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Have you ever heard of FFA? Were you ever involved in it? The mission states: FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. Unfortunately my high school did not offer agriculture classes or FFA. Three years after I graduated, the Pontiac Chapter was re-chartered… Read More
The Mackinson Dairy Farm Facebook page was started approximately two years ago with the premise of interacting with people interested in the industry as well as educating via pictures and video. The amount of time and energy that goes into our online presence has a lot to do with the pride that we have in our livelihood. Agriculture is a… Read More
There are a lot of us seeking out the real story and the real truth about the things that are important to us, like the food we put on our family table. The internet and social media have put the answers at our fingertips but also made it hard to avoid all the “information” being thrown at you, let… Read More
Fairlife’s chocolate (yum) and 2% reduced fat milk. Last week I went to Wal-Mart over my lunch hour to get some snow pants so we could get some much needed fresh air. My list only had 3 items but somehow when I checked out, there were 18 in my cart. One of those was a carton of Fairlife chocolate… Read More
Illinois Farm Families is a program that invites moms from the Chicago area to visit family farms for a behind-the-scenes look at how their food is grown. I have been fortunate to attend the dairy tour the last two years and I am proud to be involved with it. Recently the program went on a dairy tour which consisted of visiting… Read More
One month ago, we finished our calf barn and I sat down with Matt and picked his brain. I admit, I love it and wanted to share it with all of you! Previously, after a calf was born, we moved it from the maternity barn to it’s own calf hutch. Now it moves from the maternity barn to its own pen… Read More
