R Farm

05/04/2024

03/13/2024

Several of our AJSC breeders are hosting barn openings and having sales in the next few weeks. Be sure to check them out.

Back 40 Club Lambs, Bacon Cattle and Sheep, Lyn Cotter, Dobbs Show Lambs, Harlow Club Lambs, Kirk Farm Club Lambs, Massey Club Lambs, Pin Oak Club Lambs, R Farm, Taylor Show Lambs & Hair Sheep, Department Of Animal Science - UA, Wright's Farm Show Lambs, Yancey Ranch

01/01/2024

Happy New Year 2024

12/25/2023

🎄Merry Christmas from R Farm to yours!🎄

08/28/2023

Monday Motivation‼️

📷💥: Lindsay Hanewich Photography

08/15/2023

🍂🍁Feels like breeding season 🍂🍁

08/12/2023

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I want to recognize and give special thanks to the 2023 Carroll County Fair Showmanship Belt Buckle sponsors for the livestock exhibitors.
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Thank you all past and present for supporting these belt buckles since 2014!

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08/09/2023

The new article published in the Arkansas Extension Small Ruminant Blog explores the benefits and challenges of adding small ruminants to a beef cattle operation. The results can be fabulous if you manage well.
https://www.uaex.uada.edu/farm-ranch/animals-forages/sheep-goats/small-ruminants-blog/posts/increase-cattle-operation-profitability.aspx

07/27/2023

Calling all future industry faces!!! Sullivan Supply is excited to announce a photo/video contest celebrating all first-time showmen. We will be giving away Sullivan Supply Starter Kits to 10 lucky first-timers.

Comment below with a photo or video of your first-time showman at their first show, along with the exhibitor name, state, and animal name. Each image earns ONE entry into the contest. Videos will earn FIVE entries.

Winners to be selected on August 6th!

*DO NOT click any link, your comment is your entry**

07/24/2023

07/06/2023

Battle for the Battle for the Banner Jackpot Show is adding new species in 2023. Later this month we will host hog show on Friday July 21st and Goat/Sheep Show on Saturday July 22nd. All shows will start with showmanship then 1 ring market show
Followed by 1 ring breeding female show.

Chris Hall will be judging our hog show.
Mattie Haynes will be judging our goat/sheep show.

07/04/2023

💪 A Few Reminders for the County Fair 💪
📣 Feel Free To Share 📣

For many of us we are counting down the days till COUNTY FAIR! Even our sweet Amyx Grace knows the importance of practice, practice, and more practice! After dance lessons or t-ball practice she still gets her walk in with her calf. So, let’s talk about the county fair! - Love, Chastin

1.) WORK HARD! Are you putting in the time and work it takes to be successful? Banners are won at home. If not START NOW! We believe in you ❤️!

2.) MAKE IT POSTIVE and FUN! Remember, the county fair is WHAT YOU MAKE IT! If you’re negative, it’ll be negative! If you get caught up in the drama, it’ll be drama. BUT…. If you spread love, encouragement, and camaraderie it will spread as well!

3.) BE THE CHANGE! Grab a few board games, plan a kickball tournament, or bag toss and create friendships with the exhibitors around you!

4.) ALL THE WATER BALLOONS! It’s not too late to go to the fair leadership and ask for a 30 minute water fight at the wash racks! This is a great way to build friendships and focus on the fun. You may just create a tradition that lasts forever.

4.) FRESH WATER! Fairs are long and stressful. Keep water buckets freshened every 3-4 hours. Watch your animals eyes and ears closely, if they don’t feel good - you can tell!

5.) HERDSMANSHIP MATTERS! Decorate your pens, keep them fresh and clean. You never know whose watching! Pickup trash throughout the barns and lend help to others!

6.) ADVOCATE! Be kind to the city folk sightseers! Remember, you ARE THE ADVOCATE regardless of your age! Take the opportunity to answer their questions about your animals! You may be the reason they join 4-H or FFA! Or maybe they are anti-AG and you show them how much you care about your project!

6.) FRESH AIR. Take your animals out of the barns on a walk at daylight and after dark to keep them fresh and healthy. Those barns get dusty, get them outside and get them some fresh air! We recommend 15 minutes morning and night.

7.) DRESS FOR SUCCESS. Get those jeans starched and your shirt ironed! You have worked too hard to not look the part 😉! Don’t forget to fix your hair!

8.) FANS, SNACKS & RADIOS! Don’t forget the fans! Your animals need them. Also, a fan for you at your stalls never hurts 😉! Playing fun music at your stalls and a few snacks will foster friendships.

9.) LOSING. Sometimes no matter how hard we work, we lose. That’s life. Don’t blame the judge or talk negatively about the winners. Instead, congratulate the winners and go formulate a plan to regroup and grow.

10.) WINNING. Of course winning is ALWAYS the GOAL! However, be humble, kind, and considerate of others. Consider every success a blessing and pay it forward.

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06/30/2023

Lots of deadlines this week.

Junior board letters and essays are due to me via email tomorrow, June 30. Breeding sheep officer applications are also due June 30.

State Fair DNA kits for market lambs and commercial ewes must be ordered by tomorrow if you'd like them to come in the mail.

AYE validation opens July 1-15.

State Fair and AYE validation DNA are due July 15.