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Hopeful Farm Sport Horses
Description
We moved into our farm in September of 2002. The house and farm sit on 41.5 acres in beautiful southern Dane County, Wisconsin. The previous owners had used it strictly for cash cropping. There is an existing, old diary barn, circa 1900s. It was at one time a 16 stanchion dairy barn, that the previous owners renovated to a spacious 2 stall garage. Also on the property is a workshop and machine storage area. We took the machine storage area and put in two large foaling stalls. This is the barn I call the "Foaling Barn" as it has the camera system set up for easy foal watch.
When we moved in, there was 5 acres of planted, mowed grass available for pasture fencing when we moved in, which I took advantage of. That first fall I couldn't plant any new acreage as the soybeans didn't come off the field until late fall. The following spring in 2003 we planted about 8 acres of extra pasture, with a cover crop of oats. That pasture became available for use the spring of 2004, when I fenced in approximately 3 additional acres for the horses. The remaining 5 acres of planted pasture will be cut for hay until we can get it fenced. The remaining 18 acres of tillable land is rented to neighbors for crops.
In fall of 2003 we contacted several building manufacturers to determine who we would use to build our new horse barn. We settled on Wick Buildings out of Mazomanie WI. We love their attention to detail and they were very easy to work with! Our building was ordered in December and delivered in late January. The actual construction process took several months due to the weather (wet!!), but it was up and ready to go, and we were able to get 4 stalls put in by early May, just in time for the babies!
Contact
- Hopeful Farm Sport Horses
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- McFarland Wisconsin
- United States 53558
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- +6088351820
