What did you do over the holiday weekend? Cookout? Swimming at the lake? Sitting in a pig barn in Kentucky? Oh, wait. That last one was me. While springtime is for auctions and piglets, summertime on our Farmersville farm means traveling to state fairs and national pig shows. We just returned from the National Swine… (continue…)

Laaaa, la, la, la, la laaaaaaaa. It’s springtime on our Farmersville farm and this fair-weather farmer’s wife has come out of hibernation to start enjoying the sites, sounds and, yes, smells of rural life. Sound like animals grunting, metal clanging, water dripping, babies squealing… and after my husband quiets down after getting  the patio furniture out of… (continue…)

Hello, I’m Holly Michael -  farm wife, mother, blogger , DMM crazy headline writer and communications professional who has worked at some of Dayton’s largest companies. I straddle the sometimes equally stinky worlds of agriculture and corporate life, so you don’t have to. As you might have imagined, the Montgomery County Fair is an important… (continue…)

Hello, I’m Holly Michael -  farm wife, mother, blogger , DMM crazy headline writer and communications professional who has worked at some of Dayton’s largest companies. I straddle the sometimes equally stinky worlds of agriculture and corporate life, so you don’t have to. Much to the chagrin of some of you, especially the guy who… (continue…)

Hello, I’m Holly Michael -  farm wife, mother, blogger , DMM crazy headline writer and communications professional who has worked at some of Dayton’s largest companies. I straddle the sometimes equally stinky worlds of agriculture and corporate life, so you don’t have to It’s absolutely incredible but the farmer I married, a man who can… (continue…)

Hello, I’m Holly Michael -  farm wife, mother, blogger , DMM crazy headline writer and communications professional who has worked at some of Dayton’s largest companies. I straddle the sometimes equally stinky worlds of agriculture and corporate life, so you don’t have to. Farming is hard work and most people understand this. But farming is… (continue…)

Agricultural Terminology 101 Hello, I’m Holly Michael – farm wife, mother, blogger , DMM crazy headline writer and communications professional who has worked at some of Dayton’s largest companies. I straddle the sometimes equally stinky worlds of agriculture and corporate life, so you don’t have to. Every industry has its own lingo. Let me take… (continue…)

Answers to your most pressing agricultural questions from a real Dayton area farm wife Hello, I’m Holly Michael -  farm wife, mother, blogger and communications professional who has worked at some of Dayton’s largest companies. I straddle the sometimes equally stinky worlds of agriculture and corporate life, so you don’t have to. So how did… (continue…)