Its Our Job To Tell Our Story

Meghan blogs about her ranch over at Husker Cowgirl. She has a wonderful about page that really gives you an insight to her life. 1. Tell a little about you and your operation. I live on a family owned ranch in south central Nebraska.  My husband and I ranch with his parents.  We have commercial and purebred Angus cows and also some dryland farm ground.  We sell a few yearling bulls each year to local commercial...

Bite The Bullet And Blog

  New Blogger I really love when I discover a new blog. Even better when one finds me. Elizabeth emailed me with a question about the featured farmers and here she is one. Circle the Wagons began on Ag Day this year. Elizabeth has a great start to her blog with nice photos and regular postings. 1. Tell a little about you and your operation. My husband and I are from small Midwestern towns.  I grew up on a diversified...

Blogging is Gratifying

Discovering a new farm blog is the high light of my week. And when I found Ed’s site HyMark High Spots, I knew I had to ask him to be a featured farmer. Looking at his archives, you can see what a prolific blogger he is. Amazing. 1. Tell a little about you and your operation (blog title). Ed and LuAnn Winkle, HyMark High Spots, Martinsville, Ohio We raise no-till corn, soybeans, wheat, barley in southern Clinton County...

Feed Yard Foodie

Anne has an amazing story to tell on her blog Feed Yard Foodie. If you are looking to make a positive impact connecting consumers with farmers; her blog might just be the ultimate example. Anne is that good of a communicator. 1.  Tell a little about you and your operation:    A native of urban Palm Beach County, Florida; I was an Ivy League educated athlete fueled by beef for many years before I understood “where my beef...

Educate America on America’s Farmers

I met Sherry on twitter. She followed me. I followed her. Then checked out her website, CityChicOnAFarm.com. She has a really cute blog where she posts about her life on the farm in Indiana. Seeing that she has some experience blogging, I wanted to find out her thoughts on the topic. 1. Tell a little about you and your operation.  We run a black angus beef cattle farm with 20 brood cows.  The baby calves that are born...

Faith, Family, Friends, Farm and Fun

At Matt’s blog he ponders deep subjects like Who the Real Santa Is and the Chicken and Egg Debate of which he has interesting points of view. This is what he has to say about his ag blog. 1.Tell a little about you and your operation. Boucher Farms is a 4th generation, small to mid-sized Grain farm, Harvesting Corn and Soybeans in Northern Central Illinois. After graduating from Iowa State University, I was fortunate...

Back Home on the Farm

Chris has only been blogging at Small Nebraska Farming for less than a month. His latest post shows he’s got what it takes to be a top notch blogger. He is another one of whom I am jealous of their ability to put so much feeling and depth into his writing. 1. Tell a little about you and your farm background. My Dad and I farm in Eastern Nebraska on our family farm with a few rented farms to add into the acres.  Since I...

The Daily Cowman

The Daily Cowman is Larry’s blog about ranch life in Washington state. I love the cowboy silhouette on his site, very unique. 1. What made you want to start your blog? I have always loved writing and I love telling stories. I felt what better way to connect with people all over the world than a blog about what I do as a rancher here in Washington state. I also had lost my father in 2008 to an accident and felt a blog...

Farmer Blogger Podcaster

I’m a little partial to this featured farmer, since I married him. 1. Tell a little about you and your operation. I farm with my wife and children on a central Midwest cash grain and purebred cattle operation.  I have in the past been very involved with farm organizations and politics.  For politics I have done two terms as a school board member, three terms as a township trustee, two terms as a township supervisor,...

Connecting With Customers

At Gothberg Farms, Rhonda uses her blog to inform her customers about the goat cheese business. Tell a little about you and your operation. We have a small Grade A goat dairy on a 40 acre farm in Bow WA.  We milk 20-25 goats each year and all of the milk goes to making our farmstead cheeses.  All of the goats are the breed LaMancha.  They were chosen for their fabulous milk, smart minds, great dispositions, hearty, &...