DF-Doolittle Farms

02/02/2025

Looking to rent 20-40 acres of hay ground around diagonal. Let me know if you have or hear of any available. Thanks!

11/09/2024

🌟 Exciting Day at the Ignite Conference! 🌟

Today, our FFA members are at the FFA Enrichment Center for the Ignite Conference, led by state and district officers! 🎉 This conference is all about empowering 7th-9th grade students to grow as leaders, advocates, and future Ag professionals. Here’s what they’ll be diving into:

🌱 We Are Agvocates: Advocating for our Industry and Chapters
💬 Authenticity: Discovering Genuine Leadership
💪 Do G.O.O.D.: Giving of Ourselves Daily
🌾 The Future of Agriculture: Exploring Opportunities through FFA
🔍 “SAE” What?: Creating Experiences that Lead to Careers
🤝 Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Communication & Cooperation

Let’s cheer on our FFA members Kayla Hanawalt, Tarynn Dredge, Jaylynn Doolittle, and Weston Drake as they bring back new ideas and inspiration for our chapter! 💙💛

09/25/2024

2025 Youth Heifer Program

07/10/2024

Jaylynn bringing home some hardware at the county fair with the help of some good friends.

07/01/2024

ISO fall calving cows. We have cleaned out some of our older cows and looking to build the herd back up. Message me with what you have.

03/06/2024

Jaylynn had her very first calf last night!! Nice, big and healthy heifer calf.

02/15/2024

Wowza, talk about a busy couple of weeks. Both the kids finished up with sports, got the calves weaned and got Jaylynns cows ran through the chute, checked out and new ear tags.

The warmer weather is finally upon us and before too long the grass will be green again.

Hope everyone is having a great Valentine’s Day!!

01/20/2024

Too good not to share!

01/16/2024

Sometimes on a farm....

Sometimes you bring 300 feet of garden hose in to your bathroom every night to thaw so you can water livestock

Sometimes you have to plug the tractor in for 18+ hours before it will finally turn over and fire up

Sometimes the milk pump freezes multiple times in the middle of trying to milk cows

Sometimes the temperature reaches -20 degrees and the wind just won't quit

Sometimes you break open waters for them to freeze back over 10 minutes later

Sometimes the tractor gets stuck when you're just trying to put hay out

Sometimes the frustration freezes to your face as it leaks out of your eyes

Sometimes you call the vet and it still doesn't fix it

Sometimes you go to bed wondering if tomorrow will be any better

Sometimes your heart gets broken

Sometimes all your hard work feels like it doesn't even matter

But sometimes you stand outside under the stars when the winds finally calms and all you hear is the crunch of hooves on the snow and munching of hay. And sometimes the sun comes out the next morning and you feel like it's getting better.

The one thing that is always true is that we were chosen for this life. Farmers were entrusted with this responsibility because we are strong enough to keep going when it gets hard and have the faith to know that we are doing what we are called to do. So as we hang up the coveralls and coats and dry the gloves and hats and warm our cold skin, we crawl into a warm bed and rest to wake and do it all again tomorrow.

01/12/2024

01/08/2024

This weekend Jaylynn finally received her heifers from the Midwest Heritage Program. She was hoping to get one black/whiteface heifer, but they gave her two!! She was super excited. They are doing well and have settled in with the rest of the cows.

Jaxson and I took a little time this morning to go on a little deer hunt. Though we prefer to eat beef, we love to snack on homemade deer jerky.

We have prepared the best we can for the weather that is coming in. There are no snow days for a farmer…. The cows still need fed and the ice still needs chopped, but we enjoy farming so we deal with it. We have been pretty fortunate this year.

We hope everyone has a blessed and safe week.