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I had always considered tea an effeminate drink.
I should clarify: hot tea. Surely, hard-working men would have a glass of ice tea in the summer coming in from the fields. Hot tea was, well, girly ... or worse, urban.
In the movie “Forrest Gump,” the hero is a nice man with a low IQ whose simplistic reasoning usually made sense. His response to anyone who called him stupid was to say, “Stupid is as stupid does.”
In layman’s terms,what does EAA mean?
Essential amino acids (EAAs) are the amino acids that need to be supplemented in the dairy diet. Dairy cows cannot synthesize enough of these amino acids to maintain their body functions at peak levels.
A good cowboy should have three things; a good horse, a good dog and ————————.
I left the last one blank so you could fill in your own. Some might choose a good woman, others a good banker, a job in town, a silver bit, a full can of Copenhagen or Saturday off.
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series.
I wrote my first column for Progressive Dairyman in July of 1993. This is my final one. During the space of 23 years, I have written several hundred articles.
Location: Fallon, Nevada
Your agricultural background, in a nutshell: My great-grandfather started our dairy in Sparks, Nevada, in 1915. Our family has been sustainably producing high-quality milk for northern Nevadans for 99 years.
Location: Sulligent, Alabama
Your agricultural background, in a nutshell: My grandfather converted his parents’ corn and cotton farm into a dairy in the early 1950s. Over time, it has grown into the 225-cow farm my father and I now operate. We also raise our own replacement heifers and manage 600 acres of pasture and forage production.
Location: Conway, Missouri
Your agricultural background: My wife, Courtney, and I are partners with my parents on our dairy. We milk 70 registered Brown Swiss and Holsteins as well as raise all of our forages on 500 acres.
The owners of a Pepin County dairy, Roland and Diana Reed, have agreed to penalties stemming from a food-borne illness outbreak in September that sickened 32 students and coaches at a high school in Durand, Wisconsin.
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