{"id":40,"date":"2018-07-26T11:54:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T15:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2019-cfolgerhawks\/?p=40"},"modified":"2018-07-26T11:54:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T15:54:10","slug":"haynes-farm-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2019-cfolgerhawks\/2018\/07\/26\/haynes-farm-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Haynes Farm Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, July 9, 2018 I had the opportunity to spend the day with Hannah Haynes Johnson, owner and operator of Haynes Farm in Dobson, NC.\u00a0 Hannah has a Masters Degree in Animal Science from NC State and after her father passed away, she moved back home to take care of the family farm.\u00a0 The farm has around 200 acres and grows a variety of produce including tomatoes (varieties roma, pink girls, cherokee purple), spaghetti squash, butternut squash, beans, brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes, beets, zucchini, kale, lettuce, arugula, cucumbers, yellow squash, corn, and herbs such as sage, cilantro, oregano, basil, and dill.\u00a0 She sells the produce at The Dobson and Mount Airy Farmers Market and to local vineyard restaurants.<\/p>\n

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Hannah showed me that this tomato has Blossom End Rot which is a calcium deficiency.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This is the end of the season for broccoli.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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One plant produces a good deal of brussel sprouts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hannah and I picked these cucumbers and then she washed them to prepare for the farmer’s market.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Squash and Zucchini was picked early in the morning to avoid the heat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Along with produce, Hannah has about 60 head of cattle and show cattle.\u00a0 She breaks show cows and sells them which is a good source of farm income.\u00a0 It takes her about 2 weeks working with the cow everyday to break it which includes washing the cow, clipping her and she uses positive reinforcement working with cows. She used one of the chicken houses to build a show cattle equipment barn and it was very impressive all of the work involved in this.<\/p>\n

Hannah also operates a large rooster house for Perdue.\u00a0 The roosters come to her from Perdue when they are around 20-21 weeks old and stay for 6-7 weeks.\u00a0 Perdue then picks them up and places them at different hen farms to spike production.\u00a0 A representative from Perdue comes and draws blood 2 times and takes a swallow test to check for any diseases.<\/p>\n

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Hannah shows me how she used positive reinforcement to teach the cows to be led around.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hannah starts her day at 6:30 am by feeding chickens, picking produce, checking on the cows, and doing all of the many jobs that comes with a farm.\u00a0 She is also the Vice Chairperson for the Young Farmers & Ranchers Board of Farm Bureau.\u00a0 She has one employee that worked for her father and has continued to help her.\u00a0 Although managing the farm is new to Hannah, she has a passion to succeed.\u00a0 I was very impressed with her willingness to learn new things and her positive attitude!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, July 9, 2018 I had the opportunity to spend the day with Hannah Haynes Johnson, owner and operator of Haynes Farm in Dobson, NC.\u00a0 Hannah has a Masters Degree in Animal Science from NC State and after her father passed away, she moved back home to take care of the family farm.\u00a0 The … Continue reading Haynes Farm Visit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":552,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2019-cfolgerhawks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2019-cfolgerhawks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2019-cfolgerhawks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2019-cfolgerhawks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2019-cfolgerhawks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2019-cfolgerhawks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2019-cfolgerhawks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2019-cfolgerhawks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2019-cfolgerhawks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2019-cfolgerhawks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}