Ashley Posey

“Know the state of your flocks, and put your heart into caring for your herds” Proverbs 27:23 Our entire hearts went into caring for Flopsy; and we are shocked and heartbroken that she unexpectedly passed away in the early morning hours on Sunday. She was her normal, happy…

MY OPINION: Cattle Breed Associations, on the whole, cost their Member Breeders more in value than they provide. There are many reasons why but ultimately it comes down to the inability to effectively and independently serve the needs of ALL of the producers. In far too many…

You walk in on surgery halfway through, it looks like murder. Or something like that. Hope this patient pulls through. Having to do a total arm replacement. Reconnecting the blood vessels, nerves, muscles etc will be the most challenging part, as it is my first time using a…

Four years ago, my favorite heifer ever made her show career debut. JYJ Ms Brunswick H132 (a/k/a “Joey”) won Grand Champion Red Angus Heifer at the 2021 Bedford County Fair. Joey is not a “showy” female and was shown simply because we love her and wanted the experience. She won…

Current state of American Ag: • Since 1980, we have lost 91% total pig farms and 89% dairies in America. • Farmers get only 14.9 cents for every dollar spent on food. • A subsidy program that restricts crop production to only grow corn, soy, and wheat • NGO's and gov…

Prissy the Orphan Calf grazing alongside her natural birth mother, Cassia; Prissy was adopted in the Fall by Gherkin, fittingly a former Orphan herself. In five years on the Farm, we’ve had two Orphan Calves — what were the odds the first would grow up to raise the second?…

Good luck to the Juniors and their Stock as they compete in the Summer Show Season with State Fairs and Junior National Events taking place right now across the country; The connection, in the bond shared, is a developer of exceptional human beings.

Little Richard is finally starting to feel better. He’s finished treatment and is gaining strength / weight again 🤍 Coccidiosis can be pretty hard on these little lambs, and the treatment itself is pretty rough. He went for a period of about 24 hrs where he stopped eating,…

Saddleback: spoilt little runt 🐑🌾🤍

Parasite management is one of the biggest parts of raising sheep. Fecals are one of our most valuable tools. Here’s how we do our own fecals on farm. It’s not perfect, but it works for us when we need large numbers done or quickly. Here, we diagnose Little Richard who was…

Happy 3rd birthday to big silly, sweet Sam! Who knew the wonky dummy foal would grow up to be the tall, handsome drum horse. “After him there were merely other horses.” - Charles E. Trevathan”

🇺🇸 || Save the American Sheep 🐑🐏 Reviewing agricultural census records this morning, and in the year 1884, there were more than 50 Million Sheep roaming the pastures and plains of the United States. By 2000, the national population of Sheep had dwindled down to 7 Million…

Believe it or not, she has a white A brand 😂 not quite a scarlet letter, but close enough

Everyone in “downtown” Santa Fe knows Lucy. Lucy is a free spirit - a wandering soul. About once every few months I get a text from the neighbors that Lucy has stopped in to visit, and we get to do the walk of shame down the road back to her pasture. This weekend was one of those…

🚨 ATTENTION: CHEMICAL COMPANIES ARE COMING FOR YOUR POLITICIANS — Across this country right now, including in the State of Tennessee where I reside, the Bayer-Monsantos and others are lobbying our State Legislatures for Legal Immunity. So what would that mean?? A…

🇺🇸 || WE VOTED FOR TRANSPARENCY — If President Trump preached anything during his campaign, he preached the need for TRANSPARENCY in Government. And with the understanding he inherited a mess in that regard, I cannot overstate how important it is that @POTUS finds a way to get…

Saddleback update - that’s not even his mom he’s climbed up on

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE || 3.17.2025 Tennessee Rancher and Ag Attorney Dustin J. Kittle Seeks Court’s Approval for Third Amended Complaint Against Federal Officials and Farm Credit Administration Columbia, TN – Today, Tennessee rancher and agricultural attorney Dustin J. Kittle…

Months ago, @dustinkittle reached out to me to tell me how our farmers are losing their farmland and the government is allowing it to happen. Dustin was one of the inspirations for starting my show in the first place because I thought to myself, "if people only knew." Last week…