This week at the Stiles Farm, I learned how to drive one of the tractors to be able to feed the cows hay. On Wednesday, I helped put up a temporary gate, connected to the electric fence, to make sure the main herd would stay out of the hay field while grazing in the pasture we opened up for them. Thursday morning, I checked on the fence and made sure the cows were where they were supposed to be.
I was also able to learn how to load and unload the seeds from the planter, as well as change the plates for different seeds, from cotton to canola (same plate for both sesame and canola). And while planting the sesame, we had a small number of egrets following the planter to catch the bugs that would fly up.
We also started getting the farm ready for field day on the 19th of this month!
Writer: Taylor Burrell, Intern