Preserving the Art of Curing
Dairy Turns To Internet Marketing
Groves-View Dairy welcomed more than 170 dairy producers for a field day in July, hosted by the Missouri Holstein Association. The dairy originated in 1913 and is being passed on to Todd and Brad Groves.
Striving for Excellence
It Can Be Done
Advice-givers who don’t understand that connection — and maybe even some who do — may support a choice in another profession. “It can’t be done,” they say to those seeking entry to agriculture.
But while others are preaching pessimism, Jack Miller offers encouragement.
Building a Farm and a Market
Goat Market Remains Steady
Double the Lamb
Tim Bartkoski has learned a lot. He had some sheep when he was younger, and years later when his daughters wanted animals to show in 4-H, he knew from experience how much easier sheep are to care for and show than a larger animal, so he got back into the sheep business. That was 30 years ago.
Marketing Matters
Mark and Kathy Windsor learned the business side of buying, selling and marketing in their original enterprise, National TV Sales and Rental in Lebanon, Mo. This past January, they turned that business over to two of their grown children, son, Aaron Windsor and his wife, and daughter, Michelle Jackson and her husband. Now they are working on applying those same lessons to their cattle business in eastern Laclede County.
