Stebbins Family Farm

Stebbins Family Farm Follow us on our journey of building our little farm from the ground up.

09/04/2026

A marathon of a day with a wonderful reward at the end at the end - a new motor for the milk machine. Also, 10/10 ⭐️ for Mitty Supply customer service. Not only did they let me come pick it up, the troubleshooting team was waiting for me so show me what to look for at home - but, surprise - I brought the broken motor with me. They worked for an hour and a half on it trying to find out what was wrong, turned out - unfixable. That was a bummer, but I already had the new motor. Jastin installed it for us and we couldn’t be happier or more grateful. 18 hours in the car - worth it for happy cows! machine

09/04/2026

Build the herd.. What if we start by protecting the herd first

Grow the herd… Diesel prices ⬆️
Grow the herd…. Interest rates ⬆️
Grow the herd…. Farm inputs ⬆️
Grow the herd…. Rezone & Build ⬆️
Grow the herd…. Marketing for Ag ⬇️
Grow the herd…. Fair markets ⬇️
Grow the herd…. Fair pricing ⬇️
Grow the herd…. The next generation ⬇️

You want to grow the herd but how can we grow our herds without protection. How can the next generation take over if they don’t understand us.

If I had a seat at the usda today I would ask for three immediate American Agriculture action plans.

1. Mandatory 1 week agriculture curriculum in every school. Specifically ages 12-14. They are old enough to understand but young enough to join programs like ffa or intern on a farm for the summer. Every school must take one field trip to a local family farm during this week.
2. Eliminate lab grown food from the United States and eliminate alternative products from adopting agriculture names. No confusion.
It’s not milk… it’s an alternative.
It’s not beef… it’s an alternative
3. Recreate the farm bill. Fair markets & fair pricing don’t happen over night. We as producers should be at every board meeting alongside the packers or processing plants for the food WE are producing. Farmers & Ranchers should be making enough to pay the bills and have the opportunity to make money to sell directly to the public.

PROTECT THE HERD. NO FARMS NO FOOD

09/02/2026

And that’s okay - sort of. I truly believe we should never stop learning, we should always be teachable.

In this case, milk machines. When we bought our first one, we bought the cheapest one we could. It got the job done, we made it work.

When we grew the herd, we also bought his milk machine. It opened our eyes big time to the mistakes made by going cheap.

Now, a lot of milking later, we are waiting for the replacement motor and using that first machine. While grateful it’s getting us through, it’s SO bad.

Lessons learned. We know now. But we didn’t before, and that’s okay - because we learned how to do it better.

09/02/2026

Read it twice. It’s true.

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