd, and we are planning on being out of the house by December 1st. This timeline will make the next five weeks some of the busiest in my life. </div>
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2265. <b>Proudly Displaying the Sold Sign</b></div>
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2269. The kids are coming along on this journey with us. Our Daughter is preschool during the week, so I admit to not getting to see much of her. I try to take her out for evening chores so we can get some daddy daughter time. Our Son has a new babysitter to watch him once or twice a week. This has allowed me to start making progress on fencing at the new place. </div>
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2275. <b>Pushing his New Dump Truck Toy (gift of his Uncle & Aunt)</b></div>
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2280. <b>Riding Said Dump Truck</b></div>
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2284. At the new place, we have to go full steam ahead. I have a lot of fence to build, water lines to dig, and  building improvements to make and it is really doubtful whether or not I can accomplish what needs to be accomplished in five weeks. To start things off, I got my Uncle to bring over a tractor and knock down the weeds that had buried the place over the summer. It seems like the clutch has gone out of our new tractor so I am making arrangements to have that fixed. The most important thing is I am building fence. We are contemplating some customer and friend work days to help close the gap in what needs to be done. </div>
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2290. <b>My Uncle Knocking Down Summer Weed Growth</b></div>
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2296. <b>New Corner Brace Going In</b></div>
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2300. Back at our old farm, we still have a production season to wind down.  Turkeys are ranging during the day now. We have around 70 birds out on pasture right now. Our mobile prototype roost barely survived last year's turkey production season, but it did not make it through the winter. I have plans for a new mobile roost, but they were scuttled due to time constraints, So the turkeys are positioned around our old lean to, so they can come in out of the rain. </div>
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2306. <b>Turkeys Ranging</b></div>
2307. I have been chainsawing for weeks so that I could get power up to our northern boundary fence. This has made it much easier to use our temporary fence to fence in the 10 acres that we rented north of the farm for our cattle to graze.<br />
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2310. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0t_x2gdctLHMqfORUqqmFgmSkfzux2n5Uynp2j9HFWVTxWIqLH6eFzf8DXkCKjh_eA-c_MuhSIGxYZdI6pE5Hv6OxPOBbT1ax7SyWJ3AyqX63ABbw-PbzOA4VrRjGn9NsSULcojvW3lw/s1600/IMG_0967.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0t_x2gdctLHMqfORUqqmFgmSkfzux2n5Uynp2j9HFWVTxWIqLH6eFzf8DXkCKjh_eA-c_MuhSIGxYZdI6pE5Hv6OxPOBbT1ax7SyWJ3AyqX63ABbw-PbzOA4VrRjGn9NsSULcojvW3lw/s1600/IMG_0967.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2312. <b>Power Line Running to the North Side of the Old Farm</b></div>
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2318. <b>Temporary Electric Net Covering One Side of the Rented 10 Acres</b></div>
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2324. <b>Cattle Herd Lounging on the Rented Ground</b></div>
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2328. We started moving chickens outside. I have half of the batch outside, but the second half is waiting for a pen before they can move outside. I decided that trying to make the last old pens get across the finish line was a bad investment of time and resources, I have been dismantling it with my little helper and will start using parts from it to build a new pen this week. </div>
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2334. <b>Chickens that Made it Outside</b></div>
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2340. <b>Old Chicken Pen Early in Dismantling Process</b></div>
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2346. <b>Old Chicken Pen late in Dismantling Process</b></div>
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2350. Lastly, I spent a healthy chunk of change on a commercial freezer at a restaurant auction a few weeks ago. I wanted a way to get our chickens frozen faster, as the locker releases them after their internal temperature is 40 degrees or less. This also allows for more storage capacity. I now have the commercial freezer and three medium sized chest freezers empty. I hope that is enough to accommodate 1 beef, 4 lambs, 70 turkeys, and 180 broiler chickens that will all go to the locker in the month of October. </div>
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2354. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipeSb5OjYJSiEB6hEKU7i4lga_0XYbToqMAwHLiKN5WgVOel1OBsh8PPduu-BnOh_mAjeZnlRRoTRxPuIANmz8SpfEztK-lDg-PJy9YyjhSqJ-a91B-m3iQksSWz37YXdffq4-KFWlDCU/s1600/IMG_0889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipeSb5OjYJSiEB6hEKU7i4lga_0XYbToqMAwHLiKN5WgVOel1OBsh8PPduu-BnOh_mAjeZnlRRoTRxPuIANmz8SpfEztK-lDg-PJy9YyjhSqJ-a91B-m3iQksSWz37YXdffq4-KFWlDCU/s1600/IMG_0889.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2356. <b>Recently Acquired Commercial Freezer</b></div>
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2360. There is so much to do and a very limited amount of time to accomplish all of it. Stay tuned as we take the leap of faith full steam ahead. </div>
2361. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/feeds/7994017034489012407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2014/09/moving-out.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/7994017034489012407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/7994017034489012407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2014/09/moving-out.html' title='Moving Out'/><author><name>Ryan Marquardt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02158248365301876879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsHSKOKpM03aMTKNkw2YhJ9FPkJZ1tlROUeOunoWTJwi2ZsJf-SvbsFDKfrpnIv1Wd0Yo6V_4Yeom8ZnRCYOKN7mJVNVNlJbtgT1EJ9cK9gh42PQQJ5q1VWuJUOANhg/s151/133-3335_IMG.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuJCKFEL0imwr2Hf_V8AkXgSZd2jeqwI-2S_VhUL-_2SBSuU0gv-stNgzXLBm-F6j7NombS8F-9AerfjGODf7EfOt3xPBxfz5ZA94tz127pJGadPy7kL_yJgLVVrdynvUY9-mSpysLwU/s72-c/IMG_0964.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394707382725206352.post-7080751725913617593</id><published>2014-09-05T14:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-09-05T14:03:34.769-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Farm Move"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fencing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lambs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sheep"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weather"/><title type='text'>Some One Ordered Lots of Rain &amp; Fall Weather</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
2362. Since my last post in mid-August, we have had a whole lot of rain. We saw very little rain in July and early August, so we really needed it. After a couple of hot days, it looks like cooler fall weather is starting to set in as well. The biggest thing that happened since our last post is that I sold almost all of my sheep. I sold 10 animals for $1000, and now all I have around here is four ram lambs that go into the the locker October 1st. We have not pre-sold any lamb, so we decided that the herd was not worth the work and that my time was better invested focusing on our other enterprises. If you want to order lamb from us now is the time, because once it's gone, it's gone. </div>
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2366. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGckL0Y3EI7Hbuo8jFdqTEQwd1DXl3gzqiTDjY3I-Oa-b_zbjvoXInGN49GbWOV7AwwYNNrYmSTxuJLfCQxdPEyd8OinvM4IsyU1h0Bt8fabzASm_xjuIN4kNcfHM0VHnAdaEYr1YIPwc/s1600/IMG_0752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGckL0Y3EI7Hbuo8jFdqTEQwd1DXl3gzqiTDjY3I-Oa-b_zbjvoXInGN49GbWOV7AwwYNNrYmSTxuJLfCQxdPEyd8OinvM4IsyU1h0Bt8fabzASm_xjuIN4kNcfHM0VHnAdaEYr1YIPwc/s1600/IMG_0752.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2368. <b>Some of Our Breeding Stock we Sold</b></div>
2369. <br />
2370. Since the sheep left, I have been focused on building fence at our current place and at the new place. I completed a stretch of fence behind our house and put in a gate. We always put up temporary fence in the past, but with the sheep gone, we won't be grazing our yard as often.<br />
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2373. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mB4ZyZEue9pG5Br1kv6Yng7oK4NgTgHuf2NStifFsb5ePD9rXe4jTPZ94P6T1OW-WVZyDPxEC1kSqP_d2EojisWCNs4rnUxY8xA3sPW5vyqIhSQXo617M4VC_D3qpLselp3xu155D6o/s1600/IMG_0853+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mB4ZyZEue9pG5Br1kv6Yng7oK4NgTgHuf2NStifFsb5ePD9rXe4jTPZ94P6T1OW-WVZyDPxEC1kSqP_d2EojisWCNs4rnUxY8xA3sPW5vyqIhSQXo617M4VC_D3qpLselp3xu155D6o/s1600/IMG_0853+1.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2375. <b>Recently Installed Gate & Fence Behind Our House</b></div>
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2379. To build off that piece of fence behind our house, I started clearing brush from our fence up over the hill north of our house. This stretch of fence has always been serviceable, but not great. I am working to clear the brush off, tighten up existing fence, and add an electric line on the top. I am planning on continuing this work on the north side of the farm, where the fence is pretty much crap. I have a few head of cattle that have made it their goal to work the fence as hard as they can to find a way out up there, and I am done with it. I don't want to leave the old farm to work at the new farm only to get a call that my livestock are out. </div>
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2383. I rented the neighbors ground north of us, because we had such a dry spell in July, the cattle got ahead of our grass, and I decided that the best way to manage the farm would be to put the cows on their ground and let most of my farm recover for 30 days. The ground I rented is pretty rough and has good fences on only one side. I want to get my fencing work done on the north side, so I don't have to put up quite some much temporary fence to make grazing that ground work. Needless to say,  I am scrambling to make what amounts to significant fencing improvements in not a lot of time. </div>
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2386. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SHHUsJ67-l9gvmUzZYtIjvxuxyq7QnBnuRij7Kkx7j27qK-RP0yWMkJASoP_n1MS1DXFJ67pQhHvZGJjVVXplZQUJoMlrNwyVrzYjrx3qd8zH9oGclvPDPzpRHv1LNU4SgnyRH-3x8Y/s1600/IMG_0871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SHHUsJ67-l9gvmUzZYtIjvxuxyq7QnBnuRij7Kkx7j27qK-RP0yWMkJASoP_n1MS1DXFJ67pQhHvZGJjVVXplZQUJoMlrNwyVrzYjrx3qd8zH9oGclvPDPzpRHv1LNU4SgnyRH-3x8Y/s1600/IMG_0871.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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2388. <b>Clearing Brush Off the Fence</b></div>
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2392. I just made my first trip to the new farm in around six weeks yesterday. As you can see from the weeds, the areas we tore-up the ground are a mess with massive weeds. I should have tried to plant annual rye grass or some thing this spring, but that did not happen. </div>
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2398. <b>Three-foot Tall Western Ragweed</b></div>
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2402. At the new farm, my big goals include getting the fences fixed, digging the water lines, and putting the next phases of electrical work. I still would like to move my cattle over to the new farm for hay feeding season. Yesterday, was mostly focused on assessing the situation after being absent most of the summer. I widened an opening in the trees to start running fence and working on corner braces. </div>
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2408. <b>Widened the Path for the Fence & Installed Rain Gauge</b></div>
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2412. My daughter is back in school, which does enable me to accomplish more sizable tasks again. One young child is much easier to do farm work with then two. I am quite sure that the change is good for both of them. </div>
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2418. <b>Imitating Crazy <a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Cave-Squigs">Squig</a> Miniatures </b></div>
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2422. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQ0wiWo7tGyj8BPlv11V3UBD2GJL_4mDg3ow0pKAuhzowHYjoAOS6GoKQTGS8LotJD_kN78rPnAOusiAWCvVjhzwWRh6PVHmESFiB65NmVdCyXjXgNFF-90fJwo8T4_Qb07yU0StQK4I/s1600/IMG_0860+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQ0wiWo7tGyj8BPlv11V3UBD2GJL_4mDg3ow0pKAuhzowHYjoAOS6GoKQTGS8LotJD_kN78rPnAOusiAWCvVjhzwWRh6PVHmESFiB65NmVdCyXjXgNFF-90fJwo8T4_Qb07yU0StQK4I/s1600/IMG_0860+1.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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2424. <b>Watching Fall Broilers in the Brooder</b></div>
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2428. We are entering the home stretch here on the production season. In the next eight weeks we will processes a beef, four lamb, seventy turkeys, and around 180 broilers. I have to make meaningful progress on the new farm, add to our freezer capacity, finish fencing work, Completed two rounds of distributions, and try to stay ahead of the day-to-day. Add in showing the house, and the uncertainty about our living situation and it tends to be a very stressful time. We will get through it one way or another. Until next time. </div>
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2434. <b>Sunset on the Farm</b></div>
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2443. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/feeds/7080751725913617593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2014/09/some-one-ordered-lots-of-rain-fall.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/7080751725913617593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/7080751725913617593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2014/09/some-one-ordered-lots-of-rain-fall.html' title='Some One Ordered Lots of Rain &amp; Fall Weather'/><author><name>Ryan Marquardt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02158248365301876879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsHSKOKpM03aMTKNkw2YhJ9FPkJZ1tlROUeOunoWTJwi2ZsJf-SvbsFDKfrpnIv1Wd0Yo6V_4Yeom8ZnRCYOKN7mJVNVNlJbtgT1EJ9cK9gh42PQQJ5q1VWuJUOANhg/s151/133-3335_IMG.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGckL0Y3EI7Hbuo8jFdqTEQwd1DXl3gzqiTDjY3I-Oa-b_zbjvoXInGN49GbWOV7AwwYNNrYmSTxuJLfCQxdPEyd8OinvM4IsyU1h0Bt8fabzASm_xjuIN4kNcfHM0VHnAdaEYr1YIPwc/s72-c/IMG_0752.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394707382725206352.post-85050700030652775</id><published>2014-08-19T13:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-08-19T14:03:49.055-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Beef"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cattle"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chickens"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Farm Move"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lambs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sheep"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Turkeys"/><title type='text'>Eight Weeks of Summer</title><content type='html'>It has been way to long since I have blogged, pretty close to eight weeks. The long and short of things, is that farming has gone pretty good this year, but we have not sold our home yet, so things are not moving on that front. We have had quite a few lookers, but no buyers yet. With two kids at home this summer, farm progress is mostly limited to nap times and the occasional weekend. That pretty much means, if it is not urgent, it does not get done.&lt;br /&gt;
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2445. As for the farm, things are going better then they have in years. Our first batch of 180 broilers did quite well. We processed two beef in late June and sales from them have been brisk. Turkeys are doing quite well, despite having a young Red-tailed Hawk that is terrorizing them. We had seven calves born in June and July. The lambs look good going into fall, and our second batch of broilers arrives tomorrow.<br />
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2450. <b>Turkeys in the Brooder in Early July</b></div>
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2456. <b>Turkey Helper Feeding Turkeys in the Morning with Dad</b></div>
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2462. <b>Hawk Perched on Pen Terrorizing Turkeys</b></div>
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2466. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpmyoAGk48mX_nhrLEHuqnabt18aZWfNU4p0lgTCgPr1LtLbW-daH7qThireEvN85K6PHSPXJ4JeDETefkVnU89XsmOKj2x_yZoW2cRAp6O9BAzwrtS4jYQV7PB56q4mm-ELkR073sEG0/s1600/IMG_0828.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpmyoAGk48mX_nhrLEHuqnabt18aZWfNU4p0lgTCgPr1LtLbW-daH7qThireEvN85K6PHSPXJ4JeDETefkVnU89XsmOKj2x_yZoW2cRAp6O9BAzwrtS4jYQV7PB56q4mm-ELkR073sEG0/s1600/IMG_0828.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2468. <b>Brooder Cleaned out for the Fall Round of Chickens</b></div>
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2472. <span style="text-align: left;">The turkeys had made it through the brooder stage of Development with only a handful of deaths. This is incredibly rare. Things were going great until this hawk starts scaring the birds and forces 13 to die in a pile-up in their pen. Aside from that one incident, the turkeys have done well. </span></div>
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2478. <b>A Whole Cluster of Young Calves Testing Fences All Across the Farm</b></div>
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2482. Having so many calves is nice, but they have been testing fences and did cause a large breakout of the herd a week ago that forces me to extract the herd from a corn field. The vast majority of calves are male, which is good if you like grass-fed beef in mid 2016. This is the first year where cattle have really helped to pay bills and generate some income around the farm. We have processed two beef, with one more scheduled in the fall and we sold a cow and heifer as breeding stock. </div>
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2488. <b>Cattle Spread Out Across the Hillside</b></div>
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2492. We are closing in on Fall. My daughter goes back to preschool in two days, so it is time again to really pivot to focus on the new farm. I have told people I am moving cattle over there this Winter, so I have a lot to accomplish in a limited amount of time. Janice has been busy with classes work to finish her MBA much of the summer, so I have not accomplished much at the new farm. I think it has been almost six weeks since I started sinking new corner posts in to fence out the house and farm building area, and I have not been back since then.  I have to get the new fence built, replace posts and shore up the existing fence, install power, and install the water system, before I can move the cattle. That is a lot to do in 16 to 18 weeks.  </div>
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2498. S<b>tarting to Sink Corner Posts at the New Farm</b></div>
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2502. The kids are doing well. Our Daughter is helping more with chores, and our Son is growing more and more comfortable outside. With preschool starting up again, I have no doubt the routine will be good for both of them. She will benefit from the structure, and he will benefit from not having his Sister up in his business all of the time. </div>
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2508. <b>Helping Daddy Herd some Sheep</b></div>
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2516. <b>Hat Boy</b></div>
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2520. Aside from that, I don't have much to report. I hope that we get an offer on this place soon so we can begin to make plans. All of my hay is out at the new farm, and I sold my old tractor back at the old farm, so I have few ways to move hay around there. Fall aways seems like a giant rush of activity that is over before you realize it. Keep your fingers crosses for us as we enter frantic fall.</div>
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2526.  <b>Sold the Old Tractor</b></div>
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2530. We have not sold the house yet. We have had several productive showings, but nobody has put in an offer yet. It is hard to plan for what this production season might look like or how long it might take before we get to work on actually moving livestock out to the new place. The uncertainty about things is really wearing on both of Janice and I. </div>
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2534. Now that it is Summer, my Daughter is out of school and is out helping me around the farm to get chores done every morning. That currently involves watering sheep, feeding and watering baby turkeys, releasing layers, and moving, feeding, and watering the broiler chickens. </div>
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2538. <b>Supervising a Cattle Move</b></div>
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2544. <b>New Chicken Pen on Pasture</b></div>
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2548. The broilers are running large again, and are scheduled to go into the processor at the end of this week. Just in time to start doing deliveries next week in Des Moines and Pella and in Ames the week after that. I look forward to a break from taking care of these guys as broilers are quite labor intensive  and parts of that labor can be very physical. </div>
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2553. <b> Excited about Baby Turkeys</b></div>
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2557. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yuuIZcdwZ1tVxV_tT1z8CraaIG3HWzZb0Ct5IoJzeh4qwvL7TGZKE0cTorKuDchSXsPyBgavzthNKeEAJy8MYVkOA4O5fUtLIG_85MvSUqBqCiRh09zrRr2Wo5-tXcW6r-w9s4OGDH0/s1600/IMG_0434+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yuuIZcdwZ1tVxV_tT1z8CraaIG3HWzZb0Ct5IoJzeh4qwvL7TGZKE0cTorKuDchSXsPyBgavzthNKeEAJy8MYVkOA4O5fUtLIG_85MvSUqBqCiRh09zrRr2Wo5-tXcW6r-w9s4OGDH0/s1600/IMG_0434+1.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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2559. <b>Turkey Pullets at Play</b></div>
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2563. Turkeys arrived two weeks ago and are doing "knock on wood" great. We started with 103 and still have 101. That is the best start turkeys have had since possibly our first year of raising them. </div>
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2565. They have about two to three weeks left in the critical development stages where they are prone to dying, but so far I am very pleased with how things have been going.</div>
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2569. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrjAGstB12uYdk3CZsFU5-PHEvCBEbnO4_lxIIxsf5DRudksB4q0Q6geo5j9yXkd0ED1N8SQxW9DyPDYGzrf8zUCoRnzLGb53PF2MFY1ENQjdumYC0In5qsWk0Is2ELFz11uT349M1TA/s1600/IMG_0475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrjAGstB12uYdk3CZsFU5-PHEvCBEbnO4_lxIIxsf5DRudksB4q0Q6geo5j9yXkd0ED1N8SQxW9DyPDYGzrf8zUCoRnzLGb53PF2MFY1ENQjdumYC0In5qsWk0Is2ELFz11uT349M1TA/s1600/IMG_0475.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></div>
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2571. <b>Juneberries Getting Ripe</b></div>
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2575. Elsewhere on the farm, the berries are ripening. <a href="http://www.beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2013/07/things-are-brewing-mean-while-we-are.html">June berries</a> and sour cherries are getting picked right now and frozen down for later use. Mulberries look to be ready and will likely be next on the list. My Son loves Juneberries so much that he often points at the trees and makes some sounds to let us know he wants us to pick him some berries to eat. </div>
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2579. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrjAGstB12uYdk3CZsFU5-PHEvCBEbnO4_lxIIxsf5DRudksB4q0Q6geo5j9yXkd0ED1N8SQxW9DyPDYGzrf8zUCoRnzLGb53PF2MFY1ENQjdumYC0In5qsWk0Is2ELFz11uT349M1TA/s1600/IMG_0475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL6b1_N80q2-5qYjyPCHC-px4X-3aRZWi-IhH7P1TZxX1OnQRa2tzQGnSlNJPO80Plw6azY7m-SuZm11sLyKQLhWAjULhRHCKENFq2hpii9hWzFflpVRj8IjIyho-0CXN-stXZoU0P20/s1600/IMG_0435+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL6b1_N80q2-5qYjyPCHC-px4X-3aRZWi-IhH7P1TZxX1OnQRa2tzQGnSlNJPO80Plw6azY7m-SuZm11sLyKQLhWAjULhRHCKENFq2hpii9hWzFflpVRj8IjIyho-0CXN-stXZoU0P20/s1600/IMG_0435+1.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2581. <b>New Calf, One of Three</b></div>
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2586. <b>Cow Herd Following Me to New Pasture</b></div>
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2590. The cattle herd seems to be doing well. We have two animals going to the locker next week, so beef should be available again by the middle of July, just in time for high grilling season.  We are still working on selling off two breading animals and then we will get our herd down to a more confirmable size and bring in some needed income. We had one heifer calf two weeks before I moved cattle into our warm-season grass pasture, and then two bull calfs were born shortly after the move. </div>
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2594. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyaFY3469t3iHrkYvce6OsjoHDVoxiBWGVqLAubX73j4jYDh2zhdYhI_o3YO4sf2Fv0SksaZ0ePijm4YmlON1BqmzNtjQf04PPHBBQf20K96EzUht4N_BzgLjXKG4wjXRdNK9iyKk9TA/s1600/IMG_0482+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyaFY3469t3iHrkYvce6OsjoHDVoxiBWGVqLAubX73j4jYDh2zhdYhI_o3YO4sf2Fv0SksaZ0ePijm4YmlON1BqmzNtjQf04PPHBBQf20K96EzUht4N_BzgLjXKG4wjXRdNK9iyKk9TA/s1600/IMG_0482+1.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
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2596. <b>Leadplant on Growing in the Pasture</b></div>
2597. <br />
2598. After moving the cattle into the warm-season grass pasture, I noticed that there is finally <a href="http://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_amca6.pdf">Leadplant</a> growing in a few places down there. I put a little bit in the planting mix in hopes of getting some more established on this farm, but I had pretty much given up on it since it has been around 5 years since that field was planted from crop ground  to native prairie pasture.<br />
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2601. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6SK60i9NTgOZRKfgrVy-xbb1KqR6SVS5wyW5pFDIHcW-sIS3APb25U0_Ywdh9o-YY9gdzQjjybbfU6WmSX0x5cQNjhtm-aYN8Ue0X3gyDka56xks87maAH0gebIeNfprGhh59rGTlns/s1600/IMG_0490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6SK60i9NTgOZRKfgrVy-xbb1KqR6SVS5wyW5pFDIHcW-sIS3APb25U0_Ywdh9o-YY9gdzQjjybbfU6WmSX0x5cQNjhtm-aYN8Ue0X3gyDka56xks87maAH0gebIeNfprGhh59rGTlns/s1600/IMG_0490.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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2603. <b>Not so Little Guy that Loves the Outdoors</b></div>
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2607. I figured our little guy should make an appearance lest his sister dominate the photos. He loves being outside and soon will be out with the livestock more. We will keep you posted about the move whenever that happens and we look forward to seeing customers again at deliveries starting next week. </div>
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2612. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/feeds/4556531914198400887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2014/06/summer-routine-happenings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/4556531914198400887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4394707382725206352/posts/default/4556531914198400887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginningiowafarmer.blogspot.com/2014/06/summer-routine-happenings.html' title='Summer Routine &amp; Happenings'/><author><name>Ryan Marquardt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02158248365301876879</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsHSKOKpM03aMTKNkw2YhJ9FPkJZ1tlROUeOunoWTJwi2ZsJf-SvbsFDKfrpnIv1Wd0Yo6V_4Yeom8ZnRCYOKN7mJVNVNlJbtgT1EJ9cK9gh42PQQJ5q1VWuJUOANhg/s151/133-3335_IMG.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmR4zvtJ-nrUv0k2YFOmvISs8gktVdq2hyy6APnZc3e-_L__TvSYohWkw1g1Ga9HEy-9z6XPhOVa-NLGAK1jEeSOEiqumPEHbRDiejEiGLMwSf6DvWpSQG7mlD-s37gj7wayTPVRjJYE/s72-c/IMG_0440.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394707382725206352.post-5928531778217360045</id><published>2014-06-01T21:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-06-01T21:15:07.871-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chickens"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Eggs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lambs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Laying Hens"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="planning"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Turkeys"/><title type='text'>Non-GMO Conversion</title><content type='html'>We polled customers this spring and they said overwhelmingly that having a non-genetically modified (non-GMO) ration for the poultry was very important to them. We listened to your feedback and talked with the farmers that mix our feed and together we set out to build a ration that is free of GMOs (the most common GMO soybean is also known as Roundup Ready).&lt;br /&gt;
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2615. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxXcRE8D18x-QWVsoDNegw3GFho6GYCXFH-dyyZG0HY_hxk4t2xYFh2XL7hYwHJzTBN7FZtpAnf4cpzSSlKgkCbdvUqoYcIWJ-7c3tJCuM1F8Tqc3LQWEiC1O3Y5PPsWXL1cHAdf08vE/s1600/WRP+customer+values.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxXcRE8D18x-QWVsoDNegw3GFho6GYCXFH-dyyZG0HY_hxk4t2xYFh2XL7hYwHJzTBN7FZtpAnf4cpzSSlKgkCbdvUqoYcIWJ-7c3tJCuM1F8Tqc3LQWEiC1O3Y5PPsWXL1cHAdf08vE/s1600/WRP+customer+values.jpeg" height="227" width="400" /></a></div>
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2619. <b>Customer Survey Results</b></div>
2620. <br />
2621. Until this year, our ratio has been primarily composed of open pollinated non-GMO corn and purchased soybean meal. Although it is possible to buy non-GMO soybeans, it is much much harder to find non-GMO soybean meal. The real problem with soybeans is that you can't just throw them into a grinder-mixer, you have to roast them. Soybeans have to be heated to break down enzymes that make it hard for mono gastric stomachs (Chickens, Turkeys, Pigs, Humans) to absorb the protein in them. This roasting process is usually done at very large facilities and creates a system where farmers sell their beans on the open market and buy back this generic roasted product. <a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/GMonMarketUS.pdf">In the US, 85 percent of of soybeans are GMO</a>, so it is easy to see that most of the soybeans in the purchased meal was likely GMO.<br />
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2628. <b>Chickens on Pasture in Recently Constructed Pen</b></div>
2629. <br />
2630. To get around this, we will be using soybean meal that is made from food grade soybeans for human consumption. There was an exhaustive search done to investigate where a roasted non-GMO soybean product could be located and that list was very very short. The resulting change is not a cheap one. Generic soybean meal used to run $450 per ton and the non-GMO version comes in at over $1000 a ton. In other words, our feed has gone from $0.20 per pound to $0.33 per pound.  Our birds are eating right around four pounds of feed per pound of gain, resulting in a cost increase to produce the birds of $0.52 per pound. With high chick prices and a bump in locker fees, we must raises prices to try and preserve the small margin that already exists on our birds.<br />
2631. <br />
2632. The change resulted in a $.60 rise in chickens per pound, a $0.50 rise in turkeys per pound. Our eggs have been sold at a loss for over a two years now, so we moved to correct the price and roll in the added feed cost with a $1.00 increase per dozen eggs.<br />
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2635. Whole chicken: $3.90/lb</div>
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2637. Cut up chicken: $4.10/lb</div>
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2639. Large eggs: $4.50/doz ($4.00/doz with return of our clean container)</div>
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2641. Medium eggs: $4.00/doz ($3.50/doz with return of our clean container)</div>
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2643. Whole turkeys: $4.25/lb</div>
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2645. Smoked turkey halves: $7.00/lb</div>
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2649. <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;">Cattle and lamb prices will not change, as their diet is already GMO free and they do not eat grain. Demand for lamb has been very soft and we are strongly considering phasing out lamb over the year. </span></div>
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2653. Despite what the customers and my wife were telling me, I must admit that I am terrified by this price change. It is a massive shock to our system financially on the front-end of this process. I can understand that some customers might want to retract their orders. They are welcome to do that, and I would not hold that against them. As I see it, this is a leap of faith. We are taking the first step. </div>
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