Hope you all are having a fantastic 4th of July weekend! This summer has been great here so far. We even got some much-needed rain last weekend.

We were able to finish all the paneling on the sheep fence this month and finish all of the electric.

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And I’m very excited to have the baby chicks finally arrive on farm, middle of last week!

They will stay in the brooder until they are old enough to go out on pasture in about 3 weeks.

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This month I did an experiment on our extra pasture that turned out really great!

I made my first crop of hay…

using my grandpa’s old rake that he converted from the original horse pulled style to be able to be pulled by a tractor.

We got about 20 small square bales off of about 2 acres of pasture. We use hay for bedding for my parents’ layers, and I’d like to switch over to using it for my broiler chicks as well when they are in the brooder.

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“When my time as a farmer is over, I want to be able to say… that I was a good steward.”

Laura Rutherford

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Judah,

for Cadwell Agriculture

Winter has finally arrived, allowing a bit of a break from the outdoor work.

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The first snow we got was wet and heavy, which made the trees around the chicken field look beautiful. And although outside work has slowed to a minimum, we still have plenty of work in the office and the shop to keep busy until spring.

We are mostly working on planning for next year’s production, as well as working on my grandpa’s skid loader. It broke down early this fall, and we are working on getting it running again.

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“The future lies before you, like a field of fallen snow; be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.”

Doris A. Wright

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Judah,

for Cadwell Agriculture

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​Hi friends,

Harvest finished up the week before Thanksgiving. It was a fantastic season and went extremely well, with very few hiccups.

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I was able to finish putting most of the posts for the fence into the ground, using my grandpa’s old tractor and post pounder.

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A piece of fall beauty that we can often take for granted when we are in a rush to get things done.

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“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.”

Andy Warhol

Judah,

for Cadwell Agriculture

This last month has been a busy, yet simple month.

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This month kicked off fall harvest with some local farmers here in Wisconsin.

I also spent the last two weeks in Iowa at my grandparents’ farm, helping Jay, the renter, with harvest. This is a special yearly event for me because Jay is the seasoned farmer who brought me onto his harvest team and invested in me when farming was just a dream.

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When harvest finishes up later this month, I will continue the work on the fence for the sheep yard and hopefully get all the posts in before the ground freezes.

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“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.”

George Washington

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Judah,

for Cadwell Agriculture

October is here!

I always love this season for two reasons. The beautiful fall colors begin to appear, and the fall field work begins!

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This month we wrapped up the production year with the processing of our last batch of chickens.

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We got the chicken tractor cleaned up and put the water hoses and other supplies into the shed for the winter.

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The sheep shed is now completely finished, other than the dirt grading, which we will continue to pick away at until the ground freezes this winter.

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We also got supplies for fencing in the sheep yard, and we cut up some locust trees that we will be using as fence posts.

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“The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God.”
Luther Burbank

Judah,

for Cadwell Agriculture

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This month was another fun and busy month!

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We processed our second batch of chickens.

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And we got the third batch moved out to pasture, and they are looking really good.

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This was also an exciting month related to our future sheep endeavors.

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The new shed should be finished by the end of the week!

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The area where the new fence is going to be is all cleared out and ready to go.

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“To be a farmer is to be a student forever, for each day brings something new.”

John Connell

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Judah,

for Cadwell Agriculture

July was very busy!

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We processed our first batch of chickens.

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We also moved the second batch out to the chicken tractor.

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And we received our final batch of broilers for this year.

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We have also continued working on clearing the area for the sheep shed. Construction should begin later this month!

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“There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.”

Aldo Leopold

Judah,

for Cadwell Agriculture

Happy Independence Day!

June was a great month. Our chickens from the first batch are still growing and looking really good.

And the second batch of chicks arrived June 15th.

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I’m also very excited to say that this month we also started prepping an area to build a shed which will provide shelter to sheep that we will be getting early next year!

“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all”

~Laura Ingalls Wilder

Judah,

for Cadwell Agriculture

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May was an exciting month… We got our first batch of baby chicks:

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After spending three weeks in the brooder, they moved into their final home out in the field, where they will stay until July.

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Also starting the second week of May, I worked for some local farmers, helping with spring planting.

“Farming is a profession of hope.” ~Brian Brett

Judah,

for Cadwell Agriculture

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We got the chicken tractor, designed by John Suscovich with a few modifications, all set up and ready for summer work.

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We also cleared the pasture of all the sticks and brush that would make moving the chickens during the summer months more difficult.

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Judah,
Cadwell Agriculture

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