Comments on: Frost http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/ farm blog, farming blog, country blog, country living blog, livestock blog, rural lifestyle blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:22:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Cyberhillbilly http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20886 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:37:07 +0000 http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20886 Joel: I'm on the run today, but I spoke to Ron Hustedde the director of the KY Coaches Institute. I gave him a powerful reccomendation of you based on your work on the blog and what you're trying to do w/ farming now. They're willing to extend the deadline if you're interested in this and have the flexibility to participate. If you're not able to, they want to speak to you sometime about the blog when they're in McCreary County. My assistant, Jenny, is going to be calling you today to see if there's anything she can do to help in this process. You should probably list me as a reference as I know several of the folks at the Center for Rural Dev. where the selection committee will come from. Hope you're interested in this. Your blog really speaks volumes for your potential and I would love to see that channelled to helping E. KY. Thanks. Johnathan Joel:

I’m on the run today, but I spoke to Ron Hustedde the director of the KY Coaches Institute. I gave him a powerful reccomendation of you based on your work on the blog and what you’re trying to do w/ farming now.

They’re willing to extend the deadline if you’re interested in this and have the flexibility to participate. If you’re not able to, they want to speak to you sometime about the blog when they’re in McCreary County.

My assistant, Jenny, is going to be calling you today to see if there’s anything she can do to help in this process. You should probably list me as a reference as I know several of the folks at the Center for Rural Dev. where the selection committee will come from.

Hope you’re interested in this. Your blog really speaks volumes for your potential and I would love to see that channelled to helping E. KY.

Thanks.

Johnathan

]]> by: joelw http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20853 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:41:58 +0000 http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20853 Cyberhillbilly, Thaks for the info. I'll check it out! Glad you enjoy the site. Come back soon. Thanks for the comment! Cyberhillbilly,
Thaks for the info. I’ll check it out! Glad you enjoy the site. Come back soon. Thanks for the comment!

]]> by: Cyberhillbilly http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20756 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:30:13 +0000 http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20756 BTW.... cool blog. JG BTW…. cool blog.

JG

]]> by: Cyberhillbilly http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20728 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:32:50 +0000 http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20728 Joel: Just a follow up... this is an all volunteer free institute to help train folks in the region on how to make differences in their community. You can look up a schedule online. It culminates in a trip to an Indian reservation out west. Your only expense would be a few meals and travel to and from (locally... the reservation would be paid for by them.) Joel:

Just a follow up… this is an all volunteer free institute to help train folks in the region on how to make differences in their community. You can look up a schedule online. It culminates in a trip to an Indian reservation out west. Your only expense would be a few meals and travel to and from (locally… the reservation would be paid for by them.)

]]> by: Cyberhillbilly http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20726 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:22:28 +0000 http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20726 Joel: Given your interest in farming and finding innovative ways to market what you do as well as the Appalachian region, you should look into the (University of KY) KY Entrepreneurial Coaches Institute. It\'s a great program that\'ll provide tons of insight into how entrepreneurship could help w/ what you do and help you help others in this area. There\'s not a lot of time left, but the application is fairly easy. It is a big committment but if you have the flexibility it\'s well worth the while. Here are some links: http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CLD/KECI/apply.html (application page) http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CLD/KECI/about.html (about KECI) http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/video/ontheair/ (see the second video down... \"entrepreneur roundtable\") Joel:

Given your interest in farming and finding innovative ways to market what you do as well as the Appalachian region, you should look into the (University of KY) KY Entrepreneurial Coaches Institute.

It\’s a great program that\’ll provide tons of insight into how entrepreneurship could help w/ what you do and help you help others in this area.

There\’s not a lot of time left, but the application is fairly easy. It is a big committment but if you have the flexibility it\’s well worth the while.

Here are some links:

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CLD/KECI/apply.html (application page)

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CLD/KECI/about.html (about KECI)

http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/video/ontheair/ (see the second video down… \”entrepreneur roundtable\”)

]]> by: joelw http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20625 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:27:38 +0000 http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20625 Gladys, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well! Gladys,
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well!

]]> by: Gladys Burns http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20606 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:53:33 +0000 http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20606 HAPPY THANKSGIVING JOEL TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. Gladys HAPPY THANKSGIVING JOEL TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

Gladys

]]> by: joelw http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20317 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:52:09 +0000 http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20317 Kevin, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours too! Kevin,
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours too!

]]> by: joelw http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20316 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:51:25 +0000 http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20316 Kevin, Farmers here have been using distillers grain for a while. What I seem to have the easiest and cheapest time getting is corn gluten. We mix it 50/50 with crushed corn and feed it to goats and cows. Pretty good mix. BJs grandpa gave me his feed recipe and he uses distillers grain in it. He's not very fond of gluten. Lots of folks here are getting displaced by projects. Be it road or building. Seems to only be 2 ways you can come out. Either you make twice what it's worth or you get about half what it's worth. Cobb has moved their bird date to Feb 1. However the builders are saying they should be done by January 1. That would be a whole month of pay without birds. That would make me smile. Hopefully they can get these things under roof before we get very much bad weather. Kevin,
Farmers here have been using distillers grain for a while. What I seem to have the easiest and cheapest time getting is corn gluten. We mix it 50/50 with crushed corn and feed it to goats and cows. Pretty good mix. BJs grandpa gave me his feed recipe and he uses distillers grain in it. He’s not very fond of gluten.
Lots of folks here are getting displaced by projects. Be it road or building. Seems to only be 2 ways you can come out. Either you make twice what it’s worth or you get about half what it’s worth.
Cobb has moved their bird date to Feb 1. However the builders are saying they should be done by January 1. That would be a whole month of pay without birds. That would make me smile. Hopefully they can get these things under roof before we get very much bad weather.

]]> by: Kevin http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20307 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:43:24 +0000 http://blog.mahindrausa.com/2007/11/13/frost/#comment-20307 Hi Joel! Glad to hear that work is coming along nicely on the poultry houses! Hopefully you will be on schedule with what Cobb was wanting. I know that sometimes corporate schedules/proceedures don't seem to work so well in the real world as what the office moguls think they should. The state sent me a letter asking for permission to come onto my property for survey and prelimenary evaluation for a road project. They have been working on this project for several years now, but seem to be much closer than they were. If they approve this phase they will probably buy the front half of my property, along with the house I grew up in. I'll still have a few acres and the house I now live in, but not enough to keep much livestock, maybe a few goats or a litter of pigs, but I would still have to buy feed for them. Thinking of feed, have you heard anything about using Dried Distiller's Grains as livestock feed? A couple of weeks ago there was a segment on it on the Ag Day TV show. It was about a Kentucky goat farmer who was using it to help feed out his Boers. He claimed it was giving him a better return on his feed dollar; lower cost/higher feed conversion. The story said the project was being done in conjuction with the state university ag department, might be worth checking out. Well, take care, and if we don't hear anything new from you before then, have a Happy Thanksgiving! Kevin Hi Joel!
Glad to hear that work is coming along nicely on the poultry houses! Hopefully you will be on schedule with what Cobb was wanting. I know that sometimes corporate schedules/proceedures don’t seem to work so well in the real world as what the office moguls think they should.
The state sent me a letter asking for permission to come onto my property for survey and prelimenary evaluation for a road project. They have been working on this project for several years now, but seem to be much closer than they were. If they approve this phase they will probably buy the front half of my property, along with the house I grew up in. I’ll still have a few acres and the house I now live in, but not enough to keep much livestock, maybe a few goats or a litter of pigs, but I would still have to buy feed for them.
Thinking of feed, have you heard anything about using Dried Distiller’s Grains as livestock feed? A couple of weeks ago there was a segment on it on the Ag Day TV show. It was about a Kentucky goat farmer who was using it to help feed out his Boers. He claimed it was giving him a better return on his feed dollar; lower cost/higher feed conversion. The story said the project was being done in conjuction with the state university ag department, might be worth checking out.
Well, take care, and if we don’t hear anything new from you before then, have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Kevin

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