At the end of each year, we spend hours going over our farm’s finances, meeting with our accountant and preparing our tax documents.

“How’s the stripping going?” It was a simple question really, one I answered honestly. It was going OK.

Author of this post Jennifer Heim posted this blog on National Agriculture Day, March 19th. Heim and husband David operate his family’s dairy farm in northeast Kansas. See more posts at http://heimdairy.wordpress.com Today is National Agriculture Day. I often write about what we do as a part of agriculture, but today I want to talk about why we do it. Michele Payn-Knoper wrote a post about taking the time to explain the personal nature of farming.