Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Hello 2016

I don't know about you, but I cannot believe how fast 2015 flew by. What a year we have had. While we had good harvests and praise the Lord we did! The market prices have gone down the drain making end of year harder rather than most joyful, but that cannot get a farmer completely down.

We have been really blessed this year:
- we bought some new land
- very bountiful harvests
- new babies born
- the milk herd grew by purchasing new heifers
- new equipment purchases ( sprayer, gator, farm truck, crawler, grader, field cultivater, grain drill, auger)
- great year at the Kansas State Fair, Josh won Champion Soybean Best of Show
- good moisture, so thankful for the rain
- good health

However, I would be lying if I didn't say there wasn't any hardships.
- Several calves were lost (critters, weather, just hard births)
- market price decreasing
- prices of everything (seed, chemical, feed ingredients, fertilizer) on the rise and won't stop increasing. (Insert sad face)
- passing of cows (whether they had to leave the farm for reasons or passed away)
- Josh is still looking for a farm wife

These are just a few of the things that happened in the last several months of farming that I have missed out on updating the blog! Sorry about that, another goal for 2016!

We hope you all had a wonderful 2015 and that 2016 is a bright, fun filled year too!

Best,

The Milkmaid