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A Good Balance
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By Eileen J. Manella
Erin Thompson and her family have a busy farm life, as well as other business ventures Erin Thompson and her husband, Toby, of Mountain Grove, Mo., assessed their roles as parents to three children. They agreed that even though they had ventured away from their own childhoods, from farming into the business world, they couldn’t think of a better way to instill values in their children than teaching them to raise animals on a farm. “The main reason we got back into cattle was for our kids. We wanted them to be able to have the same experiences that we grew up with, have that same opportunity to learn,” Erin said.
CATTLE HANDLING & FEED EQUIPMENT
“My Grandma, Virginia Housley, she’s who I milked with and she taught me how to be around cattle, how to work with them, how to have patience and understand them and pay attention to their needs,” said Erin. “This winter, I was the one who went and fed them everyday, so when we went to work them up, my husband said ‘you’re going to have them up with your sweet voice.’” When Erin and Toby were first married, they lived in town, then bought a house outside of Mountain Grove. They only had a few goats to start as they were busy. They had three children and were running multiple businesses.
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417-725-3512 1-800-648-7379 Corner of Hwy. 160 & 14 • Nixa, Missouri • nixahardware.com Wt. Lbs.
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SORGHUMS
50 HYB. FORAGE SORGHUM, GW-400 BMR 1.64 50 FORAGE SORGHUM BRACHYTIC, BMR 1.94 “Little Giant”
50 BMR BRACHYTIC SORGHUM/SUDAN 1.38 50 MILO - GRAIN SORGHUM 2.26 1.96 Photo by Eileen J. Manella
“I grew up on a dairy farm with Holsteins,” “Toby bought us a couple horses for she said of her early years in Norwood. She Christmas and surprised us,” Erin said of milked the cows and raised bottle calves. getting the family started with animals when Toby’s family runs the Wright County Live- they moved to their present farm. stock Auction in Mountain Grove. Little by little they acquired more land, “He grew up with his dad, Skip 240 acres of which they currently farm, Thompson, raising cows and raising 76 head of cattle, chickens, having the sale barn, so we both turkeys, sheep, goats, hogs, zebu and just decided that we wanted our they also grow hay. The primary kids to have that opportunity too. breed the Thompsons raise is AnWe just feel like it teaches them a lot Mountain gus, which they chose for havof life lessons: responsibility, cycle of Grove, Mo. ing the best market value. life and how to care for an animal,” — Continued on Page 13 Erin said. JULY 4, 2022
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50 HYBRID “BMR” SUDAN
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50 HYBRID PEARL MILLET 1.54 50 GERMAN MILLET, Strain R, Horse & Cattle 0.92
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Nixa Hardware Company warrants to the extent of the purchase price that seeds sold are as described on the container within recognized tolerances. Seller gives no other or further warranty expressed or implied. Prices/Germination subject to change without notice. We reserve the right to limit quantities.
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