After 20 years raising cattle, you'd think I'd be unaffected by June, the cow who walks over looking for scratches, or Tazzy, the grumpy mini-…
Farm animals are not tuned in to the sacred aspects of Christmas, but they do enjoy parties — like the upcoming 2022 Christmas on the Farm cel…
Nighttime air is crisp. Trees are orange and red as their leaves change color and fall to the ground. Overhead, wedges of geese honk as they p…
The sound of bagpipes filled the air as Curious Bleu, looking rakish in his MacKenzie tartan cap, clip-clopped onto the parade grounds. Bleu, …
Red, a 10-year-old Scottish Highlander steer, had a thick coat of hair that had protected him from the cold all winter. But now, with temperat…
Last winter, icicles of blood dangled from the Scottish Highlander steer’s face, and raw patches of skin were exposed to the weather. He looke…
Here's how things are supposed to work here on Miles Smith Farm:
SANDWICH — If you were a goat, sheep, horse, steer or ox, you might call the Sandwich Fair a beauty pageant, or the Granite State championship…
Our hairy critters would have suffered in bright sun and high temperatures, but the weather last weekend was perfect: overcast and cool. We we…
The 4H Animal Auction at the 2021 Hopkinton Fair, where 2 goats, 7 pigs, 4 lambs, and a steer were for sale, was a resounding success. Ten 4H …