tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:25:11 +0000http://www.jakoinc.com/ffw.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)Blogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-3965223501359933619Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:25:00 +00002008-08-16T22:25:11.429-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Beeves keeps growing We have several more beeves that are nearing the finishing stage.  We have a few sides available for sale this fall but let us know soon if you are interested.  When these are butchered we will not have any more sides available until next spring.  We will continue to have cuts of beef available in the sales room all winter. Stew chickensWe butchered some http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/08/farm-fresh-weekly-17-august-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-3830009270945159048Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:41:00 +00002008-08-10T04:41:53.437-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Is there interest out there for vegetables? We have been thinking about trying a CSA (customer supported agriculture) next summer to grow vegetables.  Here is how most CSA's work: The customer pays a set fee up front (to help the farmer purchase his needed inputs) and in return, receives a bag of vegetables every week during the growing season.  There are rewards and risks http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/08/farm-fresh-weekly-10-august-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-5025549201381806347Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:53:00 +00002008-08-04T17:53:53.269-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Health Dept. update Last week I sent out a notice about our being scrutinized by the local "health" department.  Many of you have ask since then what is happening.  Well I had ask the lady that called to fill out a "Public Servants Questionnaire" before I could answer her questions.  Also the lady whose son got sick called the health department the next day to relay the fact http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/08/farm-fresh-weekly-04-august-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-4785543306510638466Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:34:00 +00002008-07-27T17:34:33.230-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Kefir This week I made a batch of kefir just like I always do only this time it turned out all together different.  This batch has a thick curd at the top and whey on the bottom.  When stirred up it tastes and acts like other batches.  We incubate kefir at room temperature so I do not know if it being considerably warmer this week made the difference or not.  Anyway take some http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/07/farm-fresh-weekly-27-july-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-8166178470146882539Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:38:00 +00002008-07-22T11:40:31.009-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Frozen milk Our intent this year was to freeze all the milk in half gallon containers to expedite the freezing process.  To facilitate this we built some racks with fans on them to help us freeze milk (and chicken pieces) faster.  What we discovered was that these racks sped up the freezing enough that we could also freeze gallons.  So we are again carrying frozen milk in http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/07/farm-fresh-weekly-20-july-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-6128020736814824809Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:40:00 +00002008-07-13T16:40:11.432-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Last chicken butchering Our broilers are growing faster than expected, so we have moved our last chicken butchering up to tomorrow, July 14, instead of a week later.  Let us know if you want fresh chicken. Chicken feedFor those of you who purchase broiler chicken feed from us:  We will not be making any more this year (since we are done raising broilers) unless someone orders http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/07/farm-fresh-weekly-13-july-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-7791724872068116570Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:36:00 +00002008-07-06T15:36:34.341-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Greetings, we are home. We had a great time in Grand Lake, Colorado where Judy's sister had rented cabins for our family reunion.  Even though the mountains were beautiful, the pine beetle has killed most of the pine trees in that area, making the mountainsides brown instead of green.  A park ranger told us that it was all part of the natural cycle. New beef product-- "http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/07/farm-fresh-weekly-06-july-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-1473035964094306898Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:18:00 +00002008-06-29T05:19:19.441-05:00 Farm Fresh Weekly Frozen milk almost gone We are almost out of frozen milk from last season.  From now on, we will only freeze milk in half gallons because it freezes faster and makes a better product.  Frozen half gallons will sell for $3.50 each. How price increases affect our farm At the bottom of this email is an article from a good friend and fellow producer in New York state.  She http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/06/farm-fresh-weekly-29-june-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-5245018937388375778Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:37:00 +00002008-06-22T16:38:04.032-05:00 Farm Fresh Weekly Egg problem solved... This week, we began cracking a large quantity of eggs to fill a custom order and found several rotten eggs.  We were quite surprised, and began problem solving to figure out why, among many perfectly good eggs, there could be some rotten ones from the exact same date.  After much research, we think we've figured it out.  Therefore, we will be making http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/06/farm-fresh-weekly-22-june-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-4324392588902322811Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:07:00 +00002008-06-15T02:07:16.955-05:00 Farm Fresh Weekly Oops... Yesterday morning I was writing this and hit the wrong key and accidentally set out the pre-edited form.  Now you know some of my faults.  Here is the corrected version. Trouble sending last week's Farm Fresh Weekly We had trouble sending last week's email.  If you failed to receive it you can either let us know and we will send you a copy or go to http://http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/06/farm-fresh-weekly-15-june-2008_15.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-8842567574967215100Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:15:00 +00002008-06-14T08:17:22.393-05:00 Farm Fresh Weekly Last weeks Farm Fresh Weekly We had trouble sending last weeks email.  If you failed to receive it you can either let us know and we will send you a copy or go to http://www.jakoinc.com/ffw.shtml to view it. Lambs going to the butcherWe have schedualed 10 lambs to go the the butcher on July 15.  Let us know soon if you would like a side or whole lamb. Chicken butchering http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/06/farm-fresh-weekly-15-june-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-5906592444149626893Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:53:00 +00002008-06-08T15:53:10.909-05:00 Farm Fresh Weekly Kefir culturingWhen we make kefir we let it incubate for 2 days at room temperature before chilling.  If you like more zing to it let it set out at room temp and continue to ferment until the taste is to your liking.  Since we are still experimenting with it we value your comments. Economic thoughtsWe have customers telling us that finances are getting tight.  For some http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/06/farm-fresh-weekly-08-june-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-7082515794142882670Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:33:00 +00002008-06-01T04:36:37.577-05:00 Farm Fresh Weekly Thanks for a great customer party!Thank you to everyone who participated in Monday's Customer Appreciation Party.  We enjoyed learning to know many of you better and sharing our farm with you.  A special thanks to Linda Dietz, Jan Reckers, and Meghan Baldwin for leading workshops.  We've heard many positive comments from the day, and we're glad you could participate! http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/06/farm-fresh-weekly-1-june-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-522970816135169212Sun, 25 May 2008 09:40:00 +00002008-05-25T04:40:57.920-05:00 Farm Fresh Weekly CongratulationsThis past week, our daughter Kendra and Mark Horst announced their engagement.  Mark is from Somerset, PA and will be moving to Kansas later this summer.  He is currently looking for a job in the Hesston area where Kendra continues her work as Resident Director for the girls dorm at Hesston College.  A December wedding is planned. Tomorrow is the big day!We arehttp://www.jakoinc.com/2008/05/farm-fresh-weekly-25-may-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-372330526607040879Sun, 18 May 2008 20:18:00 +00002008-05-18T15:18:00.261-05:00 Farm Fresh Weekly Chicken butchering this weekMonday we will butcher chickens.  Grain prices have gone up so we will have to take our selling price up to keep from losing money.  Whole fryers will be $3.00/lb., legs and thighs $5.00/lb and boneless skinless breast $13.00/lb.  We still have some whole fryers from last year that we will sell for the old price of $2.50/lb.   Thanks for your http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/05/farm-fresh-weekly-18-may-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-419374217728203665Wed, 14 May 2008 15:27:00 +00002008-05-14T10:30:49.984-05:00 Farm Fresh Weekly When I wrote the following I was optomisticOur internet service has been down for several weeks now so the rest of this was written on May 5.  Hopefully all is back and working again.  A big thank you to David and Daniel for spending so much time on it. CongratulationsSon David and his girlfriend Haly Williamson announced their engagement last week.  David called us while wehttp://www.jakoinc.com/2008/05/farm-fresh-weekly-14-may-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-6534254455134321843Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:53:00 +00002008-04-27T21:53:37.668-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Fresh yogurt-- new! Last winter we made a new incubator for our yogurt operation.  Our goal was to have more uniform heat distribution, resulting in a thicker, more yogurt-like consistency.  From the first batch of plain yogurt, we determined that our attempt was a success!  We now have new and improved plain and vanilla yogurt available.  We still have number of quarts of http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/04/farm-fresh-weekly-27-april-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-667406974673607787Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:01:00 +00002008-04-20T22:00:04.294-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Spring arrived this week This week we were privileged to experience spring.  One day Daniel and I worked on the church roof, one day we moved chickens out to pasture, one day we worked in the rain and one day we just held on.  Wow, what a wind.  Our lives are always adventurous. Buying club delivery-- is Derby susatinable? Since last July, Derby has been a regular stop on ourhttp://www.jakoinc.com/2008/04/farm-fresh-weekly-20-april-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-1547692275756271993Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:35:00 +00002008-04-12T21:38:59.096-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Fresh yogurt available This week sometime we should have fresh yogurt available.  It again will be in the top of the cheese refrigerator.  We will also have fresh cream in the milk fridge. Lambs come this week We are again purchasing feeder lambs from a producer friend in Oklahoma.  We also plan on getting a small flock of ewes that are ready to lamb so that we can birth our http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/04/farm-fresh-weekly-13-april-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-3476420219561341313Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:12:00 +00002008-04-06T12:12:06.353-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Fresh milk available This past week we started milking so we now have fresh milk available.  Remember that early spring milk has lots of flavor, so if you want to sample it before you buy, open a jug and taste it.  There are cups available in the fridge with the milk.  Fresh milk is available in gallon and 1/2 gallon jugs and will be monitoring sales to see which you prefer.  http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/04/farm-fresh-weekly-06-april-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-7505968507407791130Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:20:00 +00002008-03-30T20:20:36.897-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Chicks and baby calves are arriving! Last week we got our first batch of broiler chicks.  They are lively and doing fine.  What a nice addition to the spring season to complement the greening grass and early flowers.  We also had several baby calves born, so will start milking shortly. Wanted:  Pet groomer If any of you are pet groomers and would like to trade services, Duke http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/03/farm-fresh-weekly-30-march-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-7303022799882573085Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:09:00 +00002008-03-30T13:09:47.384-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly The date is set for our spring party! May 26, Memorial Day, will be our spring customer appreciation party.  David will have graduated from college and will be home by then, so we will have the whole crew back together.  Put the date on your calender and plan to attend.  More details later. Beef going fast We have had lots of interest in beef by the side, and many of you have http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/03/farm-fresh-weekly-23-march-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-5973589028231609825Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:08:00 +00002008-03-30T13:08:53.311-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Meat prices are more comparable than we thought We had a new customer this week who told us that she has been purchasing all-grass ground beef at Target for $4.99/lb.  With tax, that comes to $5.36/lb.  I had just finished telling her that we don't try to undercut Walmart because our focus is on quality rather than price.  However, that is getting pretty close to having to eat http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/03/farm-fresh-weekly-16-march-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-944185232728027614Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:07:00 +00002008-03-30T13:07:49.579-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Ice cream We are almost out of our regular ice cream but do have some from an experiment that we tried last summer.  We added a small amount of rum to the ice cream to lower the freezing point in order to keep it a bit softer.  Did it work?  You decide.  It has a slight rum flavor and is labeled "less rum." Chicken feed If you are planning on coming to get chicken feed you http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/03/farm-fresh-weekly-09-march-2008.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20486000.post-1278714529125440228Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:05:00 +00002008-03-30T13:06:23.134-05:00Farm Fresh Weekly Fillets available We were restocking the sales room this week and pulled a box of beef out of the freezer that had been behind the milk.  It was dated November 2007.  The really neat thing was that I found a bunch of fillets in there priced at the old price of $16/lb.  The first customer to come by can have them. New cheese With our new cheese order this week was a new flavor--http://www.jakoinc.com/2008/03/farm-fresh-weekly-02-march-2008_30.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (davidweaverking)