November 13, 2025 • 16 mins
We turn a tense roadside rescue into a reflection on gratitude, then dive into building a duck pond, rethinking fertilizer strategy with strip-till and planter placement, and guiding our kids through 4-H projects. The theme is simple: choose joy, serve neighbors, and farm with intention.
• community response to a runaway dog on a blind curve
• reframing lateness as divine timing and gratitude
• building a moving-water duck pond with winter plans
• navigating too many drakes and humane choices
• shifting away from fall nitrogen and broadcast dry
• benefits of strip-till, autopath, and root-zone placement
• kids’ show cattle, daily chores, and 4-H lessons
• closing takeaways to find joy and do a good deed
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SPEAKER_01 (00:12):
The Farmer's Greatest Asset Podcast.
We believe the Farm's GreatestAsset is the Farmer.
Their knowledge, experience,mind, and health.
(00:34):
Well, welcome to the podcast.
I'm Jesse.
SPEAKER_00 (00:37):
And I'm Dr.
Leah.
SPEAKER_01 (00:39):
So here we are again.
SPEAKER_00 (00:42):
Thursday morning.
SPEAKER_01 (00:43):
Running a little late.
Story of our life, right?
SPEAKER_00 (00:47):
Well, I guess maybe I want to look at it
differently.
Like, this is the time thatworked for us.
And instead of like, we'rerunning late, I'm gonna say,
this is divine timing andexactly when we needed to be
doing this.
SPEAKER_01 (01:02):
There you go.
There's a blessing ineverything, right?
SPEAKER_00 (01:05):
Right.
SPEAKER_01 (01:05):
It's a blessing in disguise.
SPEAKER_00 (01:07):
Yes, so many blessings every day.
So many.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (01:10):
So we did our good deed for the day.
SPEAKER_00 (01:13):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (01:13):
Help the neighbor.
SPEAKER_00 (01:15):
Well, and you know, isn't that really kind of what
it's all about?
Building community.
SPEAKER_01 (01:20):
Absolutely.
SPEAKER_00 (01:22):
And there was a little cute little wiener dog
out on the road.
And what I want to say is thankyou to everybody who tried to
stop and help, called ormessaged.
Like people were very concernedthat our pet was out there on
the road.
And although it was not our pet,I would be frantic if my pet was
(01:46):
out there and everybody was justwhizzing on by.
So I'm grateful to everybodythat slowed down and stopped and
tried to help catch our quoteunquote our pet, um, who has
belonged to the neighbors, butanyway around it, um, people
were really willing to like puttheir lives out there on the
(02:07):
line.
SPEAKER_01 (02:08):
Right.
So we live on a fairly busyroad, and it is on a curve.
SPEAKER_00 (02:14):
A steep curve.
I mean, it's like banked.
SPEAKER_01 (02:17):
The curve that takes basically a 90 degree turn.
SPEAKER_00 (02:22):
And it's not safe to stop on at all.
SPEAKER_01 (02:28):
Just it was a little scary out there at points.
So we're busy, and the fact thatone, it was time for everybody
to go to work.
Right.
Also, we have the fertilizerplant that a lot of trucks come
by here, so it is constant aftertanker, after tanker.
There goes one now.
It is just non-stop because itis 'tis the season, right?
SPEAKER_00 (02:51):
Right.
SPEAKER_01 (02:51):
Um, and they they are plentiful.
And we had a couple ladies, Godbless them, they wanted to help,
literally stopped on the curve.
And I just I was just like,let's just not park on the
curve.
How about that?
SPEAKER_00 (03:07):
Yeah, like we don't need you to get hurt trying to
catch this beautiful littlecreature.
So, and you know, it was justscared because it was out
yesterday and ran off and no onefound it, and then was out
there, like literally on theroad.
SPEAKER_01 (03:29):
Right.
He had said he had just got it,so it was yeah, freaked out.
SPEAKER_00 (03:32):
Yeah, totally freaked out, the poor little
thing.
SPEAKER_01 (03:34):
Semi zimming by and it it would sit on the shoulder.
There's not much of a shoulderhere, like maybe 12 inches,
maybe a foot, and the semis justhowling by and it just look at
him and cower and poor puppy.
Anyway, we found caught thepuppy, and everyone's safe,
she's home.
SPEAKER_00 (03:53):
Thank you, everyone who tried to stop.
I think it says a lot forhumanity that you everyone was
willing to slow down, take abreath, you know.
Even the semis, if they saw it,were slowing way down.
And so I think that that's allgoodness.
SPEAKER_01 (04:13):
It was a lot of good hearts out there.
SPEAKER_00 (04:16):
Yeah.
So good way to start the day.
And it's been a beautifulmorning.
The sunrise was absolutelygorgeous.
Of course, you know, I haven'tseen a sunrise I didn't think
was gorgeous.
SPEAKER_01 (04:28):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (04:28):
Or sunset for that matter, or blue sky, or any of
that.
So that being said, it's it'sdefinitely I one of the things
I'm really focusing on, youknow, with this, you know, slow
down time is finding the joy inevery day, like in my everyday
(04:50):
life, whether it be the sunrise,the sunset, sharing a little
time with one of the kids orwith you.
Um, yesterday, my joy was a duckpond.
SPEAKER_01 (05:02):
We built a duck pond.
And I'm gonna say I'm a littleimpressed with myself.
SPEAKER_00 (05:09):
So the duck pond is looking good.
We are probably 80% done.
SPEAKER_01 (05:15):
I'm afraid of what I have done, though.
SPEAKER_00 (05:17):
Oh, don't worry.
I have big plans for our frontyard.
And now I'm thinking like thatwas so so easy.
We put that in in no time.
SPEAKER_01 (05:27):
I showed you how easy it actually was and our
capabilities.
SPEAKER_00 (05:30):
Yeah, we may have ponds all over.
SPEAKER_01 (05:34):
So we bought the pond liner because the ducks
need a pond, because now they'rejust inside with little pans of
water and they make a totalmess.
So we bought the pond liner, andwe're like, well, let's put a
little waterfall in.
SPEAKER_00 (05:55):
The waterfall was totally you.
SPEAKER_01 (05:57):
Well, so I want to keep the water moving, you know,
keep a circulating one to keepit from freezing, and then just
keep it cleaner.
SPEAKER_00 (06:06):
Right.
And our plan is to put a heaterin there so we they can use it
almost all winter.
SPEAKER_01 (06:11):
Right.
So naturally I saw the pump andI was like, okay, the cascading
waterfall, okay, here we go.
We did it.
It's the pretty cool little duckpond out there by the duck and
chicken coop.
SPEAKER_00 (06:24):
So we are getting so close to letting them out on in
the run.
So it isn't, you know, it isit's definitely the run is
definitely Steffen's Meyer'ssize.
SPEAKER_01 (06:38):
We do not mess around.
SPEAKER_00 (06:40):
So, and it was from when I raised dogs, and um, so
we had the dog run out therebecause I wanted my dogs to get
exercise every day.
So they were out running aroundall day.
But um, so we had it there andwe are converting it now into a
chicken and duck run so they canget out and dig in the dirt and
(07:02):
we can have really amazing eggs.
So we have a nice duck pond outthere, and it's we're getting
really close.
I think in the next couple dayswe'll get them out there.
SPEAKER_01 (07:14):
We also realized that when we ordered the ducks,
they couldn't order sexed ducksducks, and now we have six
drakes.
SPEAKER_00 (07:27):
Like we were watching the ducks, and and it's
really Lucy's project, so I justwas hands-off because I know a
lot of times I can just come inand take over, and I didn't want
that for her.
But yesterday I was like, thoseducks are huge, they're huge,
it's a large breed, and I waslike, and they are awful pretty.
(07:52):
So I just, you know, took apicture and Googled it, and sure
enough, they are drakes.
So we ordered eight of one kindand seven of another, and six of
the eight are drakes.
So now what?
Right.
I know what I want to do.
I think what I want to do andwhat you want to do are two
(08:13):
different things.
SPEAKER_01 (08:15):
Um I actually like to eat duck, so I want to
butcher the ducks.
And nobody else wants to butcherthe duck.
SPEAKER_00 (08:23):
So I would be fine with eating the ducks if you
wanted to butcher the ducks.
SPEAKER_01 (08:31):
I also have said I don't miss butchering chickens,
and I don't ever want to do itagain.
So here we are with six ducksthat probably should be.
SPEAKER_00 (08:40):
At least we haven't even gone through the other
breed, have we?
Did you look at that?
SPEAKER_01 (08:44):
Maybe we could call Paul and Anita and they can have
their little experience.
SPEAKER_00 (08:49):
They would probably come up for that.
SPEAKER_01 (08:53):
Uh shoot.
SPEAKER_00 (08:55):
So I would be okay helping.
I cannot put an animal down.
I I cannot do that.
SPEAKER_01 (09:04):
So we have not decided what we want to do with
those.
We could take them to the salebarn because they do sell a lot
of outside items like that.
Um, or we could butcher them.
SPEAKER_00 (09:15):
I think we that's my vote.
Take them to the sale barn.
SPEAKER_01 (09:19):
I want to butcher them, but we'll see.
So we got that going for us.
SPEAKER_00 (09:27):
One more thing.
unknown (09:29):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (09:31):
It's all good.
So what's going on on the farm?
SPEAKER_01 (09:36):
Well, still trying to finish a little tillage and
finishing up soil samples.
Trying to get that done so wecan make a plan for next year.
SPEAKER_00 (09:47):
So that'd be good.
SPEAKER_01 (09:50):
Our fertilizer program, we have changed from
doing all fall broadcast dryfertilizer.
Um we are not doing any nitrogenthis fall.
Used to in the past, do all dryfertilizer broadcast, uh, put on
our anhydris in the fall, and weare completely changing that
(10:14):
program.
SPEAKER_00 (10:14):
Well, it's been a somewhat slow transition.
SPEAKER_01 (10:18):
I mean, we've done it over a few years, but we had
a strip till bar a couple yearsago.
Um, and that was when we werestill doing dry fertilizer and
anhydris.
So it was set up to do with twinbins, so you could do map or dap
or both, or potash and map ordap and anhydris all at the same
(10:40):
time.
So I really liked thatcapability in that we could dial
in all three products becauseyou could variable rate all
three at the same time.
You were creating a strip toplant on, and you were doing
your tillage all at the sametime.
And I really liked that.
Uh, that was also right when Igot hurt.
(11:03):
So the next following fall, Iwas unable to be in a tractor,
so we used it, um, but then weliterally changed our program.
So we sold that strip-till bar.
So now we would like to go backto a strip till bar because I
know there is benefit to onemaking the strip and planting on
(11:24):
that strip.
Also, we have autopath in all ofour equipment, and that is key.
Oh man, I love that.
We farmed some farms that are oncontours on hillsides, and that
first strip, that first passthat we made with the strip till
bar, you transfer that to theplanter tractor, and it was
(11:45):
awesome.
I didn't even touch the steeringwheel, and it just drove it even
around terraces, terrace risers.
It was awesome.
So, with all the technology thatwe have, that really helps.
Um, so then the fertilizerplacement.
That it that was the wholereason I wanted to go to strip
till in the first place was justplacing that fertilizer there.
SPEAKER_00 (12:08):
Better avail better availability for the the plant.
SPEAKER_01 (12:11):
Put it where it needs it.
SPEAKER_00 (12:12):
Right.
When it needs it.
SPEAKER_01 (12:14):
Right.
So fast forward now.
We are putting more on with theplanter versus pre-plant, um,
but still it's all going in theroot zone.
So it's more readily available.
So we're shopping around andlooking to see what we could do
(12:35):
for a strip till bar.
Can we build one?
That's what we're doing rightnow.
SPEAKER_00 (12:40):
Another big thing that happened this week, hen you
and Henry went and picked up hisheifers.
SPEAKER_01 (12:48):
Got his show heifers here.
SPEAKER_00 (12:50):
And weaned calves.
So the girls have their heiferand steer.
SPEAKER_01 (12:56):
Have their show heifer and steer here as well.
SPEAKER_00 (12:58):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (12:59):
Back to back to chores at home.
SPEAKER_00 (13:03):
That's good.
Good projects for them.
Henry's really excited about hisheifers.
Um, and Lizzie's really excitedabout her steer, who seems to be
calm.
SPEAKER_01 (13:15):
Yeah.
He they've been here two, threedays now, and he'll just stand
at the fence.
You can walk up and scratch onhim, and um yeah, so it'll be
good.
Perfect steer for Lizzie.
SPEAKER_00 (13:28):
Yeah.
Lucy's doing a heifer.
She does not want to do steersever again.
Just because she gets soattached to them, loves them so
much.
Understandably, um, it's hardfor her to part with them like
that.
She feels better when they goback out to pasture.
4-H projects starting.
(13:51):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (13:52):
Why do we always choose not the hardest or most
difficult, but the biggestproject?
The Stefan's Meyer way, right?
SPEAKER_00 (14:03):
Well, I I think that we just are not scared of a
challenge.
SPEAKER_01 (14:09):
That is for sure.
SPEAKER_00 (14:11):
I I think that it is a good way for them to learn so
many things.
Not that you have to have beefto do that.
I think that there are so manykids learning wonderful things
through 4-H in their own uniqueway.
This is how we chose to do it.
And Henry loves show cattle.
I mean, we started with hogs.
SPEAKER_01 (14:32):
We actually started with cattle.
SPEAKER_00 (14:33):
Cattle and hogs.
This was kind of what he honedin on and the girls honed in on.
So And you really have a strictno goats or sheep rule.
Yeah.
Totally.
So that gets you down to hogs orcattle.
SPEAKER_01 (14:52):
I told Henry he could do sheep, but I ain't
touching them.
I ain't doing it.
But yeah, now the kids havechores, so they have
responsibilities and anothermore responsibilities.
SPEAKER_00 (15:04):
They always have responsibility.
Yes.
Valuable lessons.
SPEAKER_01 (15:10):
So the takeaway for today is look for the blessings
in everything, like we alwayssay.
And even the littlest gesture ofhelping our neighbor catch their
new dog is it's a good deed.
Go out and do a good deed today.
SPEAKER_00 (15:27):
And find the joy in the everyday.
I think I'm that's gonna be onrepeat for me.
That's where I'm what I'm tryingto really focus on and encourage
other people to do.
SPEAKER_01 (15:40):
So thanks for listening.
As always, we love hearing fromyou.
Find us on all of the socials.
SPEAKER_00 (15:46):
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SPEAKER_01 (15:49):
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We love hearing from you.
SPEAKER_00 (15:52):
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SPEAKER_01 (15:56):
And remember, it is a good day.
SPEAKER_00 (15:58):
To have a great day.
Bye.
The Farmer's Greatest Asset Podcast.
We believe the Farm's GreatestAsset is the Farmer.
Their knowledge, experience,mind, and health.
(00:34):
Well, welcome to the podcast.
I'm Jesse.
SPEAKER_00 (00:37):
And I'm Dr.
Leah.
SPEAKER_01 (00:39):
So here we are again.
SPEAKER_00 (00:42):
Thursday morning.
SPEAKER_01 (00:43):
Running a little late.
Story of our life, right?
SPEAKER_00 (00:47):
Well, I guess maybe I want to look at it
differently.
Like, this is the time thatworked for us.
And instead of like, we'rerunning late, I'm gonna say,
this is divine timing andexactly when we needed to be
doing this.
SPEAKER_01 (01:02):
There you go.
There's a blessing ineverything, right?
SPEAKER_00 (01:05):
Right.
SPEAKER_01 (01:05):
It's a blessing in disguise.
SPEAKER_00 (01:07):
Yes, so many blessings every day.
So many.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (01:10):
So we did our good deed for the day.
SPEAKER_00 (01:13):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (01:13):
Help the neighbor.
SPEAKER_00 (01:15):
Well, and you know, isn't that really kind of what
it's all about?
Building community.
SPEAKER_01 (01:20):
Absolutely.
SPEAKER_00 (01:22):
And there was a little cute little wiener dog
out on the road.
And what I want to say is thankyou to everybody who tried to
stop and help, called ormessaged.
Like people were very concernedthat our pet was out there on
the road.
And although it was not our pet,I would be frantic if my pet was
(01:46):
out there and everybody was justwhizzing on by.
So I'm grateful to everybodythat slowed down and stopped and
tried to help catch our quoteunquote our pet, um, who has
belonged to the neighbors, butanyway around it, um, people
were really willing to like puttheir lives out there on the
(02:07):
line.
SPEAKER_01 (02:08):
Right.
So we live on a fairly busyroad, and it is on a curve.
SPEAKER_00 (02:14):
A steep curve.
I mean, it's like banked.
SPEAKER_01 (02:17):
The curve that takes basically a 90 degree turn.
SPEAKER_00 (02:22):
And it's not safe to stop on at all.
SPEAKER_01 (02:28):
Just it was a little scary out there at points.
So we're busy, and the fact thatone, it was time for everybody
to go to work.
Right.
Also, we have the fertilizerplant that a lot of trucks come
by here, so it is constant aftertanker, after tanker.
There goes one now.
It is just non-stop because itis 'tis the season, right?
SPEAKER_00 (02:51):
Right.
SPEAKER_01 (02:51):
Um, and they they are plentiful.
And we had a couple ladies, Godbless them, they wanted to help,
literally stopped on the curve.
And I just I was just like,let's just not park on the
curve.
How about that?
SPEAKER_00 (03:07):
Yeah, like we don't need you to get hurt trying to
catch this beautiful littlecreature.
So, and you know, it was justscared because it was out
yesterday and ran off and no onefound it, and then was out
there, like literally on theroad.
SPEAKER_01 (03:29):
Right.
He had said he had just got it,so it was yeah, freaked out.
SPEAKER_00 (03:32):
Yeah, totally freaked out, the poor little
thing.
SPEAKER_01 (03:34):
Semi zimming by and it it would sit on the shoulder.
There's not much of a shoulderhere, like maybe 12 inches,
maybe a foot, and the semis justhowling by and it just look at
him and cower and poor puppy.
Anyway, we found caught thepuppy, and everyone's safe,
she's home.
SPEAKER_00 (03:53):
Thank you, everyone who tried to stop.
I think it says a lot forhumanity that you everyone was
willing to slow down, take abreath, you know.
Even the semis, if they saw it,were slowing way down.
And so I think that that's allgoodness.
SPEAKER_01 (04:13):
It was a lot of good hearts out there.
SPEAKER_00 (04:16):
Yeah.
So good way to start the day.
And it's been a beautifulmorning.
The sunrise was absolutelygorgeous.
Of course, you know, I haven'tseen a sunrise I didn't think
was gorgeous.
SPEAKER_01 (04:28):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (04:28):
Or sunset for that matter, or blue sky, or any of
that.
So that being said, it's it'sdefinitely I one of the things
I'm really focusing on, youknow, with this, you know, slow
down time is finding the joy inevery day, like in my everyday
(04:50):
life, whether it be the sunrise,the sunset, sharing a little
time with one of the kids orwith you.
Um, yesterday, my joy was a duckpond.
SPEAKER_01 (05:02):
We built a duck pond.
And I'm gonna say I'm a littleimpressed with myself.
SPEAKER_00 (05:09):
So the duck pond is looking good.
We are probably 80% done.
SPEAKER_01 (05:15):
I'm afraid of what I have done, though.
SPEAKER_00 (05:17):
Oh, don't worry.
I have big plans for our frontyard.
And now I'm thinking like thatwas so so easy.
We put that in in no time.
SPEAKER_01 (05:27):
I showed you how easy it actually was and our
capabilities.
SPEAKER_00 (05:30):
Yeah, we may have ponds all over.
SPEAKER_01 (05:34):
So we bought the pond liner because the ducks
need a pond, because now they'rejust inside with little pans of
water and they make a totalmess.
So we bought the pond liner, andwe're like, well, let's put a
little waterfall in.
SPEAKER_00 (05:55):
The waterfall was totally you.
SPEAKER_01 (05:57):
Well, so I want to keep the water moving, you know,
keep a circulating one to keepit from freezing, and then just
keep it cleaner.
SPEAKER_00 (06:06):
Right.
And our plan is to put a heaterin there so we they can use it
almost all winter.
SPEAKER_01 (06:11):
Right.
So naturally I saw the pump andI was like, okay, the cascading
waterfall, okay, here we go.
We did it.
It's the pretty cool little duckpond out there by the duck and
chicken coop.
SPEAKER_00 (06:24):
So we are getting so close to letting them out on in
the run.
So it isn't, you know, it isit's definitely the run is
definitely Steffen's Meyer'ssize.
SPEAKER_01 (06:38):
We do not mess around.
SPEAKER_00 (06:40):
So, and it was from when I raised dogs, and um, so
we had the dog run out therebecause I wanted my dogs to get
exercise every day.
So they were out running aroundall day.
But um, so we had it there andwe are converting it now into a
chicken and duck run so they canget out and dig in the dirt and
(07:02):
we can have really amazing eggs.
So we have a nice duck pond outthere, and it's we're getting
really close.
I think in the next couple dayswe'll get them out there.
SPEAKER_01 (07:14):
We also realized that when we ordered the ducks,
they couldn't order sexed ducksducks, and now we have six
drakes.
SPEAKER_00 (07:27):
Like we were watching the ducks, and and it's
really Lucy's project, so I justwas hands-off because I know a
lot of times I can just come inand take over, and I didn't want
that for her.
But yesterday I was like, thoseducks are huge, they're huge,
it's a large breed, and I waslike, and they are awful pretty.
(07:52):
So I just, you know, took apicture and Googled it, and sure
enough, they are drakes.
So we ordered eight of one kindand seven of another, and six of
the eight are drakes.
So now what?
Right.
I know what I want to do.
I think what I want to do andwhat you want to do are two
(08:13):
different things.
SPEAKER_01 (08:15):
Um I actually like to eat duck, so I want to
butcher the ducks.
And nobody else wants to butcherthe duck.
SPEAKER_00 (08:23):
So I would be fine with eating the ducks if you
wanted to butcher the ducks.
SPEAKER_01 (08:31):
I also have said I don't miss butchering chickens,
and I don't ever want to do itagain.
So here we are with six ducksthat probably should be.
SPEAKER_00 (08:40):
At least we haven't even gone through the other
breed, have we?
Did you look at that?
SPEAKER_01 (08:44):
Maybe we could call Paul and Anita and they can have
their little experience.
SPEAKER_00 (08:49):
They would probably come up for that.
SPEAKER_01 (08:53):
Uh shoot.
SPEAKER_00 (08:55):
So I would be okay helping.
I cannot put an animal down.
I I cannot do that.
SPEAKER_01 (09:04):
So we have not decided what we want to do with
those.
We could take them to the salebarn because they do sell a lot
of outside items like that.
Um, or we could butcher them.
SPEAKER_00 (09:15):
I think we that's my vote.
Take them to the sale barn.
SPEAKER_01 (09:19):
I want to butcher them, but we'll see.
So we got that going for us.
SPEAKER_00 (09:27):
One more thing.
unknown (09:29):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (09:31):
It's all good.
So what's going on on the farm?
SPEAKER_01 (09:36):
Well, still trying to finish a little tillage and
finishing up soil samples.
Trying to get that done so wecan make a plan for next year.
SPEAKER_00 (09:47):
So that'd be good.
SPEAKER_01 (09:50):
Our fertilizer program, we have changed from
doing all fall broadcast dryfertilizer.
Um we are not doing any nitrogenthis fall.
Used to in the past, do all dryfertilizer broadcast, uh, put on
our anhydris in the fall, and weare completely changing that
(10:14):
program.
SPEAKER_00 (10:14):
Well, it's been a somewhat slow transition.
SPEAKER_01 (10:18):
I mean, we've done it over a few years, but we had
a strip till bar a couple yearsago.
Um, and that was when we werestill doing dry fertilizer and
anhydris.
So it was set up to do with twinbins, so you could do map or dap
or both, or potash and map ordap and anhydris all at the same
(10:40):
time.
So I really liked thatcapability in that we could dial
in all three products becauseyou could variable rate all
three at the same time.
You were creating a strip toplant on, and you were doing
your tillage all at the sametime.
And I really liked that.
Uh, that was also right when Igot hurt.
(11:03):
So the next following fall, Iwas unable to be in a tractor,
so we used it, um, but then weliterally changed our program.
So we sold that strip-till bar.
So now we would like to go backto a strip till bar because I
know there is benefit to onemaking the strip and planting on
(11:24):
that strip.
Also, we have autopath in all ofour equipment, and that is key.
Oh man, I love that.
We farmed some farms that are oncontours on hillsides, and that
first strip, that first passthat we made with the strip till
bar, you transfer that to theplanter tractor, and it was
(11:45):
awesome.
I didn't even touch the steeringwheel, and it just drove it even
around terraces, terrace risers.
It was awesome.
So, with all the technology thatwe have, that really helps.
Um, so then the fertilizerplacement.
That it that was the wholereason I wanted to go to strip
till in the first place was justplacing that fertilizer there.
SPEAKER_00 (12:08):
Better avail better availability for the the plant.
SPEAKER_01 (12:11):
Put it where it needs it.
SPEAKER_00 (12:12):
Right.
When it needs it.
SPEAKER_01 (12:14):
Right.
So fast forward now.
We are putting more on with theplanter versus pre-plant, um,
but still it's all going in theroot zone.
So it's more readily available.
So we're shopping around andlooking to see what we could do
(12:35):
for a strip till bar.
Can we build one?
That's what we're doing rightnow.
SPEAKER_00 (12:40):
Another big thing that happened this week, hen you
and Henry went and picked up hisheifers.
SPEAKER_01 (12:48):
Got his show heifers here.
SPEAKER_00 (12:50):
And weaned calves.
So the girls have their heiferand steer.
SPEAKER_01 (12:56):
Have their show heifer and steer here as well.
SPEAKER_00 (12:58):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (12:59):
Back to back to chores at home.
SPEAKER_00 (13:03):
That's good.
Good projects for them.
Henry's really excited about hisheifers.
Um, and Lizzie's really excitedabout her steer, who seems to be
calm.
SPEAKER_01 (13:15):
Yeah.
He they've been here two, threedays now, and he'll just stand
at the fence.
You can walk up and scratch onhim, and um yeah, so it'll be
good.
Perfect steer for Lizzie.
SPEAKER_00 (13:28):
Yeah.
Lucy's doing a heifer.
She does not want to do steersever again.
Just because she gets soattached to them, loves them so
much.
Understandably, um, it's hardfor her to part with them like
that.
She feels better when they goback out to pasture.
4-H projects starting.
(13:51):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (13:52):
Why do we always choose not the hardest or most
difficult, but the biggestproject?
The Stefan's Meyer way, right?
SPEAKER_00 (14:03):
Well, I I think that we just are not scared of a
challenge.
SPEAKER_01 (14:09):
That is for sure.
SPEAKER_00 (14:11):
I I think that it is a good way for them to learn so
many things.
Not that you have to have beefto do that.
I think that there are so manykids learning wonderful things
through 4-H in their own uniqueway.
This is how we chose to do it.
And Henry loves show cattle.
I mean, we started with hogs.
SPEAKER_01 (14:32):
We actually started with cattle.
SPEAKER_00 (14:33):
Cattle and hogs.
This was kind of what he honedin on and the girls honed in on.
So And you really have a strictno goats or sheep rule.
Yeah.
Totally.
So that gets you down to hogs orcattle.
SPEAKER_01 (14:52):
I told Henry he could do sheep, but I ain't
touching them.
I ain't doing it.
But yeah, now the kids havechores, so they have
responsibilities and anothermore responsibilities.
SPEAKER_00 (15:04):
They always have responsibility.
Yes.
Valuable lessons.
SPEAKER_01 (15:10):
So the takeaway for today is look for the blessings
in everything, like we alwayssay.
And even the littlest gesture ofhelping our neighbor catch their
new dog is it's a good deed.
Go out and do a good deed today.
SPEAKER_00 (15:27):
And find the joy in the everyday.
I think I'm that's gonna be onrepeat for me.
That's where I'm what I'm tryingto really focus on and encourage
other people to do.
SPEAKER_01 (15:40):
So thanks for listening.
As always, we love hearing fromyou.
Find us on all of the socials.
SPEAKER_00 (15:46):
At farmersgreatest asset.
SPEAKER_01 (15:49):
Send us a message.
We love hearing from you.
SPEAKER_00 (15:52):
At farmersgreatestasset at
gmail.com.
SPEAKER_01 (15:56):
And remember, it is a good day.
SPEAKER_00 (15:58):
To have a great day.
Bye.
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