Ask the herd.

    Every woman in agriculture carries wisdom—earned in the barn, the books, the branding pen, and the quiet moments no one else sees. Ask the Herd is your place to bring the questions you’ve been chewing on, whether they’re about calving, business, burnout, boundaries, relationships, or the beautiful chaos of rural life.

    Post your questions here and each month we will answer them in the Branding Pot newsletter, masterclasses and networking events. 

    This community was built so you don’t have to figure everything out alone. Submit your question below, and we’ll gather around it together in the next issue of The Branding Pot newsletter. Some answers will come from me, some from other women in the community, and some from the collective lived experience of rural women who get it.

    You can include your name, or keep your question completely anonymous—whatever feels right for you. No judgment. No silly questions. Just honest conversation, shared wisdom, and the kind of support you can only find when women gather ’round the pot.
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    What’s on your mind? Ask the Herd.

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  • Monthly or quarterly house cleaner
  • Car detailing at the airport
  • Branding meals
  • Cistern water delivery
  • Garbage pick up
  • Meal prep
  • Kids bake sale items- just buy them
  • Data entry for accounting, herd management, logistics, inventory
  • Bull catalogues
  • Daycare
  • Homeschooling
  • Farm grant applications
  • Click & Collect groceries
  • Lawn cutting/ tree watering
  • Hired hands at calving & seeding
  • Not outsourcing, but just paying the reimbursable volunteer fee instead of going to 26827 required kids activities where there are 234 parents already standing around “volunteering"
  • Take on another project I don't have time for
  • Stress baking
  • Running with a ragey playlist
  • Murder podcasts on repeat
  • Box of Dairymilk chocolate bars on Amazon autoship
  • Tears in the shower
  • A good purge Nothing is safe when mom is power walking with a garbage bag
  • Rage clean
  • Mario Kart- tossing stuff
  • Rage scream + kicking buckets
  • Tears + Homesense buys
  • Leave the farm for hours
  • Ignoring it & going for a pedicure
  • Make your own Excel spreadsheets
  • Quickbooks
  • FCC AgExpert 

Nobody was thrilled with their system. Ladies, I think there is a big business opportunity here for one of you to build *the* farm book keeping system and sell it! 
  • I think if they're sitting glued to the tv or ipad all day but to get some shit done for yourself... the limit does not exist! lol 
  • Depends... A movies is wonderful as it needs concentration. 
  • 30 mins- 6yo, 1 hr-10+ yr old. TV mostly only on weekends, 3 hours max. Lock it all in safe when off. 
  • We make sure to do low stim shows and mostly movies- when you need it, you need it!
  • Road trips= free for all in the vehicle
  • Weekend, movie or bed time show 
  • No screen time on weekdays unless necessary to complete farm tasks 
  • None on weekdays. 1-3 hrs on weekend so I can sleep.
  • Whatever works! 
  • 0-30 mins per day (for 2 & 4 yr old) but tough days are 1-1.5 hrs
  • 3 hrs 
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