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| April 19 | Suffolk Training Part 2 — Ralph Rice continues his training of his young Suffolk team and explains his philosophy for working with young horses. | |
| April 26 | Tips from Donn Part 1 — Donn Hewes explains how he hooks and uIn the first of a series of videos about working a horse powered farm, Donn Hewes talks about bridles, how to put them on, what kind of bit to use, and the difference between an open bridle and one with blinders.. | |
| May 3 | Draft Animal Power Network SE Teamster Gathering — Footage and interviews we shot at the 2026 Draft Animal Power Network Regional Field Day held at the Shaker Village near Harrodsburg, Kentucky. We visit with several participants and event organizers about their work and animals, and film them plowing and skidding firewood. | |
| May 10 | The Kassine: An Innovative New Tool! — During the 2026 Regional Draft Animal Network Teamster Gathering, Georges Gawinowski demonstrated the innovative toolbar implement developed by Promata in France, called the Kassine, which is available now in the U.S. | |
| May 17 | Hooking and Unhooking Safely with Donn Hewes — Donn Hewes demonstrates the steps he follows and teaches for hooking and unhooking safely on the farm. | |
| May20 | Harnessing and Hooking with Western Style Harness — Donn Hewes takes us to Kingbird Farm near Berkshire, New York, where Michael, Karma, & Rosemary Glos raise organic farm products using draft animal power. A few weeks ago we showed you how Donn harnesses and hooks with a D-Ring harness. At the Glos farm, he and Michael show us how to do it with a western-style harness, sometimes called a belly backer or box breeching Harness. | |
| May 24 | Spring Plowing & Planting in Taylor, N.D. — Every spring, teamsters bring their horses and implements to the Taylor, N.D. Horsefest grounds to plow, harrow and plant a field with wheat they’ll harvest in the fall. | |
| May 28 | Painting with Bryan Dale Headley (Our own Bob Ross) — Bryan Dale Headley, the Singing Blacksmith from West Salem, Illinois, puts down his hammer and tongs to pick up a paintbrush and palette to demonstrate wet-on-wet oil painting he’s recently become passionate about. | |
| May 31 | 2026 Brewington Plow Day — Every year, Mike Brewington hosts a plow day at his Barlow, Ky., farm. It rained for several days before the spring 2026 event, and threatened to rain on the day of, but several teamsters asked Mike to not cancel the event so the show went on and the plow ground was in pretty good shape. | |
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June 7
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Forging an Ornamental Colonial-Style Hook — Bryan Dale Headley, the Singing Blacksmith forges a colonial-style hook for hanging a lantern or candle. Bryan goes over some of the basics of blacksmithing and the basic parts of a forge. | |
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June 10
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Donn Hewes Hooks Horses to New and Scary Equipment —Donn Hewes talks about what to consider when hooking a young horse to new, noisy equipment. He then hooks his stallion to a boom sprayer and maneuvers it out of a barn. | |