we grow

OUR CROPS

If there’s one thing farmers and ranchers can always rely on, it’s change. In our efforts to grow high-quality food and feed, there are a lot of things that get in the way. Diseases, weather, insects and weeds are shifting challenges that threaten our soil and crops every year. That’s why we’re always checking, scouting and ready to take action where it’s needed. We have to protect what we grow.

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OUR ANIMALS

Raising livestock is an incredible responsibility because these animals have an important purpose: they nourish us. Their well-being and comfort is a priority. It’s our job to provide for them under both normal conditions and extraordinary ones. This is why you’ll find farmers and ranchers like us to be students for life. We’re constantly making new observances or learning new ways to combat predators, diseases and difficult weather in order for our animals to thrive.

Please come along with us as we work to constantly improve and adapt our best practices based on the conditions we are given in different seasons. We can promise that there’s rarely a dull moment.

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Peanut Harvest

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Rachel Gray protects her herd from cattle flies (specifically horn flies)
On summer days, it’s not just the heat that challenges Rachel Gray’s cattle - it’s also cattle flies. Horn flies in particular can become stressful for all cattle. In the U.S. beef industry alone, horn flies cause an estimated loss of $1 billion annually due to the negative impact an infestation can have on livestock
If foxtail ends up in hay used for horse feed , it causes painful sores and bleeding in horses' mouths and throats. That's why Belinda protects her race horse customers by stopping foxtail at first sight.
Belinda Burrier raises hay for horse feed on her farm in Union Bridge, Maryland
Farmer Jennie Schmidt stands in front of wine grapes in her Maryland vineyard
Who likes to drink sour, green wine? No one. That’s why Jennie Schmidt, a Maryland farmer, says raising desirable grapes requires three farmer defenses.
Erin Stackhouse, a Minnesota farmer and agronomist, says every bag of corn seed has the potential to achieve 700 bushels at harvest. An important part of her job is to provide for and protect that potential. A common threat to the health and potential of her corn are harmful insects - the northern corn rootworm.
Rachel Gray is the owner of Little Timber Farms, where she pursues optimal cattle genetics, environmental stewardship and healthy livestock to produce regenerative beef.
Ranching is often romanticized online as just grass, cows and endless sunshine. But anyone who has spent a summer on a working ranch knows it’s far more complex than what shows up in a social media scroll, especially when it comes to keeping cattle healthy.