Rice Farms

Merry Christmas from our family to yours. We had two new Christmas babies this morning.

Harvest is finished for this year! The guys finished up the last few patches of beans Wednesday. They are doing some dirt work especially on some terraces. One of the farms got a huge downpour early in the summer and the water cut through the middle of the terraces. School is virtual for all of the grandkids. I think the Mommas are ready for kids to be back in school seats! I taught elementary school for many years and it is so much easier for most to children to learn in a ...consistent environment. They do like routine. Much of our family is being very cautious about social distancing. That means Thanksgiving is going to be quite different this year. About 15 will be missing. However we are fixing the usual dinner and making plates to share. We will still have our kids and grandkids. Rice Farms wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving! Stay well and even with the different gatherings count your blessings! See more

Boyce loved checking on Grandpa’s cows Noah Babcock

Showing some love to these mamas for Valentine’s Day.

A new metal post was put in for a gate this morning and the cows seemed pretty interested when they guys used the torch to cut holes for the hinges. I suspect the cows were more interested in seeing the gate down! Interest faded quickly and there were some defeated looks as the gate went back up and they all went back on their merry way.

Today we had the pleasure of sharing farm life with some East Coast family of a dear friend. These young boys are probably the only students in their class to push a manure pile with a tractor, check cows, sit on a donkey, and jump on hay bales over Christmas break. We finished off the afternoon with a marshmallow roast and they took home prizes of a cow horn and ears of corn. Our girls were excited to hear about what their life was like in the city. Let’s learn more about our neighbors near and far in 2020!