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County & State fairs are just around the corner. My advice this week is to get your final days feeding plan together. How many days do you have until your fair? When you are looking at your projects what do you think it is going to take to fine tune your project? Do you have weight concerns or are you on target?
I have looked at several families’ animals and have been making feeding plans for them. Based on what I have been seeing the weights are good, some need to be softer, others may need muscle shape. I can tell that everyone is working hard and taking excellent care of their projects. If you need advice on your project or have feeding questions for the final weeks before your fair please email or call me, send me some photos or even a short video. I would be more than happy to help!
Last year, I mentioned the importance of demonstrating what I like to call “good swineman-ship.” Each year, fair visitors will stop and ask us questions about our pigs, I remind my kids not everyone lives on a farm and many Americans are more than one generation removed from the farm and that means this might be the only time they see livestock except what they see in the news or on T.V.
Please take the time to tell your story, be honest with your visitors and share specifics about how well your family has been taking care of your animals at home. This continues to be very important as there is a lot of negative media about swine production and agriculture. It is important for the public to know what good care you give to your projects at home and what they are seeing on the TV definitely does not apply how all animals are raised.
Around our house, the weather is either hot and humid or raining and humid! Do you remember the old saying about corn “knee high by the 4th of July?”… Well, our corn is tasseling now. Alex celebrated her 14th birthday over the weekend at a softball tournament. The birthday girl had 2 big hits—one should have been a home run, but ended up as a triple (she stopped at every base to look where the ball was instead of running!). Cameron is counting the days down to getting his cast off his arm this week.
We had sad news earlier this month, our older dog died—he had been my daughter’s faithful pal since she was a very little girl. The same lady where our older dog came from had one pup left in a litter and we went up to look at her. We ended up bringing her home, her name is Ash, and so far she has been a real joy. So far, she has demonstrated she is smart and has good puppy manners. She has been up to the local gas station/coffee shop with my Dad and has been to several softball games. We joked about teaching her to bark at the umpire when he makes a bad call!
Have a great week!
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