Livestock
With a 40 cow herd, we have learned to select for the best maternal traits. Our cows have to perform to be able to remain on the farm. This has become evident with winning two state fair performance cow champions. We have Simmentals, percentage Simmentals, heifers, cows, bulls for sale. If you are looking for club calf steers and heifers we can … Learn more
Grain Farming
Livestock and grain farming have been a part of our heritage since before our ancestors settled here in 1824. We now employ the latest information and technology to keep the farm efficient, stable and profitable for our landlords and ourselves. … Learn more
Graff Land Services
Farmland is the ultimate investment. Buy, Sell, Manage Owning our own brokerage means we can help you buy, sell or manage any property you have interest in. To contact us for real estate issues, please use our contact page above. Graff Land Services specializes in helping investors buy, sell, and manage farm ground. We can help you: acquire … Learn more
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Episode 2 Farm Video Shorts
Around the Farm in 6 Second Clips show heifer makes Theo eat her dust, snapping turtle found and returned to pond pasture, filling silage wagon with loader tractor, cow and calf eating silage, Kopertox applied to foot rot, heifer likin' the lick tub. … Continue reading...
Farm Video Shorts Episode 1
I am combining videos that I take with the vine app (username farmNwife) of our farming activities. Unfortunately the app only takes video in portrait view. That is the reason for the black sides on the video. I have contacted them imploring that they change this feature; so we'll see what Vine App does. This will be the first of many Farm Video Shorts. If you have any ideas you would like for us to record just let us know. Also subscribe to be notified when new episodes are published Enjoy … Continue reading...
Sandbagging A Flood
After the record amount of rain fall in northern Illinois last week, we decided to go help sandbag the flooding Illinois River in Pike County. Bill and I helped sandbag in the '93 floods. The kids sandbagged when the rivers flooded in 2008. (look how cute they were back then) So we knew what to expect. We believe we should volunteer to help the farms and small towns that receive the brunt of the flood damage. Since it was raining again, the bags were filled in a machine shed. We took our … Continue reading...
Fertilizing the Pasture
Fertilizing Pastures We are fertilizing pastures to help them grow before we put the cattle out on them. William is using FS's new buggy to spread the the nitrogen. Last year's drought really took a toll on the pastures. So we are feeding them now before it rains. The rain will help work it into the soil to make it available for the grass roots. Farm updates sent to you … Continue reading...
How a uterus is like a sock
Another first for the Graff livestock experience: Ellyon ,who won Champion Performance Cow at the state fair, educated us about prolapsed uteri. Monday afternoon she pushed her uterus out after having her bull calf. We thought her calving days had ended. But Dr. Jay says she should be just fine having another calf. He was surprised we hadn't had this before. (just our lucky year) All the guys helped put the uterus back where it belonged. It's a slow process putting it back … Continue reading...
