Another year has come and gone. The agricultural community has taken many hits over the last few years in regulations, bad press and declining producers.

Personally I have been very busy but have really declined in my goals of posting on this site. I have set some new and very exciting goals for myself, and my operation.

One of my biggest goals is to be able to work with producers and find a way for them to market their small farm products in an efficient and equitable way direct to consumers. I need your help and input to make this happen. I have recently been involved in a conversation with a group  of alpaca producers. Their problems, and desires for their  product to become a profitable and streamlined marketed commodity is something that small farm producers  all over this country are struggling with.

We don’t all have the time for value added processes to turn our raw product into something that will be marketable. We also don’t have enough product generally to compete with big agricultural farms or ranches.

This is my goal for 2017.  I plan on posting in this website on a more consistent basis, and I will be working to find solutions for farmers and ranchers around this great land. It is my hope that this new administration that has certainly said the word agriculture and recognizes that the regulations that have been imposed on us are hurting our industry, will find some solutions to help all of us.

The temperature here is 30 degrees and the wind is only blowing about 15mph a big change from the 60+  mph over the last week we have had to deal with.

Keep warm