October 2008 Blog Posts (5)

Farming Brazil

I have been in Brazil since the end of September working for a company called Global Ag Investments. I have started a blog detailing my experiences while here. Check out all the posts from the beginning, and I will be updating them when I have access to the internet. Pictures are included as well. I will be here until the middle of December helping make sure the crops get in. Any questions let me know!!

Check this out!!

www.hrubesfarmsbrazil.blogspot.com

Added by Ryan Hrubes on October 31, 2008 at 7:00pm — 8 Comments

In Training.

Good Morning, My name is Guss I live in willis, Michigan. I am trying for the very first time ever too raise some feeder Pigs to Bucher this spring. I have four Pigs. So what I was wondering if anyone had any pointer's for me to learn, advice too give, just plain Instructuions. I am very Green at this and just trying too learn. All comments and Advice appreciated.

Thank you,
Guss.

Added by Guss on October 31, 2008 at 7:38am — 5 Comments

Green Pain

Was talking with a local farmer the other day in the store and we got on the topic of combines. He's been running 9760's through machinery link the last few years and this year has moved to a class 7 Cat. We recently just had a neighbor burn up a 9660 brand new and there was another a while before that. In the meantime another local farmer came up and joined in (keep in mind it was a rainy day, hence the convos) and talked about the salvage yard out in Bridgeport and how there is abundant green… Continue

Added by Brandon Meyer on October 30, 2008 at 10:57pm — 6 Comments

Eye Opener.

No matter what your political convictions are this is an eye opener....What a thankless people we are!!!

David Letterman, on President Bush. (Surprising)

David Letterman wrote this; it's the David we don't often see....

'As most of you know I am not a President Bush fan, nor have I ever been, but this is not about Bush, it is about us, as Americans, and it seems to hit the mark.'

'The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across some Poll… Continue

Added by Caseihgirl on October 30, 2008 at 9:39pm — 11 Comments

What IS an Alpaca Anyway?

Alpacas are members of the camelid family. The alpaca is a fiber-bearing, domesticated animal, considered to be livestock. They are very gentle animals. Alpacas have large, expressive eyes and are easy to care for. They are easy on the environment because they do not pull grass out by the roots and their soft, padded feet don’t harm the ground. Alpacas grow to be about 3 feet high at the withers and 4.5 feet high on the top of the head. Adult alpacas… Continue

Added by Katy Spears on October 23, 2008 at 10:13am — 2 Comments

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