This week on AgweekTV, the Supreme Court makes an important decision on waters of the U.S. Cattle numbers are down and prices are up as producers face tough conditions. We'll meet a couple of cattle producers who have unique ways of getting enough water for their cows. And we'll meet a South Dakota man whose retirement days are filled with growing fresh produce for the hungry.
WELCOME TO AGWEEKTV, I'M EMILY BEAL. A RECENT U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION LIMITS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S DEFINITION OF WATERS OF THE U.S. -- ALSO KNOWN AS WOTUS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT THE TERM "WATERS OF THE U.S." MEANS IN THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT HAS BEEN A MOVING TARGET FOR YEARS. THE BACK-AND-FORTH WATER REGULATIONS BETWEEN PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE BEEN A FRUSTRATION FOR AGRICULTURE. TODD WILKINSON, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION, EXPRESSED THAT TO THE HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE LAST MONTH.
THE WOTUS FIELD AND THE WHOLE EPA APPROACH ON THIS HAS BEEN TROUBLING FOR AMERICA'S RANCHERS AND FARMERS. WE, WE GO FROM THE OBAMA OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WITH A SERIES OF RULES TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITH THE SERIES OF RULES TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WITH A SERIES OF RULES, AND UNFORTUNATELY AMERICA'S PRODUCER IS LEFT OUT THERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY TO GO, AND WE CAN'T BE DEALING WITH THESE CONSTANTLY CHANGING RULES FROM THE EPA.
THE RULING IN SACKETT V. EPA NARROWS WHICH WATERS ARE UNDER FEDERAL REGULATION UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT TO "NAVIGABLE WATERS" AND THOSE WETLANDS WITH A "CONTINUOUS SURFACE CONNECTION" TO NAVIGABLE WATERS. AG GROUPS WERE JOINED BY FARM STATE LAWMAKERS IN CHEERING THE SUPREME COURT DECISION.
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THIS IS REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR OUR FARMERS, OUR RANCHERS, FOR OUR ENERGY INDUSTRY, REALLY ALL PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. AND ESSENTIALLY, THIS DECISION SAYS THERE MUST BE A CONTINUOUS SURFACE CONNECTION TO FEDERAL WATERS FOR A BODY OF WATER TO BE A WATER OF THE U.S. THE EPA NOW WILL HAVE TO REVISIT ITS "WATERS OF THE U.S." DEFINITION.
CATTLE PRICES ARE INCREASING AS THE NUMBER OF CATTLE DECREASE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO THE USDA, CATTLE INVENTORY IS DOWN BY 3% THIS YEAR, BUT THAT MEANS PRICES ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR THOSE SELLING CATTLE. CATTLE ARE ENTERING THE RING AT MITCHELL LIVESTOCK AUCTION AND ARE SELLING AT MUCH HIGHER PRICES THAN PAST YEARS. HOWEVER, INPUT COSTS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THOSE PRICES.
THE EXPENSES HAVE CLIMBED JUST AS RAPID AS ANYTHING HAS. FEED COSTS ARE QUITE ATROCIOUS, CORN PRICES HAVE GONE UP, WE ALL KNOW THAT, AND IT'S COST THESE PRODUCERS A LOT, WHETHER IT'S FROM RENTING THE GROUND, TO OWNING THE GROUND, TO INPUT COSTS TO WHATEVER, IT JUST COST THEM A LOT A LOT OF MONEY.
AFTER YEARS OF DROUGHT, FEED IS STILL HARD TO FIND, AND THE CONDITIONS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE DECREASED CATTLE NUMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A LOT OF COWS HAVE BEEN SOLD OFF. COW NUMBERS ARE DEFINITELY DOWN. BETWEEN THE DROUGHT AND THE INPUT COSTS, HAVE FORCED SOME PEOPLE OUT OF BUSINESS. HAY IS STAYING FAIRLY HIGH, YOU KNOW IN THE 180-220 DEPENDING ON WHAT HAY IT IS, STOCKS HAVE COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT THIS WINTER BUT THE FEED COSTS ARE STILL HIGH, CORN IS STAYING UP THERE. BUT AS WEATHER CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE IN SOME AREAS OF THE MIDWEST, THERE IS HOPE TO REPLENISH THE CATTLE NUMBERS. THERE'S GETTING RAIN AROUND, EAST OF HERE QUITE A FEW MILES, THE OTHER END OF IOWA, MINNESOTA, INTO WISCONSIN, GETTING A LOT OF RAIN, OUT WEST, I MEAN THEY NEED MORE RAIN, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING SOME, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN, I THINK THE NUMBERS WILL REPLENISH, BUT AS YOU KNOW THAT TAKES A LITTLE TIME. WHEN THE GRASSES COME BACK, THE CROPS GET PRODUCING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FEED SUPPLY, GOOD FEED SUPPLY, I THINK THAT WILL IN TURN HELP THESE PEOPLE INCREASE THE NUMBERS, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A BIT.
BOTH EDWARDS AND KOEDAM ESTIMATE IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST TWO TO THREE YEARS TO GET THE CATTLE NUMBERS BACK UP TO AVERAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AGAIN THIS YEAR WE'RE FOLLOWING SOME FARMERS THROUGH THE SEASON, FROM PLANTING TO HARVEST. ADAM JOHNSON FARMS IN THE ROLLING HILLS OF WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA LAKES COUNTRY, NEAR ALEXANDRIA.
DESPITE A COLD AND SNOWY SPRING, JOHNSON FINISHED PLANTING CORN ON MAY 1TH, AND SOYBEANS A WEEK LATER. HE SAYS THAT'S MUCH BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, WHEN COOL WET WEATHER DELAYED PLANTING, THEN HE HAD TO DO SOME REPLANTING IN MID-JUNE. HE SAYS THIS YEAR, THE SNOW MELTED FAST, AND IT WARMED UP QUICKLY.
Temperatures warmed up so fast, that I think this year is the fastest we've ever had corn come out of the ground probably the most even emergence. All the low spots and hilltops came at the same time. It looks really good.
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JOHNSON SAYS ONE CHALLENGE TO FARMING IN LAKES COUNTRY IS THE TOURISTS... HE SAYS THEY ESPECIALLY TRY NOT TO MOVE BIG EQUIPMENT ON THE ROADS DURING HOLIDAY WEEKENDS.
NOW WE TRAVEL TO NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA, WHERE WE'RE FOLLOWING FIFTH-GENERATION FARMER SAM LANDMAN. EACH GROWING SEASON BRINGS A NEW SET OF CHALLENGES, BUT THE GOAL OF FINDING A WAY TO MAKE A PROFIT USING SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES REMAINS CONSISTENT.
I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN FARMING GROWING UP, AND COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT.
SAM LANDMAN ALWAYS KNEW HE WANTED TO FARM. TODAY HE FARMS WITH HIS PARENTS BOB AND KAREN, NEAR LARIMORE, NORTH DAKOTA ON LAND HIS GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER HOMESTEADED IN 1883.
i just kind of had it in my blood, I guess. When you know, you know.
THE LANDMANS GROW WHEAT, SOYBEANS, PINTO BEANS, CORN AND MALTING BARLEY FOR ANHEUSER-BUSCH. ON 25 HUNDRED ACRES. BUT PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING GROWN ON THIS FARM IS AWARENESS ABOUT SOIL HEALTH.
OUR FARM OPERATION IS A MINIMUM TILLAGE OPERATION...
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SAM LANDMAN HAS WORKED WITH NDSU SINCE 2019 ON SOIL HEALTH RESEARCH. HE LEASES THE UNIVERSITY ABOUT ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF CROPLAND FOR A SHARE FARM. THAT STANDS FOR SOIL HEALTH AND AG RESEARCH. IT'S ONE OF TWO SHARE FARMS IN THE STATE. NDSU CONDUCTS LONG-TERM RESEARCH ON SOIL HEALTH ON THE SHARE FARMS.
I WANTED TO DO IT BECAUSE I WANTED LOCALIZED RESEARCH NOT ONLY FOR OUR OWN FARM, BUT OTHER FARMERS IN THE AREA THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SOIL HEALTH AND MINIMUM TILLAGE AND THINGS.
LANDMAN SAYS HIS FARM WORKS WELL FOR THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE IT HAS A VARIETY OF SOILS. HE DIVERSIFIES HIS ROTATION TO BENEFIT THE DIFFERENT SOIL TYPES.
Conservation is important to me, because we want to be able to hand down the farm to the next generation and leave the land better than it was. I'm trying to find the blend of serving our ground and remaining at the same level of production or higher than we were before.
LANDMAN SAYS EVERY YEAR BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES, BUT IT DOESN'T SHAKE HIS COMMITMENT TO THE LAND.
Soil is a finite resource and we have to start treating it like that and respecting it I think.
LANDMAN'S WIFE WHITNEY IS AN AG EDUCATION TEACHER AT LARIMORE HIGH SCHOOL.
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UP NEXT ON AGWEEK TV... THE CLEAR SPRINGS CATTLE COMPANY HAS A CLEAR ADVANTAGE.
MEAT PROCESSING WAS BADLY DISRUPTED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. WHEN MAJOR PLANTS SHUT DOWN, MANY LOCAL PROCESSORS STEPPED UP TO FILL THE VOID. THIS MONTH OUR AGWEEK SPECIAL REPORT LOOKS AT THE STATE OF MEAT PROCESSING, INCLUDING THE IMPACT OF STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING, AND THE IMPACT OF POLICY. HEART O LAKES MEATS IN PELICAN RAPIDS, MINNESOTA WAS AMONG THE SMALL PROCESSORS FINDING THEMSELVES SWAMPED WITH WORK, AS LARGE PROCESSORS DEALT WITH SHUTDOWNS. OWNER JASON STETZ SAYS HIS DEDICATED STAFF, TIMELY GOVERNMENT FUNDING, AND LOCAL SUPPORT HAVE HELPED THEM COME OUT STRONGER THAN BEFORE. IN FACT, STETZ SAYS ALTHOUGH THINGS HAVE RETURNED TO A MORE MANAGEABLE PACE, DURING THE PANDEMIC HE UPGRADED AND EXPANDED THE BUSINESS IN SEVERAL WAYS, INCLUDING MAKING IT A USDA INSPECTED FACILITY SO THEY CAN SELL ACROSS STATE LINES. AND THEY NOW HAVE A STORE IN DILWORTH.
AFTER, POST-COVID YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE COME BACK TO REALITY. NOW WE CAN FOCUS ON YOU KNOW, BUYING LOCAL CATTLE, PROCESSING IT, SELLING IT BETWEEN OUR STORE HERE IN PELICAN AND OUR STORE IN DILWORTH. SO THAT'S KIND OF HELPED US OUT
STETZ SAYS ABOUT TWENTY LOCAL STORES AND RESTAURANTS SELL OR SERVE THEIR LOCALLY PROCESSED MEAT.
IT TAKES A LOT OF WATER TO RAISE CATTLE, SO AS JEFF BEACH FOUND IN THIS WEEK'S AGWEEK COVER STORY, ACCESS TO FRESH SPRING WATER GIVES THE CLEAR SPRINGS CATTLE COMPANY A CLEAR ADVANTAGE.
THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED THAT CATTLE OFTEN LACK, AND IT'S SALT AND GOOD CLEAN WATER. AND HAVING THAT SPRING WATER REALLY GIVES US AN ADVANTAGE FOR PROVIDING QUALITY FRESH WATER TO OUR CATTLE, SO THAT THEY CAN STAY HEALTHIER.
BRADY WULF AND HIS FAMILY OPERATE THE CLEAR SPRINGS CATTLE COMPANY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEY MOVED TO THIS PROPERTY IN 2011.
WE'RE IN WHAT'S CALLED THE GLACIAL HILLS, SO IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE PART OF MINNESOTA. IT'S A LOT MORE ROLLING HILLS AND A LITTLE LESS CROP GROUND.
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AND THEY SOON DISCOVERED ALL THE ADVANTAGES OF THE ELEVEN NATURAL SPRINGS ON THE RANCH.
AND SO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS HARNESS THAT SPRING WATER, AND BE ABLE TO WATER OUR CATTLE WITH REALLY HIGH QUALITY WATER AND THEN ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF OUR TANKS, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR WATER TANKS OUT ON PASTURE TO BE GRAVITY FED CONTINUOUS FLOWING TANKS SO THEN THEY STAY OPEN ALL WINTER LONG.
WULF SAYS THEIR CATTLE NEED LESS MINERALS, THANKS TO THE SPRING WATER, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE SAYS THE SPRING WATER HELPS KEEP THEIR CATTLE EMBRYOS HEALTHIER. CLEAR SPRINGS CATTLE COMPANY MARKETS SIMMENTAL AND SIMANGUS CATTLE UNDER THE NAME "BRED FOR BALANCE". THEY CALVE OUT ABOUT THREE-HUNDRED-TWENTY COWS A YEAR, AND HAVE A BULL SALE EACH FEBRUARY. IN ADDITION, THEY GROW CORN. SOYBEANS, WINTER WHEAT AND ALFALFA, MOSTLY FOR FORAGE. THEY EVEN RUN AN AIR B AND B ON THE FARM, WHERE GUESTS CAN ENJOY STEAKS AND OTHER CUTS OF BEEF, FRESH OFF THE FARM. NEAR STARBUCK, MINNESOTA, THIS IS JEFF BEACH FOR AGWEEK.
YOU CAN READ MORE IN THE NEXT AGWEEK MAGAZINE, OR AT AGWEEK.COM .
LIKE MANY MINNESOTANS HEADING TO THEIR LAKE HOMES, A DAIRY HERD IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA TRAVELS EACH MAY FROM THEIR WINTER HOME TO A SUMMER GRAZING SITE. LANNY SALMEN AND HIS FAMILY, AND TWO OTHER PARTNER FAMILIES, MOVE THEIR HERD EACH SPRING FROM ONE DAIRY OPERATION NEAR WOLF LAKE TO ANOTHER FIVE MILES AWAY. THEY'VE MADE THE UNUSUAL MOVE EVERY YEAR SINCE 2008, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE PASTURE AND WATER NEAR THEIR FARM. THE FIRST YEAR THEY WALKED THE COWS OVER, BUT SALMEN SAYS IT WAS TOO HARD ON THEIR FEET, SO NOW THEY HAVE ABOUT 120 COWS, AND TRUCK THEM OVER, A FEW AT A TIME. HE SAYS HE THEY MAY BE THE ONLY PRODUCERS IN THE STATE WHO DO THIS...BUT OTHERS MIGHT WANT TO TRY IT.
THEIR FIELDS ARE ALREADY BY THEIR FARM, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME, YOU KNOW, INSTANCES WHERE I THINK IT WOULD WORK FOR SOME PEOPLE.
AT THE SUMMER SITE, THE COWS HAVE AN OPEN-AIR BARN WITH SCREENS AROUND THE BUILDING TO PROTECT THEM FROM FLIES.
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AHEAD ON AGWEEK TV... WE'LL MEET A SOUTH DAKOTA RETIREE WHOSE LIFELONG HOBBY IS FEEDING THE HUNGRY.
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HOW WILL THE TEMPS FARE AS WE HEAD INTO JUNE? HERE'S OUR AGRIWEATHER OUTLOOK.
I'm meteorologist Gerard Pepperberg. We're taking a look at the next couple of weeks here with your ag week outlook. It 's. It's summertime here. June has arrived and looks like we're to have more of the same which we've had in place over the last couple of weeks. I would say we took that big swing from the cold weather that we had earlier in the late spring and then now things have just changed to more that summertime feel some eighties, some nineties,scattered showers andthunderstorms. And I'm seeing more of that on tap for us over the next couple of weeks. So generally staying warm here we'll be talking more. Eighties and nineties in store for us over the next week and week and a half two weeks potentially here and we'll be looking at some pop up to scattered showers and thunderstorms chances along the way which we've seen in place. Let's talk about the drought monitor here across the lower 48 central parts of the plains or in the extreme to exceptional drought. Still, as we looktoward South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, there's some dry conditions which is going to be indicated by the yellow shaded area at northwestern parts of Minnesota, down across the southwest. As we hop into South Dakota, there is some moderate drought just across the area as well. And then the western parts of North Dakota seeing that dry to moderate category as well. Now, one jump way up in that upper atmosphere to just show you there's not a whole lot happening with our with our upper atmosphere over the next week, week and a half. I would say what we'll be looking for is any large scale dips, which we're kind of seeing off across the Gulf of Alaska there where the central parts of the plains, we just have this large upper level ridge and that's going to hold in place almost all week long here. And into parts of next week as well. So what we're looking for is those darker, those darker shades which we see across northern parts of Canada. If one of those is going to dip down our area, that would produce some some very different weather for us, meaning that some winds, some showers, thunderstorms and just a large scale system which we're really not seeing. So in the meantime, we're generally going to stay warm if not hot for us, which is some pop up afternoon scattered showers and thunderstorms along the way. Precipitation outlook for the next 6 to 10 days saying a little drier across parts of the Midwest, including the Great Lakes across the desert southwest and parts of California, even off close to the Pacific Northwest, looking to stay fairly wet in the Dakotas, Minnesota, We're kind of right on that edge of the drier conditions off toward the east and the potential for a wetter outlook off toward the south and west does include the western parts of the Dakotas, which I think we'll just see some pop up showers and thunderstorms in the afternoons, maybe every other day or so. That will be kind of the case coming up here or the possibility temperature wise, 6 to 10 days out, we're looking fairly warm. And I mentioned that here, that the next couple of weeks looking warm. Eighties and nineties along the way for Minnesota parts of the Dakotas here so above average looking a little cooler across the desert southwest now as we head in that 8 to 14 day outlook for temperature wise this looks very, very similar and we'll likely see that as we head into that part of June. So we'll be looking at the Pacific Northwest and parts of the northern Plains and the upper Midwest, staying with that potential of a little above average temperatures as we take a look at temp precipitation along the way, still staying a little bit drier across parts of the Great Lakes with the wet weather off toward the west.
ONE VEGETABLE PRODUCER IN BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA HAS A LIFE-LONG PASSION FOR GARDENING, SOMETHING HE'S CONTINUED TO DO WELL THROUGHOUT RETIREMENT AND HAS USED TO DONATE THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF FOOD TO THE LOCAL FEEDING BROOKINGS FOOD PANTRY.
I HAVE BEEN GARDENING TO MY RECOLLECTION SINCE I WAS 5 YEARS OLD, THAT WAS 80 YEARS AGO.
CARL MADSEN MAY BE 85 YEARS OLD, BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED HIM FROM PLANTING HIS 10-ACRE PRODUCE GARDEN, ALL TO KEEP PEOPLE IN NEED WELL FED.
THEY SEEM TO LIKE THE FRESH PRODUCE, THEY DON'T HAVE REFRIGERATION TO HELP THEM OUT, SO WE PICK IT AND BRING IT IN FRESH, EVERYBODY WINS ON THAT ONE.
EVERY YEAR, MADSEN DONATES A COUPLE TONS OF POTATOES, AT LEAST ONE TON OF SQUASH, ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER VEGETABLES.
THEY TAKE WHATEVER I WANT, THEY DON'T COMPLAIN IF THEY SAY 'OH NO WE DON'T WANT TOMATOES', THEY DON'T DO THAT, IF I BRING TOMATOES THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE GOT, IF I BRING POTATOES, THAT'S WHAT THEY GOT, SO THEY MAKE IT EASY FOR MEAND IT GOES TO PEOPLE IN NEED.
BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING HE COULD DO ALONE.
I'VE GOT MY NEIGHBOR GIRLS HERE PEOPLE HELP ME FOR EXAMPLE THE FARMHOUSE FRATERNITY GUYS COME OUT AND PLANT STUFF FOR ME AND I WORK WITH NORM'S GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY OUT OF AURORA, AND THEY DO SOME GREENHOUSE WORK FOR ME.
I LIKE THE FRESH AIR AND GETTING MY HANDS DIRTY AND I JUST LIKE HELPING CARL.
BRINGING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY FOR A GOOD CAUSE.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO STARVE, AND YOU WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE FOOD.
I TALK TO PEOPLE, AND THEY SAID, OH I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, AND I SAY WELL COME ON OUT.
MADSEN SAYS HIS BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS THE DRIER CONDITIONS. THERE IS NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST AND HE DOES NOT HAVE IRRIGATION, SO THEY COULD SEE SOME PLANT STRESS IN THE
COMING WEEKS. UP NEXT ON AGWEEK TV...IT'S SPRING, AND THAT MEANS IT'S TIME FOR GOAT YOGA ON THIS MINNESOTA FARM!
IT'S SPRING, SO THE BABY GOATS HAVE ARRIVED AT SHANNA MCCANN'S FARM...AND THAT MEANS GOAT YOGA IS BACK, TOO. MCCANN HOSTS GOAT YOGA CLASSES IN THE BARN AT HER BYRON, MINNESOTA FARM. SHE SAYS IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TIME OF YEAR TO DRIVE OUT TO HER TWENTY-ACRE FARM, BEFORE SHE GETS REALLY BUSY WITH SUMMER EVENTS. BUT MOSTLY, SHE SAYS ITS THE PERFECT TIME OF YEAR TO SNUGGLE GOATS. SHE SAYS NOT ONLY IS IT GREAT FOR THE PEOPLE ATTENDING, BUT IT HELPS THE GOATS SOCIALIZE, TOO.
IN THE SPRINGTIME IS TYPICALLY WHEN THE BABY GOATS ARRIVE, GREAT STUFF. THEY'VE GOT ALL THIS FUN ENERGY, THEY'RE SUPER ADORABLE TO HOLD AND SNUGGLE. PEOPLE COME HERE WITH A SMILE, LEAVE WITH AN EVEN BIGGER SMILE. IT'S JUST REALLY NEAT TO INTERACT WITH BABY GOATS WHEN THEY'RE THAT SMALL.
MCCANN HOLDS SEVERAL OTHER EVENTS WITH HER GOATS, INCLUDING TAI CHI. SHE CAN ACCOMMODATE GROUPS OVER TEN. YOU CAN CONTACT HER TO SCHEDULE A VISIT. YOU MAY EVEN GET TO MILK A GOAT, AND SHE USES THE MILK TO MAKE SOAP THAT SHE SELLS UNDER THE NAME "SIMPLE SOAPS FOR SIMPLE FOLKS".
STORIES YOU'LL ONLY SEE ON AGWEEK.COM AND IN AGWEEK MAGAZINE THIS WEEK. THE COST AND NEED FOR CHILD CARE WEIGH HEAVY ON MANY FARM FAMILIES IN MINNESOTA. AND SDSU EXTENSION RECENTLY RECEIVED A $1 MILLION CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FROM THE NRCS TO HELP CONTROL THE SPREAD OF WOODY PLANTS ACROSS THE STATE.
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