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I remember buying our ATV, a 90s Yamaha Big Bear, five years back. I thought it was such a luxury to spend 1700 when I could walk or use the pickup. It's been some of the best investments, we use it all of the time. Side by sides are crazy expensive, but I've never owned one. One neighbor...

Condolences on the flooding. But I appeciate pictures, its quite a mess. Water buffalo weather. After a wet winter its dried out here in the Shenandoah Valley.

Close indeed. Glad you are ok

Prayers for your husband.

Hope you recover and get back to some cattle and easier living too.

Nappies?

so lush

Reasons why I find it hard to make money: time working a primary day job, sickness and injuries (last year has been tough), buying equipment I want but don't need, buying poor doing cows, selling through the local sale barn. I agree with Dave on negativity here at CT. Now Dave is apparently...

Agreed. I don't see anyone buying less chicken and pork. Exports?

@Ky hills hope you can get some happiness back. Family issues can be so draining. It seems that families and friends are increasingly distant. I know for my immediate family its that way. The rural-urban divide and the political divide have widened and coalesced. My immediate family can't even...

Nice posts thanks for sharing. The evidence of love of family. And yes, years gone by...

I enjoy visiting with other farmers and seeing other farms. Its difficult to travel far. CT has a number of folks from Virginia so it would be fairly easy to arrange something here.

My condolences. But as TC stated you are smart and ambitious so we hope to see what you do next. You are a mechanical wizard. I just remembered - didn't you move some of your best genetics to a friends with the hope of recovery later on?

He is risen indeed. Sermon today was different and convicting: we best celebrate the resurrection by dying to sin and living for Him. For myself I've been going through some difficult circumstances and my sense of joy and purpose has waned.

How are you all buying t-bills?

I enjoy reading accounts of the early west. So beautiful and quiet. I made my kids read all of the Little House books too. BTW, bison numbers were in decline before the great slaughter. Some of the decline may be due to drought. Most likely it was the plains warrior cultures that native...

Going to try remember that quote

I hate this Earl Butz go big or go home ethic too. I see guys who are always growing their business gobbling up farms and doing custom work for many miles around. (Strangely enough they have guys working for them who think they can follow suite). Another local large dairy netted a lot of money...

I know a few folks that farm out by Charlottesville that have lost some large leases where landowners are wealthy finance people. The conservancy convinces them that cattle are bad.

Dems are moving in to my county and some are openly stating they want to turn it blue. I am not a trad red or blue but find reds mostly preferable over blue on state and local matters. The exception here is that reds seems to be advocates of housing and industrial growth and those policies...