GREENWICH, N.Y. — I don’t know about you, but I get really charged up when I go to a women’s agricultural conference. Sign me up: Business Acumen, Social Marketing, Being a Business Partner… I attend as many different breakout sessions as possible. My mind becomes a buzz with ideas and to-dos as I listen to the speakers – and then I hit the trade show floor. WOW! That bag, you know…
Hard to believe, it’s here. Where has the year gone… Feels like just yesterday we were here, in NH, celebrating 2016 Thanksgiving. This is our Thanksgiving Day: The week started out with Tyler’s first buck—a beautiful 8-pointer. Go Tyler! This morning, my dad and Tyler and Jacob are piling wood before the feast..Trixie is supervising 😉 Sam is helping in the kitchen.. My mother is busy making the…
GREENWICH, N.Y. — “My roots are in dairy farming, one of my limbs is in raising alpacas…and birthing babies keeps both of them going…” Morning had the ordinary bustle of a farm ready to greet visitors…chores to get done in record time, kids to dress and feed (only 2 at this point in my life), alpacas to get into the pens, and cookies to make. Pumpkins to polish and…
Dear Morning Ag Clips Readers, I am happy to say that our new portal system is finally here. Check it out! Designed to give our readers more information on the website, and our contributors more options and control, this is going to help launch your Morning Ag Clips into the next phase of expansion. We had to fight through getting it done for the better part of a year, but you…
GREENWICH, N.Y. — I reflect today…of that life changing Monday morning when I jumped into business ownership, wrote a large check and became the owner of a very infantile Morning Ag Clips—4 years ago, today… A part of me felt a great sigh of relief, as I wasn’t sure that I was going to be able to do it: figure out and come to an agreement on the purchase…
Wow! Where did the summer go? First day of school, first day of professional football season and I am left scratching my head thinking that it seems like just yesterday that the kids were playing lacrosse, throwing the baseball and dusting off the golf clubs. We had a great summer, just very busy. Filled to the brim with activity. Basketball camps, farming, showing cows, spending time at the…
Head dialogue of a mother 2 days leading up to the county fair: Music Accompaniment: Pressure, Billy Joel Please hit link before reading any further, for the full effect. “Got to get ready for fair… getting ready for the fair, need to get things together for the fair…” Figure out display, (sigh), picture frames, cow signs, get cow birth dates, correct names, whites. Where are the show whites?…
GREENWICH, N.Y. — Summer is here, I wake up, and I farm… I work the land beside my dad, my grandfather, my uncles, and our crew. I can’t imagine a life any better than this. I leap out of bed, thinking a little about what’s going to get packed in my lunchbox, A LOT about what piece of equipment I am going to run on this day. I…
Why is it that whenever the adults want to go on an evening boat cruise they always run out of gas?? Thanks Dad, for another tow in the dark!!! Fun times in the summer 🙂 Hope you are enjoying yours, we certainly are! New post tomorrow..…
Hello from the lake! Me and my gang are celebrating ALL week long. Is it possible to party too much? 😉 Family and friends, we look forward to this all year…and the only harvesting that’s been going on here is the harvest of freshwater mussels and the fish that we can’t quite get into the boat…Tyler!!! I hope you are all well and getting a chance to enjoy…
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