On August 28, 2010 in Archive by spope
Brad Lillie (our in house financial guy) and I have been crunching the numbers for the last two calendar years and though we have made progress financially (after the disastrous 2008 season, we made a reasonable profit in 2009) changes must be made for us to maintain a competitive edge. Read More »
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On August 25, 2010 in General by spope
This truck and trailer left at noon today – bound for Colorado. Read More »
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On August 16, 2010 in General by spope
This past week, Dori, Micah and I traveled to Kansas. I spoke on Friday 8/13 about managing a gamebird farm to the attendee’s at the Kansas Sport Hunting Association annual convention. Read More »
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On August 11, 2010 in General by spope
Last year we were already actively delivering adult pheasants by today’s date. This year, with the temperatures near 90 degrees, our early season customers are holding off taking their first delivery for a week or two. Read More »
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On August 1, 2010 in General by spope
We have three more hatches (8/4,8/11 and 8/18)and our regular pheasant and partridge hatching season will be over. Read More »
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On July 27, 2010 in General by spope
Over the years we have used many different modes of transportation around the farm. Read More »
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On July 14, 2010 in General by spope
The temperature has reached nearly 90 degrees – which for us is hot! Surprisingly it hasn’t rained here for nearly 3 weeks, so after a much wetter than normal May and June – it is really dry. Read More »
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On July 5, 2010 in General by spope
Every year there are lots of twists and turns in the market for day old pheasant chicks. Historically we can readily sell our chick production for hatch dates up through June 1st. Read More »
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