Nowadays it’s hard to find someone without a cell phone–they’re everywhere! Horse people have them almost at all times. I know when I’m going to the barn, I make sure my phone is tucked away in my back pocket because you never know when you might need to call someone: a horse is injured, you’re out of grain, or you just want to chat with a buddy while waiting for water troughs to fill.

How many cell phones have you gone through due to damages incurred at the barn?

One of the reasons I have resisted getting a “smartphone” (and stuck with reliable flip phones) is because I question their ability to withstand farm life. While setting fence posts over Memorial Day weekend, my brother-in-law lost his work Blackberry in our front field. A few minutes later, it was bush-hogged into a million pieces by my dad