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The Chicks are Here

By Local Farmer
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June 11, 2020
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| Poultry

Well before anyone had heard of Covid19 we ordered Chicks to refresh our flock. 16 Hens and 1 Rooster, they arrived yesterday morning with a 6:04AM call from the Post Office. Luckily being farm folk, we were already up so we didn’t answer in a stupor! Farm Dad had Farm Boy drive over to the […]

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Destructive Spotted Lanternfly

By Local Farmer
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October 16, 2019
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Connecticut has another visitor to worry about. The Spotted Lanternfly, a species that is causing nightmares in parts of Pennsylvania, has been found in Connecticut. According to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station a single living adult Spotted Lanternfly has been found in Southbury, Connecticut. The invasive sap-feeding bugs, called Lycorma delicatula are native to China, […]

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Goat Eats Do’s and Don’ts

By Local Farmer
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September 23, 2019
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| Animals, Goats

I found this in my notes, not sure where it came from but wanted to preserve it and thought you might find it useful too. Remember just like with People, too much of anything even good stuff can be bad. Practice moderation for safety. Here are the Plants & Trees: EDIBLE? (Do’s) Agapanthas Althea Angel […]

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Hard Boiled Bantam Eggs and others

By Local Farmer
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March 11, 2017
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| Bantams, Farm Products

We added Bantam Chickens to our farm this year.  They are much easier (lighter) for the kids to work with in Showmanship.  Bantams produce small eggs, about half the size of a large egg.  They are proving to be a nice supplement to our regular eggs, two bantam eggs equals on regular egg. With Easter […]

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Country Night Skies

By Local Farmer
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August 10, 2016
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| entertainment, Event

It is that time of year again. Fair season has begun and the Perseids Meteor showers are peaking! The Perseid meteor shower, one of the brighter meteor showers of the year, occurs every year between July 17 and August 24. The shower tends to peak around August 9-13, this year the evening of August 11-12 […]

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Poisonous Plants for Goats

By Local Farmer
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April 28, 2016
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We had a scare the other day, our goats got out and into a small amount of Hosta!  Googling the topic can lead to total panic since many people are of the opinion that Hosta is poisonous to Goats!  I prefer a little deeper research followed by a flesh & blood expert opinion.  Here is […]

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More Federal Farming Regulations

By Local Farmer
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February 6, 2016
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| Farm News, Farm Products, Farming

Here is one you may not have heard about…most people haven’t heard about it yet.  The Veterinary Feed Directive goes into effect Jan1, 2017.  What is the Veterinary Feed Directive?  You will wish you hadn’t asked… Last year, the Food and Drug Administration implemented the Veterinary Feed Directive, or VFD, which will require farmers to […]

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Duh, Eggs are good for you!

By Local Farmer
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September 5, 2015
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| Farm News, Farm Products, Health

The ACSH, American Council for Science and Health finally realized that eggs are good for you!  What so many of us who consume large amounts of farm fresh eggs knew, the cholesterol in eggs does not significantly increase your cholesterol levels!  The real culprit are all the processed, junk food so many people eat!  This […]

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Meet My Goats

By Josh
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June 23, 2015
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| 2015, Animals, Family, Farming, Friends, Maggie, Pets

On April 18, 2015, my family and I got three new additions to our family farm, JNRfarms, three kids (baby goats)!  The breed of all three are Alpine; we chose this breed for a couple of reasons.  For one, they produce great milk.  The milk tastes great and tastes practically the same as cow’s milk, […]

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You could have been outside!

By Farmer Dad
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May 19, 2015
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| entertainment, Health

Look at all the time spent in the virtual world doing largely useless things. Alright google searches are usually useful and often educational if you are searching for things relevant to real life! But the following dashboard gives you a real-time glimpse of how may people are disconnected from the physical world. The Internet is […]

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