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Tough conversations are by definition, well, tough. Our natural tendency is to avoid them because of personal discomfort, concern the conversation won’t go well or fear the situation might get worse.
It’s not hard to identify something you could be better at; the challenge is implementing the change to be better at it. Emily Fulstone takes that challenge head on.
Samee Charriere is the co-owner of Ledgerwood Gelbvieh and Rafter C Reds in Clarkston, Washington, where she works alongside her husband and family managing all aspects of the purebred herds and commercial cows.
If you don’t want a raging grass fire, you have to plan. To get a controlled fire that burns the CRP grassland without making the local newspaper takes planning and preparation.
Many inherit a fiddle in their grandfather’s will. Few know how to play it like a rockstar. I’m teaching my 3-year-old how to play the fiddle. Theoretically, that sounds great, but let me tell you, it doesn’t sound that great.
Nora Doelman is a Washington native and former diesel mechanic, and if someone would have told her she’d end up as a dairy farmer, “I would have said they were crazy,” laughs Nora.
If you are reading this, I bet forages are a part of your life. They have been around a long time as well: Genesis 1:11 KJV says, “And God said, let the earth bring forth grass and the herb yielding seed.”
You may wonder what a day in the life of an on-farm forage specialist looks like, so I’m here to share my story. The late founder of Alltech, Dr. Pearse Lyons, always said everyone is in sales, and that is very true.
The day I left for college, my mother showed me our farm’s financials and told me if I didn’t come back and improve the farm’s profitability, she was leaving my father.
