We are in the business to sell registered Angus and registered SimAngus cattle.
We also produce high quality hay, which we sell to our horse clientele and we have freezer beef and pork available on an annual basis.
Operating as usual
I woke up Christmas Eve to 6 degrees and negative wind chill of who knows what.
It was 5:30 AM and I walked into the living room to find some drunk on my couch.
My daughter brought him home from a late night out because he said he wanted to feed some cows.
If you’re gonna hoot with the owls…you gotta crow with the roosters! Play hard, work hard!
Yes…he is a friend of the family. May you all have family friends as nice as this! Merry Christmas to all!!
Nice to have help this morning feeding. Rebecca and Kayla (daughter #2) were visiting this weekend and got put to work!
We enjoyed our friends today from The Warrenton Hunt, we all had a good time!
Happy Black Friday!!!
Give your family the gift that keeps on giving year-round! Now taking deposits for sides of beef to be harvested in the spring…farm fresh SHAF Beef!
Shout out to our loyal customer Houston Sanford for some these shots.
On November 11, Jennifer delivered letters to Harvey written by her class thanking him for his military service.
Today he went to speak to her class. He thanked her students for their letters and spoke about his 50 missions he flew on his B17.
I am very proud of my Dad!
Bulls, Bulls, Bulls….sons of Growth Fund, Sure Fire, Acclaim, and Cowboy Cut available off the farm. We also have 6 Angus Bulls consigned to the Culpeper Bull Sale December 10th. Breeding season is on us…who needs a good un?
I planted a food plot for the deer and I’ll be damned if I didn’t catch someone stealing turnips out of it! Poor deer!!
Hay equipment going to Winter storage. Square bales SOLD OUT! Thanks to all our customers…see you next year!!
We made it through the weekend in good shape with not quite 2 inches of much needed steady rain-had five new babies which included a set of twins…So 4 cows gave us 5 calves! All babies and mothers are doing great!!
Ian, Ian, Ian…Who knows the impact of a good strong low pressure on full term pregnant cows?
Yep, it has the ability to make them calve a few days early.
We are watching a group closely, so we set up our barnyard calving pen. With 4-6 inches of rain forecasted, this will give them the opportunity to calve under roof in a driving rain. Cow comfort at its finest!!
We will update you next week on the babies born during the blow…
I may have jumped the gun…I know it’s not even October, but the firewood is on the front porch! Looking forward to those cool nights, frost on the pumpkins, and the fireplace aglow!!
Out of the blue, I was contacted by a professor at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. She brought a group of students for a farm tour and to learn about the operations at SHAF.
They had no idea the ties I had to their college….My Uncle Lawrence, mom’s brother, attended there two years in the late 1940’s after serving in WWII. More recently, first cousin Linda’s grandson, Wes Mosteller graduated from there in 2020. Additionally, cousin Kieth went there for a year. Oh my, you should have seen their faces when I started rattling that off! Great visit!!
Oh my! Temperatures are starting to cool down, hay is all stored, equipment washed and put away, and calving season is half over with 30 babies on the ground! My time of year!! AND the Hokies have a two game winning streak…we shall see what they can do tomorrow night!!!
So the storm damage cleanup from June 22 continues! But at least we are getting value back…who needs some red oak fencing boards??
With summer almost over, I feel like a squirrel stocking up for winter!
Today SHAF hosted the Virginia Agriculture Teachers Conference as one of their tour stops. We talked about Beef and Hay production, took a tour of the farm, and talked about some of the great experiences I had as an Agricultural teacher….Good memories!!
Best in show at the Fauquier County Fair! Not our first time, by the way!! Who needs some?
Come see us at the Fair! Fauquier Co Fair
On June 22, 2022, we experienced a wind storm like no other. This morning, July 9, 2022, we arose to flooded fields, with water over top our fences…that is what nearly 5 inches of rain in a short period will do! Back to repairing fence!!
Happy Fourth!!
Thanks to my buddy Doug who took me up in his airplane yesterday.
It was a nice break from SHAF Operation Clean Up. It was nice to see things back in order—thanks to Randy Bills, Kenny Palmer, Bryan Scallon, Wes Woodruff, Hunter, Jennifer and Miriam who volunteered and my work crew who stuck with me every day-Gilbert, Zac, and Nick.
There is a wide swath of down and snapped trees through our woods showing it could have been a lot worse.
Day 4 of clean up commences at 8 AM.
After 52 hours without power, those Dominion boys finally got us up and running last night!
The storm blew through Wednesday at 5 PM and we went to work immediately. We cleared a path from the house to the barn, and started repairing cattle fences until dark.
We got back after it at 6 AM Thursday before any cows wanted to roam, making sure all cattle were secure was the top priority.
It was still raining on Thursday morning but we were able to do a little bit of tree cleanup Thursday afternoon knowing we would have a hefty insurance claim, some of the trees could not be cleared until those conversations were settled.
Friday we were able to make significant progress, with beautiful weather on our side.
Today we hope to have six massive trees cleaned up out of the field prior to beer drinking time on a Saturday afternoon with our family and friends!
SHAF took a hit from yesterday’s storm that the National Weather Service said produced 80.5 mph winds.
Barn 2 took a 40” oak through it’s roof and is resting on our Discbine, tractor, and a hay wagon full of hay. Another oak crushed two wagons and damaged our stock trailer. 30 other trees just mainly hit the ground…well, 6 trees took out cattle fencing, which we’ve been repairing all morning.
In the mist of all this we were able to help our neighbors who also had damage, but no chainsaw.
Please take time to count your blessings, check in on your neighbors and the elderly still without power.
And now we wait, we are in a holding pattern waiting on the insurance adjuster!
Here are the first graduates of the SHAF personal training fitness class! They passed but I had to pay them to take it…
New venture for 2022!
I am tapping into the Personal Trainer world.
I will be facilitating fitness classes starting this Sunday and Monday.
We will start in the great outdoors with weight lifting in the form of 45 pound packages of great square bales.
These classes are offered FREE OF CHARGE!
Please sign up below, Who’s in!?!?
9 Fall bred Angus cows FOR SALE.
3-6 years old. Pregnancy checked and due in October. Bred for SimAngus calves. $16,500. Soldiers’ Hill Angus Farm, Warrenton, VA 540-326-2222
Hay season is in full swing! With diesel fuel at $5.50 a gallon and fertilizer more than double in price from a year ago, do you think my horse hay clientele will expect the same prices as last year?
Fun at SHAF! Not every Spring Game is in Blacksburg…GOBBLE GOBBLE!! 🦃
Spring has sprung, the change of seasons has brought many new little ones to the farm!
Spring beef processing season is here! We have 300 pounds of SHAF lean ground beef in our walk in freezer. Package in 1 pound and 2 pound packages priced at $6.50 per pound. Who needs some?
My friend, Ben Smith and I were interviewed by Al Jazeera English (one of the world’s largest networks). It aired worldwide yesterday. Have a look and hug a farmer when you see one….
We enjoyed the Warrenton Hunt Point to Point earlier this month! We had a great time! We were honored for the opportunity to sponsor a race and have an ad in the catalog. Who knows my beautiful cousin Clydetta?
We are excited for the Warrenton Hunt Point to Point this weekend—we hope to see you there!
Race Sponsor Spotlight!
Thank you Soldiers’ Hill Angus Farm for being a race sponsor and the continued support of The Warrenton Hunt.
Soldiers’ Hill sells breeding stock, freezer beef and pork and high quality hay.
Visit their website at soldiershillangusfarm.com and like them on Facebook!
Soldiers' Hill Angus Farm
It’s Spring Break and Sarge is on his first college visit! Decision pending but he is getting a lot of pressure from Dad on which school to attend!!
FFA Friday Feature: Look who came to visit!
SHAF hosted the Fauquier High FFA chapter for a field trip during National FFA week. They learned about Beef and Hay production and marketing. Took a hayride to the feeding pad and baby calf nursery field! They also all went home with a one pound sample of SHAF ground beef! What a day!!
This calf is going to be special…born at 2:22 a.m. on Tuesday 2/22/22!
Update: Thanks for all the name suggestions!
The top three suggestions we love are SHAF Tyr XXII (Mimi Light), SHAF Two Timin’ (Kayla Harrover), and SHAF Deuces Wild (Donna Lumsden). PM your address and shirt size…you have a t-shirt coming your way!
He’s a nice bull calf sired by Intervene out of our all time high grossing female, SHAF Miss Skymere 631. Another one of those blaze faced SimAngus calves out of a purebred Angus cow!
Who needs some gently used hay equipment? It’s for sale! If you are in the market, call me 540-326-2222
New Holland HT 152 hay rake
Frontier TD 1316–SOLD!
Good morning all! Below is a link to a video of Harvey produced by the Friends of the National WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. It’s 14 minutes long so I understand if you don’t have time, but some will find it very interesting. Proud of my Father!
https://vimeo.com/660995537
This is "Harvey Lee Pearson" by Friends of World War II Memorial on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
The morning after and everyone is content with full bellies of High Quality Hay!!
Happy to have a Hay delivery partner. I just need to teach him how to unload bales! We still have square bales of horse quality available, call us at 540-326-2222!!
It’s a snow day at SHAF and that means the animals get taken care of first! Happy New Year everyone!
8459 March Wales Road
Warrenton, VA
20186
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With summer almost over, I feel like a squirrel stocking up for winter!
My friend, Ben Smith and I were interviewed by Al Jazeera English (one of the world’s largest networks). It aired worldwide yesterday. Have a look and hug a farmer when you see one….
Cows-N-Corn at Maple Tree Farm
Maple Tree Lane