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We are trying to name our farm. We raise hormone free beef and are getting ready to take 3 steers to the county fair Aug. 17 and would like a name before than. Our last name is out since some distant cousins have the farm named with it. Locally it is a common name.
The leading choice right now is "TWIN OAK FARM" we have 2 large old (100 years?) oak trees in our front yard.
Ideas are welcome Info. that might help......We are a family of 5. me, DH and 3 sons (age 11, 7 & 7). All have J names (Jeff, Janell, Jacob, Jedd and Jeremy) but that didn't really help me - we didn't like Five J Farm?
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I love that name! It's a very solid, strong sounding name. It sort of reminds me of "Twelve Oaks," which, of course, is the name of the Wilkes' plantation in Gone With The Wind. Our farm's name is Brush Creek Farm, but it's just the name of the nearby creek with "Farm" stuck on the end.
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I have no experience in naming anything, really, other than children, but I love your idea! Other possibilities could be: Century Oaks or Sentinel Oaks......
By the way, we're a family of J's, too - and I grew up in a family of J's!
You have to be careful with naming farms...especially if you are breeding animals for show/sale. I googled Twin Oaks Ohio and found another Twin Oaks Farm in New Madison. It is a crop farm though. I found Twin Oaks Angus Farm in Iowa. There is Twin Oaks Simmetal in Missouri. Also there is a Twin Oaks Farm in Ill. they raise American British British White Park Cattle. That was just cattle farms...I found a couple of chicken farms, a goat farm and a horse farm.
Maybe you could play on your "natural" status (seeing you don't inject homones into your cattle). Call your farm Twin Oaks Naturally Produced (bred? rasied?) Cattle (Angus? Hereford? Longhorn?)
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You have to be careful with naming farms...especially if you are breeding animals for show/sale. I googled Twin Oaks Ohio and found another Twin Oaks Farm in New Madison. It is a crop farm though. I found Twin Oaks Angus Farm in Iowa. There is Twin Oaks Simmetal in Missouri. Also there is a Twin Oaks Farm in Ill. they raise American British British White Park Cattle. That was just cattle farms...I found a couple of chicken farms, a goat farm and a horse farm.
Maybe you could play on your "natural" status (seeing you don't inject homones into your cattle). Call your farm Twin Oaks Naturally Produced (bred? rasied?) Cattle (Angus? Hereford? Longhorn?)
We don't breed. My DH buys Holstein steers from local dairy farmers to raise to sale for beef. We raise about 20 a year. Our 11 year old will sale a steer in the 4-H sale. We only plan on showing at the local fair for 4-H and maybe FFA in the future.
I tried to Google to find the Twin Oaks in New Madison - since we are near a New Madison , but I couldn't find it. Could you send me a link to it?
Looks like I might need to work on another name. I knew I posted here I would get some advise and help - thanks a lot Robin.
Let see we live on a hill.... by a woods......hummmm
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I like Twin Oaks, but if you live on a hill what about Oak Hill Farm, or J. Hill Farm? Just J Farm. Acorn Hill Farm. Cork Hill Farm (although cork comes from a different species of oak tree). Oak and Angus Farm (or just O&A Farm). Are there any other definitive features to your farm? You can PM me - I'd love to help you brainstorm!
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It's a very solid, strong sounding name. It sort of reminds me of "Twelve Oaks," which, of course, is the name of the Wilkes' plantation in Gone With The Wind. 
Our farm's name is Brush Creek Farm, but it's just the name of the nearby creek with "Farm" stuck on the end. 
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, but I couldn't find it. Could you send me a link to it? 
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