Ep 236 Susan's Shire: Introduction

Small ruminants are the bedrock of agriculture in much of this little ball of rock we humans inhabit. That said, here in North America they can be an afterthought for much of the population. We thin...

15 Mar 202222min

Today’s excerpt is from a now-public domain book called Everybody’s Standard Poultry Guide, Second Edition, Volume I. It was Published in 1919 by Everybody’s Poultry Magazine Publishing Company, Hano...

9 Mar 202224min

We bring you another episode of our Fencepost Ruminations talk with Tammy White from Wing and a Prayer Farm in Shaftsbury, Vermont. It's March and Tammy is taking a few minutes from her day to share ...

2 Mar 20224min

This week we travel back to Indiana for the 2021 Future Farmers of America National Convention. There we met up with our good friends from the American Boer Goat Association, who loaned us a couple of...

22 Feb 202219min

Watching the Winter Olympics this week made us think back to last Fall and the Future Farmers of America's National Convention. Well, you might say to yourself, "What do the Army, the FFA and the Olym...

16 Feb 202215min

When you’re the guardian of a living creature – human, livestock or other -- there are some really tough decisions to make. Do I homeschool or do the public option? Do I do surgical intervention or ...

9 Feb 20221h 3min

Fencepost Flights of Fancy? Ruminations from the Field? Upside-down Bucket Talks? My Favorite Way to Ruminate? No matter what we end up calling these monthly segments, they’re bound to be interest...

2 Feb 20224min

This past weekend we went to the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. Have you ever wondered what it takes to put on a show like this, especially one that runs for 3 weeks? Well we had th...

26 Jan 202213min