Fall Orders

Hello everyone. It has been very busy here on the farm since my last post. We have started to take animals in for processing, both beef and pork. As I mentioned before some of you may see beef before pork. Feel free to call if you have any questions. I will either call or email you as your product becomes ready.

We are hoping to get one more cutting of hay yet this year if weather and equipment cooperate.

Aaron, our youngest is getting married on the 21st., so I will not be back to Texas Twp. market until Sept. 28th.  I will be restocked with beef and Mangalitsa pork for that day. Also while I am thinking of it. I only have a few turkeys not spoken for yet, get your order in to me if you want one.

Josie, our new granddaughter is doing well. Mom and Dad seem to be a little short on sleep. Oh do I remember those days. We survived and so will they.

Hope all is well with you and yours.

Dan

A new Farm Girl has arrived

Well August 19th was a big day for Holly and I as we helped welcome into the world our first grandchild,  Josie. As we say here on the farm "She's a Keeper". Mom and baby seem to be doing well. She is the 1st. grandchild on both sides of the family, she's got it made.

Other news: I did not think I got scheduled for Texas Corners on August 31st., but I was informed that I did get that date after all. So I will see you in Kalamazoo on the 31st.

Hope all is well with you and yours.

Dan

Busy August

August is going to be a very busy month for the Hiday Farm and family.  I will be at the Texas Corners market on August 3rd. and 17th. Some of the cattle are approaching butcher size and we are trying to get processing dates arranged. Some of you may see beef before the pork. And in between all of this, Holly and I are expecting our first grandchild.  And I still have 30 or so acres of hay to get up. 
Oh well, that's life. We just keep moving and usually things seem to fall in place.

Hope all is well with you and yours.

Dan

Hello

Hello everyone. I know you all thought I fell off the side of the earth. But no I didn't, just been very busy and lazy with the blog updates. SORRY. 

Everything seems to be moving forward with the Hiday's and the Hiday Farm.

Alex the oldest son purchased a farm down the road from us. Have been busy helping him get it up to snuff.

Cattle, pigs and chickens all growing and getting ready for your freezer.

I will try to do a better job of keeping the blog up to date.

Hope all is well with you and yours.

Dan

Snow

Hello everyone, I don't know about you but we have several inches of snow on the ground. That is O.K. for now, we need the moisture.

Our hay supply is going to come down to how soon we see spring grass. I have enough to get us to about april 10th. If we don't have grass by then we will have to buy more hay.

I have been working on the 2013 order forms and they should be in the mail soon. Get them back to us as soon as you can.

We have had an error with our hidayfarm.com store and have changed it to hidayfarms.com

Hope all is well with you and yours.

Dan

2013

Hey! maybe this is going to work now. I have been spending the last few months in tech limbo.

Sorry for the long absence, hope all is well with everyone. As I am sure most of you know, we ran a little behind this year on getting cattle ready for market, Thanks to the drought and a lack of grass. We are concerned about 2013. You may not realize it because of the cold weather, but we are still in a drought.  Only time will tell on how 2013 will be. We are trying to make plans to try to get us through another dry year, but in all honesty, it will be hard to survive another year like last year. We will keep saying our prayers and hope for the best.

Hope all is well with you and yours

Dan

OPEN HOUSE

Hello everyone this is Aaron.

Dad is having problems with the internet at home, so I'm posting for him from school.  There are a couple of things to tell you all about.

First - The Hiday Farm annual open house is Sunday, October 14th, from 2-4PM.  RAIN or SHINE!  No RSVP required.  Call if you need directions, 517-765-2268.  The farm is also easy to find using mapquest or google maps.
Our address is:
2948 12 Mile Rd.
Burlington, MI 49029

Second - After three years of trying, we finally found an excellent sausage maker.  We now have summer sausages and snack sticks made from Hiday Farm meats (including our special Mangalitsa pork).  They will be available for online purchase soon at www.hidayfarm.com/.