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Thanks for the encouragement! I am not sure what it would cost to do a whole barn at once. That other part of that kind of project is deciding where to stop! If you are going to pull out all the slats might be a good time for new fencing also, and it goes on like that.

Yes, we designed and built that cart. It is the only way changing slats like this is possible! It has been a bit of an evolution over the years, but it is working pretty good now.

Lol Bacon seeds!! Thats great! Yes, the cart is the only way changing slats like this is possible!

Thank you! And thanks for your faithful support! What part of Italy are you from?

@@shelmaracres North of Italy... Modena... famous for Parmigiano, Ferrari and Aceto Balsamico... 😉 last week I was in the US... Florida... great country...

@@Galileooooo77 Thanks great! if you are in PA you can look us up! Many years ago Heather and I did a vacation in Cinque Terre. Looks like that is about directly to the west of you.

Yes, it was good to meet! I am looking forward to seeing what you guys can do for us!

I agree that there are ways to stay competitive, it just takes a little more creativity! Thanks for commenting!

It feels good to know others are processing that same things! It doesn’t feel like just getting bigger is always the answer, because the productivity and efficiency relative to the inputs starts to diminish as operations get larger. Everybody out side of farming wants farms to operate like small farms, but sometimes it seems like only large farms have the economy of scale to get ahead.

@shelmaracres your not alone. I feel the size vs efficiency line is constantly moving. Seems like a big farm 15 years ago is almost small now. Other issue is consolidation of our support industry i find concerning. We are lucky in southern pa that we still have alot of small ag support buisness here mostly because of our small farms and plain communities. I know alot of farm hours away that travel to lancaster for parts service and supplies. I feel the small farms going to have to make van effort to market to the consumers and our areas have alot of consumers. I'm in Eastern berks county

We are so proud of them! It was not easy for all of them to agree to do this, but it was so cool to see them work through this and agree to do something that they at first didn't want to do and we are all so blessed by the result!

Thank you!

Thanks! I will pass this along to the kids!

They are an amazing blessing!

We are so proud of them!!

Your welcome!

Your right! I told Heather the tree was so incredible this year. She did an amazing job with it and with all the decorating. She is so gifted in this! She makes Christmas so special at our house!

Your welcome. Thanks so much for watching!

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That’s a great question. I had considered moving it back to a spot closer to the shop, because we had it there in the past, but there were a couple reasons I left it where it was, at least for now. The first was that we have four posts driven in the ground to keep the water trough in place because the cattle push it around. I didn’t want to try to move those posts in frozen ground. Secondly was the reason that we had moved it to it’s current location in the past, and that was that the area near the back of the shop does not drain as well. With the cattle slopping water around, the area by the trough got to be a muddy hole. The spot where the trough is now drains much better and has not got muddy there. Thanks for watching close enough to ask these questions! We appreciate your watching!

Merry Christmas!

Thanks again for the encouragement! We do have a lot of pigs to send yet. Our load out takes about 8 weeks and we are about 5 weeks in. Today we finished loading out the first barn.

@@shelmaracres Want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New year!

@@wendydeskins Merry Christmas!

😆 Your right, I will have to give that a try!

That’s true. He is a big help!

Thanks Andrew! Hopefully we will get to see you again this batch!

I must say, I do use the Power nap to get me through the day sometimes!!

I know what your talking about! I started wearing knee pads and padded shin guards a couple years ago, and that has made a big difference!

That’s funny! It’s good to see your comment! It has been a while! Thanks for saying something and thanks for watching.

That’s true!

Thanks! We have been having square dances here for a long time.

They teach us as we go. So you don’t need to know anything to start. All you need is to pay attention and you can do it!

Thanks so much for your encouragement!

Yes! She definitely was.

It was a heifer calf.

Yes. There is concrete under there. We should have had that scrapped up before we sorted. The cattle are sorted by visual assessment.

Yes, things were a little more sloppy than we like that day! It had just rained and we had not go down to scrap up yet. It made for a bit of a mess!

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I know it was a little sloppy because it has just rained, but there is concrete inter there. So we didn’t need to worry about getting stuck in mud.

Thanks for your concern, but don’t feel bad. We have a great team here that is not always seen in the videos, but is a major part of making the farm work. We will get more videos up!

Thanks!

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Thank you!

I am glad this had been informative! Thanks for watching!

Thanks! I was a great day!

Thank you!