Smokey Oak Farms

09/29/2026

Last time on the summer annual mix for the cows🌱🌱

09/26/2026

09/26/2026

We are close to wrapping up our hay season. We are blessed again with a bountiful hay crop that is really high quality this year. The cows are going to be eating good this winter.

Fun fact: the rake we use puts about 60 feet of dry hay into a windrow to bale. We can adjust how wide we run it based on hay tonnage. Our best day ever, we raked 150 acres!

09/02/2026

It’s getting close to weaning time and these calves are looking awesome! While moving calves tonight I had to get a pic of LPH New Era Lady. She is a daughter of Birdwell New Standard and she just catches my eye every time I’m in the pasture. Let us know if you want to come check these calves out!

We have plenty to choose from!

8 bred heifers
13 heifer calves
3 bull calves

All are available private treaty. Get a hold of us to schedule an appointment!

08/28/2026

Pretty excited that our herd sire 406m is referenced in the Boyd Breeders Cup sale. Check out some awesome heifers from McDonald Farms that are bred to him and sell September 5th!

We have some great calves out of him in his first calf crop. Come to the farm and check them out!

Calving ease✅
Maternal✅
Structure✅
Pigment✅
Muscle✅

07/15/2026

These pictures might not look all that interesting but to us it’s a lot of time, patience, and determination paying off.

We finally finished our 11 additional grazing paddocks for the cows, so we have been rotating pastures every 3-5 days to maximize grass intake, quality and regrowth. It’s fun to see the before cows are put on pictures (second pic), after they have been on (both pics) and the regrowth (first pic) after only a few days. We are utilizing the grass, fertilizing with the cows and repeating the cycle. We hope to let the pastures rest for 60 days before cows go back on them.

07/04/2026

Happy 250th Birthday America! Blessed that we are able to do what we love and that the cows love the grass on this land! 🇺🇸

06/15/2026

They were happy to move to a new pasture. We are averaging 4-5 days per pasture before we rotate. We plan on turning them back into each pasture a second time after a a 60 day rest period.

05/23/2026

What a wonderfully hectic May it has been! We have been busy planting our hay, soybeans and corn crops which are all in the ground and looking good! We were able to do some custom work raking rye for a fellow farmer.

We welcomed another heifer calf LPH MORNING GLORY to the herd, we are down to one cow yet to have a calf.

We are blessed every spring to see the beauty of nature and always see a wide variety of moths around the house.

As planting is done we now shift our gears to hay harvest and constantly watching and worrying about the weather. 🤪

05/20/2026

Cows and calves are happy to finally be on pasture!