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Melson Heritage Farm Small family farm raising and selling grass-fed beef along with pasture raised pork and poultry.

The steers have a hitch hiker.
10/14/2026

The steers have a hitch hiker.

Been a busy weekend seeding small grains. Planting cereal rye that we will combine for grain and use as cover crop see...
10/12/2026

Been a busy weekend seeding small grains. Planting cereal rye that we will combine for grain and use as cover crop seed. We'll run it through a seed cleaner and feed the screenings to pigs. The early July harvest date will give us time to get a forage crop established that we're planning on stockpiling for the growing season and using for swath grazing next winter for the cows to reduce our hay bill.

Planting winter barley for next year's pig feed.
10/10/2026

Planting winter barley for next year's pig feed.

We have 6 huts set up for 4 sows and these two dummies decide to share one with their 20 piglets.
10/10/2026

We have 6 huts set up for 4 sows and these two dummies decide to share one with their 20 piglets.

I usually let my husband do the posting on our FB page. I'm the one who is dropping cute baby animal pictures. I just wa...
10/07/2026

I usually let my husband do the posting on our FB page. I'm the one who is dropping cute baby animal pictures. I just want to be real and transparent for a minute. Farm life isn't easy. When we got into this we knew what we were signing up for. We both grew up with livestock. I know things can look really fun and we both hear how lucky we are to have what we have. Yes I agree we are lucky to have the opportunity to live this life. But what people dont see is all the work involved in this life. We dont get to sit by a bonfire and relax. We burn garbage and watch closely so it doesnt catch the field or pasture on fire. We dont get to star gaze. We get to do chores under the stars. We dont get to play with baby animals all day. We are constantly feeding, watering, moving animals. We are treating sick animals, and when we have done everything we can for the animals we pray we did enough and they heal. We are working when we are sick because animals still have to eat. We try to prevent our own injuries but when working with livestock its a matter of when and how bad you get injured. We have work obligations, family commitments, and friend events we are working around this life. Yes we are sometimes late, usually leave early and on occasions miss completely. Date nights are trips to a farm store and fast food. Vacations are day trips between morning and night chores.Most nights we dont get to bed until midnight and are up at 6:30 going the next day. None of this would have been possible without the support of our family and friends. Even if it was just listening to us complaining. We can never thank you enough. I also want to thank our amazing customers. We wouldnt still be here and growing with out your business. Saying all this is it all worth it? Most days yes. But remember the next time you think about throwing away that 8-5 job and moving to a farm it isn't all sunshine and rainbows. Reality rant over please enjoy a picture of baby Freesia.

Piglets are old and mobile enough they follow mom to the feeder when she goes and eats.
10/06/2026

Piglets are old and mobile enough they follow mom to the feeder when she goes and eats.

Loading up more pigs for this week's locker appointments.
10/05/2026

Loading up more pigs for this week's locker appointments.

Farrowing area. No drone of pit and ventilation fans, no furnace blasting, no light from heat lamps. It's dark, it'...
10/04/2026

Farrowing area. No drone of pit and ventilation fans, no furnace blasting, no light from heat lamps. It's dark, it's quiet, it's still. Just the sound of sows grunting and piglets nursing through the night.

We have a possibility of frost tonight here, we use sudangrass which the is lowest risk for prussic acid of all the plan...
10/02/2026

We have a possibility of frost tonight here, we use sudangrass which the is lowest risk for prussic acid of all the plants in the sorghum family but we try not to push our luck and don't have cattle grazing it this time of year anyways and will likely stay off until after it's froze off by a killing freeze and is safe to graze again. Picture is from my Morrison feeds and feeding manual from 1902, they didn't understand what prussic acid is or what caused it but some poor guys found out the hard way that it exists. Most lessons in farming are learned the hard expensive way and I'm thankful most of them have been learned by someone before me so I can avoid it.

Sows are farrowing which means it's time to switch them to a lactation mix and offer it free choice, this is where full ...
10/01/2026

Sows are farrowing which means it's time to switch them to a lactation mix and offer it free choice, this is where full fat extruded soybeans are a huge bonus over expelled soybean meal. Since we only farrow twice a year we don't wean until piglets are 9 weeks of age which means with a decent size litter the sow will wean more than her own weight in piglets, it takes a lot of energy to do that and full fat soybeans provide it for her very well. When we used to purchase commercial soybean meal we also had to purchase corn oil to add to the feed for extra energy in the lactation ration, we no longer have to do that.

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Trimont, MN
56176

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