After an amazingly dry summer, we got about 6 inches of rain this week.
The AgroExpo (put on by AgroLiquid in St Johns) even had to cancel the last day because while the first two days went really well ... it was hard to fight against that much rain. Everyone joked that they should've held it in July when we were desperate. We were happy we got to go the first two days, aynThe picture below is from the AgroExpo Facebook page:
CEO of U.S. Farmers & Rancher Alliance Randy Krotz and USFRA staff Katie Foster were coming to it, and also came to tour the farm! It was great to be able to talk with them and show them around.
We welcomed heifer #171. The weaned ones (above picture) are outside on pasture.
And, we talk a lot about technology and how things have changed. Here's a change that delights us. We have a weather station on our property and you can CHECK IT BY PHONE! For instance, today we were gone, and I asked Kris if it was raining at home. He checked his little phone app and it told us everything at home - how much it had rained in the last 12 hours, the last 24 hours, the rainfall rate in the last month and year ... Oh, the joy this phone app brings! The science, the technology, the knowledge of it all!
There were also puddles when we got home. So that was a pretty good clue, too.
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