Busy week harvesting corn for Hickory Hill dairy diet
Watson Dorn and the Hickory Hill crew in Edgefield spent a week gathering and silaging corn for feed. About 400 acres were chopped, producing roughly 3,500 tons in six days, stored in four pits to feed 400 of the farm’s 600 cattle with nutrient rich, hormone free milk as a local farm press.
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Watson Dorn
Hickory Hill
Dorn
Edgefield
Benjamin Holmes
Holmes
North Carolina
Lisa
Farmer's toil behind milk from Hickory Hill Farm
Narrator visits Hickory Hill Farm in Edgefield to learn the unseen work behind a gallon of milk. Benjamin Holmes guides through 600 cows, 1000 gallon tanks, daily milking, dry periods, corn storage, and bottling. Owner Watson Corn explains homogenization, hormonal absence, and product range including whole milk chocolate and buttermilk.
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Hickory Hill Farm
Edgefield
Benjamin Holmes
Benjamin
Holmes
Coburg
Charleston
Watson Corn
Watson
Amy Bantor
Teddy
Hickory Hill
Aiken Farmers Market marks National Farmers Market Week
The Aiken Farmers Market celebrates National Farmers Market Week and its anniversary this Saturday with a proclamation by Mayor Fred Cavanaugh at 10 30 a m. The market opens at 7 30 a m and runs to 4 39 p m or until produce is gone.
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Aiken Farmers Market
Aiken
Fred Cavanaugh
Coleeh Reed
Edisto Grange
Reed
Richland Ave
Williamsburg Street
Richland and
Park Avenues
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