The Farm Feed
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August 23, 2026 — Lazy Shepherd’s Pie
I’m experimenting with a lazy day version of our favorite shepherds pie.
(it includes tater tots)
Depending on how it goes, I’ll share it with you here 🙂
August 14, 2026 — Crawford
Today’s Photo Friday is a calendar highlight for our August 2026 Shalom Farms Calendar photo.
August 7, 2026 — The Farm Blog
I’ve been slowly creating some priority posts about why we do the things we do that I frequently share with others but finally realized that I didn’t have a page that holds them all… so I created one!
The Farm Blog is simply a collection of posts that can make people’s life easier.
Whether you are a fellow farmer curious about how or why we do things, a customer looking for more info on raw milk, or anything in between.
Check it out: https://shalomfarms.co/blog
August 4, 2026 — Last calf of the season
Georgia had our last calf of the season; a healthy happy bull calf!
We decided to call him “Bob” (short for Kebob).
Bob was our last baby due for 2026. This baby season lasted from March 14th through August 4th. It was a long season 😅
Photos coming soon.
July 18, 2026 — Cattle Feeder
We finally splurged on an official long horn cattle feeder from Klene Pipe Structures and would recommend them to anyone.
This will come in handy once the cattle are off pasture later this summer/early fall and it will cut down on our winter chores since we can simply place an entire round bale in the feeder rather than weigh out exact daily portions twice a day.
It’s safe to say that we’re excited!
July 15, 2026 — How Farmers Bogg: Egg Edition
Turns out our Bogg Bag is the perfect fit for farm to town delivery logistics.
Every day as we’re packing for work, a few dozen eggs usually need to make the trip from the farm to our workplace for deliveries. Enter the Bogg Bag.
If you’re curious how we use ours around the farm (eggs and beyond), I wrote up the full review last week.
July 12, 2026 — Crafty husband who loves goats
We are blessed to take one day a month for “solitude” at our workplace, so for his this week, Jeff decided to spend some time upcycling an old wooden pallet, adding some legs, and letting the dairy goats have a new toy.
Looks like they sure do love it!
July 9, 2026 — Is it possible to feel both Guilty and Grateful?
If you’re in or around Lincoln you know how roasty it’s been getting these days.
I for one, have never gotten used to the Nebraska humidity since we moved here in 1999. So I’m usually a MESS of sweat, exhaustion, and certain death once it hits about 90° with high humidity.
Thankfully I was blessed with Jeff as a husband who knows I don’t handle the heat well, so on days like this he takes care of the evening outside chores and I stay in to get caught up on some much needed inside chores.
Yes, I do certainly feel guilty but equally as grateful 🥰
July 8, 2026 — Cleaning out the cattle shed
The cattle have been out on pasture since late spring, spending most of their time resting in the grasses or under the trees.
But when summer storms roll in or the crazy heat spikes, they head straight for the shelter of the cattle shed.
This week Jeff used the skid steer to scoop out their pens so they have a clean, dry area for the storms tonight.
A friend of ours loves this stuff for his gardens in Crete, so Jeff moved it all to an unused pen and loaded up Joel’s dump truck when he arrived earlier this evening.
Now the cattle have somewhere safe and dry to be whenever the storms decide to roll in.
July 3, 2026 — Annabelle
June 26, 2026 — Baby Calves
June 21, 2026 — Father’s Day bull calf
Mabel delivered our first bull calf of the season today – right during our Penner Father’s Day lunch!
She had no complications, and he’s a BIG bull calf 🙂
He’s mostly white with some red/brown color on his head.
I think we’re going to call him Taco 🌮
June 20, 2026 — 2 Lambs Sold
We sold our first 2 lambs for the year to our friend Mikaela who also purchased 4 of our baby goats earlier this spring.
We are sad to see them go, but they will have a happy home with a young family and some new goat cousins!
Thanks Mikaela 🥰
Interested in American Blackbelly Lambs? Let us know 👉🏻
June 16, 2026 — Our first calf had her first calf!
Patty Midnight was born on May 4, 2024 and she welcomed her first calf this morning around 9am!
Another heifer! The females are showing up strong this year 🤩
Everyone, say hello to Milkshake!
June 15, 2026 — Hay Week
Jeff is busy this week with hay cutting.
Yesterday, he cut our grass hay fields, today he is cutting our neighbor’s fields, and then raking/baling both.
It’s going great with our new Enrossi Hay Rake (you can see the cows in our pasture)!
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Lorraine Penner
Shepherd of Sheep and Goats