5B Farms

04/03/2025

06/09/2024

Did you know there's a Catfish Trail? We checked one off the list and can't wait to try others. Best part was knowing we were eating US Farm Raised Catfish!

Check out the trail by visiting https://uscatfish.com/catfish-trail/

05/11/2024

We had the opportunity to host Texas Farm Bureau District 12's Engage program where they toured our catfish farm. Over lunch we then delivered the key not address discussing free enterprise.

06/09/2023

We spent a day teaching East Bernard Brahma Brain Camp all about catfish farming. The best part of the day was watching our next generation know enough to take lead on the presentation and bring up points I hadn't thought about explaining.

02/10/2023

What an incredible opportunity to tell our ag story as well as about the basics of our catfish farm. Thank you Texas Farm Bureau for helping us elevate our voice.

http://texasneighbors.texasfarmbureau.org/publication/?m=33924&i=775155&p=4&ver=html5

Do you have questions about our catfish, or other parts of the farm like cotton, grain or cattle? Ask!

10/26/2022

We had a first on the farm today! Texas Farm Bureau's crew brought our catfish farm into hundreds of classes across the state and in the process we will have impacted nearly 16,000 elementary aged students!

It was especially neat that our local schools with teachers and students we personally know were watching live!

05/03/2022

Congressman Thompson toured the farm this morning! We were pleased at the opportunity to share our ag story, as well as our fears and hopes in today's political climate.

09/06/2021

The Junior Master Gardener program and American Horticultural Society have named the 2021 “Growing Good Kids” literature award winners.

07/24/2021

Why do so many farmers let their corn die in the field? Isn’t that a waste?

The short answer is, they have to! This type of corn is called field corn, and farmers need it to dry on the stalk so they can harvest it. Grain corn is dried down to somewhere near 15% moisture before harvest, unlike sweet corn which is typically harvested while the moisture is above 70%.

Some farmers have to harvest before the ideal moisture content is reached, in this case they have to dry the corn down in machine dryers. They can do this with their own dryers or pay their buyer to dry the grain. This additional cost can be a factor in production.

As field corn reaches maturity it can lose 0.5% - 0.8% moisture every day! Even higher dry down rates can be reached in high temperature areas.

07/03/2021

What faith looks like on a catfish farm...

06/26/2021

As in all things in life, too much of a good thing isn't a good thing. This crop had 30 plus inches in May that limited its yield potential and now as we near harvest the forecast is shaping up to increase anxiety about the potential for damage.

Farming isn't for the faint of spirit or the weak in faith!