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hoffywhf
Jan 14, 20145 min read
Farm Case Study
(post by Jason) A few weeks ago I did a series of nutritional consultations involving ration analysis and some troubleshooting at a...
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hoffywhf
Jan 9, 20143 min read
Emergency Over
We survived. The weather system has moved on to torture some other poor souls and our state of emergency has officially ended. Of course...
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hoffywhf
Jan 7, 20146 min read
State of Emergency
On January 5th our governor declared the state of Tennessee to be in a statewide state of emergency due to the severe cold weather. To be...
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hoffywhf
Dec 3, 20133 min read
Consulting and Speaking
(post by Jason) As many of you know I spent nearly 20 years working for others in the feed industry in various consultative, nutritional...
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hoffywhf
Sep 12, 20133 min read
Serendipity in the Pasture
(post by Jason) After a spring and summer that was much below normal for temperature and much above normal for moisture we were really...
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hoffywhf
Jan 1, 20135 min read
In Memory of Bear
I think our Schipperke, Bear, had more fans and admirers than all the other horses, dogs, goats and various pets on our farm put together....
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hoffywhf
Nov 15, 20122 min read
Hauling Trash
(post by Jason) Now there’s a sexy job description and blog post title ! Nevertheless, that’s exactly what I spent much of the middle of...
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hoffywhf
Oct 9, 20123 min read
Together Again
After a couple of months of not working together as Jason recovered from his surgery we are now, for better or worse, working together...
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hoffywhf
Oct 2, 20122 min read
Back to Labouring
(Post by Jason) Six weeks ago today I showed up at our local hospital to have a small but troublesome congenital hernia repaired. The...
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hoffywhf
Jun 21, 20123 min read
Pasture Managing Your Human
This was way too funny – and accurate – not to share. Just about every one of our residents could have written this post as I have been...
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hoffywhf
May 3, 20125 min read
One Horse, One Week of Injections
This brief article and illustration, titled “One Horse, One Week of Injections” was in the New York Times recently. The original article...
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hoffywhf
Nov 22, 20113 min read
Deer in the Headlights….or in the Fence
Anyone who uses electric fence knows that the most critical detail regarding fence management is to always keep the fence hot. However,...
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hoffywhf
Jun 28, 20115 min read
Thoughts on Weight
The topic of weight has come up in my conversations with people a lot lately in a variety of contexts. Weight is a subject where everyone...
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hoffywhf
Jun 26, 20113 min read
In Memory of Regis
Yesterday we said goodbye to Regal and Royale, better known as Regis. He was young, only sixteen years old, which makes his entire story...
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hoffywhf
Aug 3, 20102 min read
Crisis Management Day
Things have been pretty routine around the farm for the last few days with a couple of exceptions, and they both happened on the same...
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hoffywhf
May 2, 20105 min read
Record Rainfall
After having incredibly dry weather for most of April the last two days have certainly made up for that! As many of you have probably...
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hoffywhf
Jan 24, 20101 min read
More Farm Romance and Marriage Building Exercises
Today was a day full of farm romance and marriage building exercises. I finally identified the source of our leak thanks to the pooling...
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hoffywhf
May 25, 20093 min read
Happy Memorial Day and Updates
I realized today it has been almost a week since I updated my blog so this post got a bit long. Nothing out of the ordinary has been...
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hoffywhf
Feb 15, 20095 min read
Another Busy Weekend – Pasture Preparation
Spring is just around the corner! Our grass is starting to green back up thanks to the 10 days of nice weather in the 60’s and 70’s. I...
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hoffywhf
Jan 15, 20093 min read
I’ve Mentioned This Before
but truly sometimes I amaze even myself. You’ve seen many pictures of Sparky the donkey scattered throughout my blog. Sparky is an...
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