Dayton Farm Inc.

Articles keep being published about rural living people and their general refusal to conform to society rules regarding Covid 19. Well, I see your Rona Risk and... I raise you our lifestyle and our livelihoods. Plenty of us have close calls every year, closer calls than any Rona. We drive hundreds of miles, at 80 mph, just to a job site and back. We get on young horses that are actually reincarnated WWII kamikaze pilots and go cruise around the warmup pen at a roping or a rodeo, because he’s gotta learn someway. We walk across grain bins, climb windmill towers, we run heavy equipment without formal training, and we loophole CDL licensing laws when we’re 16 years old. We carry firearms on our personage that may or may not be registered, and all of us have looked in the mirror and asked what would happen if ourselves or someone else was under violent threat. We run through border towns and walk on foot through hot zones the Border Patrol is working, because the pipeline is under construction and that’s our job. There’s us that go out in -50 because the livestock needs fed, and we who go out in +115 because the livestock need fed. We sit out on a drilling pad alone for 16 hours to watch the flare and take care of the pumps. We don’t give a thought to hauling loads of horses or cattle cross country alone, we just get in the truck and go. Have you ever watched a crop dusting plane????? Those guys are insane. We strap up and dangle from helicopters to repair the power lines in Corpus Christi Bay, because it’s too wet for ground equipment. We hunt bears in the Rocky Mountains, with bows and arrows, for fun. We like our rattlesnake roundups and our Brahman cow roundups (same things really), and we have the odd cousin that raises alligators. The point is, all of us out here already take risks every day. Whether it’s driving 40 miles across ice and snow highway to the grocery store, or just walking out to the barn to doctor that mean bitch cow’s calf again. Dealing with race horses and stallions of any flavor should be considered and extreme sport. Some people then actually train those things to jump 12 foot water jumps... We’ve seen those risks, looked them in the eye, sometimes been shaken and shocked when they’ve touched us and our own. But we’ve stood back up, acknowledged those risks, and decided to keep living our life to the best of our ability. Living life to the best of our ability does not mean this suspended living stuff that is being demanded by people of other walks of life. I mean, Have you really actually lived until you’ve almost been killed by an angry bovine, while your friends catcalled you? Yes, we know that Covid-19 is real. We know it’s dangerous, but we’re headed outside now, and we signed all disclaimers decades ago. Like I said, we see your Rona, and we raise you our lifestyle and our livelihoods. *Feel free to share*

At a farm on rte 66 outside of Clarion, PA

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ATTENTION: DAIRY FARMERS! Any dairy farm that experienced financial losses due to discarded or displaced milk during the COVID-19 emergency disaster may apply f...or assistance. Farms that did not have displaced milk but have had COVID-19-related fees assessed on their milk check may also apply. Each farm with a documented loss will receive a minimum of $1,500 and can apply for an additional prorated share of the remaining funds, not to exceed the actual amount assessed by the handler. Apply here by Sept. 30. https://expressforms.pa.gov//Agr/Dairy-Cares-Reimbursement

I was at Walmart yesterday and since I’m in the pickle business I checked out their pickle selection. The Walmart brand Great Value jars were all product of Ind...ia. Most of the very small pickles come from India due to the cost of picking them so small but now they are sending even the largest sizes that we grow in the Michigan already labeled and jarred. Not only are the cucumbers from India but they are also pickled and packaged there, put on a container truck, transported to a port in India, put on a boat, shipped to a US port, unloaded onto a truck, shipped to a distribution center then out to a store in Saginaw. If you can afford the extra $0.50 per jar for a Mt. Olive, Vlasic , Claussen, etc. please do so. CHECK your LABELS! The Saginaw area is the least expensive cucumber growing region in the USA and Michigan is the largest producer of pickling cucumbers in the US. Let’s support the US farmer while also helping the environment. NO WALMART INDIA PICKLES! See more

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UPDATED to reflect new reporting instructions! https://agr.wa.gov//news-and-media-relations/news-releases Today we received reports of people receiving seeds ...in the mail from China that they did not order. The seeds are sent in packages usually stating that the contents are jewelry. Unsolicited seeds could be invasive, introduce diseases to local plants, or be harmful to livestock. Here's what to do if you receive unsolicited seeds from another country: 1) DO NOT plant them and if they are in sealed packaging (as in the photo below) don't open the sealed package. 2) This is known as agricultural smuggling. Report it to USDA. Information in our latest press release on how to report: https://agr.wa.gov//news-and-media-relations/news-releases

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Hello Dayton Fair Light Horse Peeps!!! I just received word this morning that the Dayton Fair is suppose to happen. Please get your vet scheduled for your Cog...gins, Rabies & Vet Certificate of Health!!!!!!!!!!!! The rabies has to be given by July 16th, which is 30 days prior to the start of the fair!!!! Your Coggins has to be within a year of the start date of the fair - acceptable dates Aug 16 2019 to Aug 15 2020 - do not delay in order to make sure you have your test results back. The Health Certificate must be dated after May 15 2020. Bottom line of all of this is have your vet out before July 16th!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to see all your smiling faces!!! Of course the Dayton Fair Board reserves the right to change their decision based on the dynamic circumstances of the current situation in our state, country....

Spread the word to everyone you know! We will have close to 3 thousand pounds of milk and dairy products to moooooove!!! :)

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