Valley View Farm

Mr .Phillips tour was my favorite tour of the entire e-term. He knew more about what he was talking about than anyone we met. He is able to work a full time job, be sustainable on his farm, and have a pasture that is so thick you can barely walk through them. He allows 3 acres per cow/calf pair. He doesn't want to be sustainable, he want to be better to sustainable. He has won several forage awards. Instead of trying to increase his herd he has been decreasing his herd to a sustainable number to allow the cows to not need feed through the winter.

He does not sell any hay off of his farm, he keeps all of his forages on his farm for his cows. Rolling out hay is better than keeping it in a feeder because the hay can help reseed the pasture. He practices strip grazing and rotational grazing. He works all of his cows by himself with his one person operated head chute.

There have been no cows bought in 25 years. Mr. Phillips had his own definitions for higher education degrees. B.S. (Bull Shit), M.S. (more of the same), Ph.D. (piled higher and deeper). He doesn't like a disc hay bine he likes the regular old fashion hay bine. He has a bull that breeds everything and does not use fly tags. This man is a genius!!