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November 13

working today, headed to the farm to cut beans this afternoon.

November 4

Brady Smith commented on Brady Smith's photo 'Calves eating'

Thanks a million! I have a good friend who is a photographer and wanted to get some farm scene pics during the winter....he chored with me one day and took hundredes of pics....it was fun!

November 4

Jessica Robinette commented on Brady Smith's photo 'Calves eating'

Another good one.

November 2

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My wife Melissa and I live on her family farm in God's Country (Mills County, IA). We were both born and raised on diversified family farms. My father-in-law farms 1100 acres of corn and soybeans while my dad and I farm 1400 acres of corn and soybeans. We are a typical diversified farm with corn, soybeans, hay, and beef cows. We have 80 head of Angus cross cows.......I love the cow/calf business. I am a 6th generation farmer on Smith Farms. I am sure it is the same as many of you......will do whatever it takes maintain and continue the fantastic family tradition.

I graduated from Iowa State in the spring of 2005 and was lucky enough to move back to my stomping grounds. I work full time off the farm as an Account Manager for Mycogen Seeds selling corn, soybeans, and alfalfa. I love my job, and I love the farm.

My wife works in Council Bluffs in administration for Wings USA, Inc.

Always looking for ways to network with others involved in production ag. Feel free to drop us a line!

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Young Farmer Loans - Farm for Sale

Hey all;

Looking for a little feed back. There is a farm for sale close to home and want to investigate the best options for a beginning farmer/young farmer loan to see if I could swing it.

Anybody have any experience with FSA or other modes of action to secure money to buy a farm?

Any feed back would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Posted on September 1, 2009 at 7:25am — 13 Comments

What a Spring!!

Hey all;

What a spring! I hope to have my blog updated with spring pictures by the weekend......corn and beans look fantastic and we will be taking 2 hay cuttings in 1 due to the wet weather.....hopefully we can have some put up the first part of next week.....we have been lucky with timely rains and no gully washers in SWI. This is the best the crop has looked since I came home from college 4 years ago.

Hope all is well.....updates coming soon.

Posted on June 9, 2009 at 7:10am — 4 Comments

April 28th

April 28rd

I spent a good chunk of the day hauling seed beans. I ended with 6 MB’s to my dad’s shed before heading home. It was way to wet to be doing much else, and worked out quite well. I finished assembling my new generator and headed home to mow my yard.

I finished the ‘spring stick clean-up’, sharpened the blades on my mower and away I went. Finished mowing and sowed a bunch of grass in spots that needed it…..might have a decent yard this year! I know Melis will be happy!

My dog Doc, ra… Continue

Posted on April 28, 2009 at 9:33pm — 1 Comment

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At 6:54am on November 13, 2009, Scott said…: How is harvest going? We finished beans a week ago and have been hitting corn pretty hard. Would like to get done so we can wean calves and start putting on some gas.
Was that you who called the ISU show after the NU game?( sounded like you) You saw a great game. Fun to see ISU play to win games. Hope everything is well. Take to you later.

At 2:21pm on October 23, 2009, Dammann Farms said…: Mycogen sent us a great gift in the mail yesterday! Way better than a hat!!!
Thanks Brady!

At 12:51pm on September 6, 2009, Jeremy Rasmus said…: Yeah, that's quite a chunk. FSA max amount is 225,000 I believe, or somewheres close to that.

At 12:37pm on September 6, 2009, Jeremy Rasmus said…: You worked up in Belmond as an intern a few years back, didn't you? In regards to your beginning farmer loan, FSA has the low interest, with lots of paperwork, and it takes 30 days for them to appraise the land b4 you buy it, assuming they'll give you the loan. I was recommended to a specific agent by my loan officer up here but a bit far for you. It's a 50/45/5 type loan with 45% provided by FSA at a low interest, 5% down, and 50% borrowed from another entity. Pay off that 50% as quickly as possible, and ride that 45% out for the max 20 years, hopefully buying more ground w/ that cheaply borrowed $$. Farm Credit doesn't have any penalties for early payoff, so that's an advantage, but their interest will be near that 7% mark, so it still evens out to about 4.5% overall interest. I know our dads couldn't borrow that cheap in the 80's. Good luck!

At 8:53pm on July 27, 2009, Rachel M. Fishback said…: So Brady, I have to ask....what are you modeling in your photographs? Clothes...hats or belt buckles?

At 7:43pm on July 19, 2009, Clayton Mitchell said…: Brady,

Is Red Oak quite the party town tonight with Ragbraii coming through Southwest Iowa?

Crops look good in Southwest Iowa these days?

Clay

At 10:59am on July 9, 2009, Tiffany Bronson said…: I'd really appreciate it!

Thanks,

Tiffany

At 10:59am on July 9, 2009, Tiffany Bronson said…: Hey Brady,

I work for Pioneer's advertising agency. We are gathering some info on how farmers use the internet. Can you answer some questions for me?

How many hours to do the spend on-line each week – a best guess
Do you use for both work and personal?
Do they go on any social media sites – YouTube, Twitter, Facebook
Do you use or search any of them for farming related content
If yes – how and what

At 2:40pm on March 31, 2009, Dammann Farms said…: Hey Brady, sorry we weren't home! I tried to call your cell the other day to ask a question and I got a gal named linda. Is you cell number not right on your card? I will get your number from Justin. Tell Melissa hi!!

At 9:35pm on March 24, 2009, Clayton Mitchell said…: Brady,

Been over to Earlham lately? Did you say your cousin trains and sells horses? Quarter Horses?

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