There are some days that are frustrating, and you just can’t do anything about them. Today was one of those days. We are at the time of the ye…
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We worked the spring cows and calves and got them to grass this past weekend. I look forward to working cattle each spring. Yes, it does stres…
I admit it, I am whiney. I would like to think that because of my pain right now that I have the right to be whiney. I also realize that many …
"I thought I had a plan. What I really had was a dilemma. I also found out I had turned into my father."
Yesterday it was a bit breezy. Breezy if you consider breezy 50 mph gusts a breeze.
This weekend we will go to Lincoln and help Tatum celebrate the end of an amazing journey. She will be recognized at the Block and Bridle Hono…
I admit it, I am a dog person. I like dogs. I like having dogs around, especially ones that are well trained.
Lambing season ended yesterday morning, or at least I thought it had.
You have to love this time of the year. I say you have to, because if you don’t you will go completely nuts.
They are our brothers and sisters in agriculture. I would guess if you threw a bunch of American farmers and Ukrainian farmers in a room, once you got over the language barrier there would be a robust discussion about weather and markets.
The meteorologist says because of the dangerous wind chill that we should limit our time outside. I know he is talking to all the other people out there in the world and not those of us with livestock.
I like to have a deadline. To be honest, it is the only way I will ever get anything done.
"I like to think I am a glass-half-full kind of guy, so the lack of precipitation and warm temperatures are a good thing for those of us who are lambing and calving right now."
Today we got our first semi-real snowstorm of the season. It really wasn’t much - a few inches of snow, a little wind and really cold temperat…
We are neck deep in lambing right now. So far things have not gone too badly. You can’t see me, but I am knocking on wood right now.
"It’s funny just how fast time passes when you have that much to do and a deadline to get it done. I had fence to build, homesteads to clean up and livestock to move."
"Being a shepherd, I take great honor in knowing that I was one of the fraternity to whom God picked to announce his son’s birth."
"It has been so nice to get back to having the Christmas parties and gatherings and to catch up with old friends that I have not seen in a couple of years. That is helping to snap me out of my funk."
This past week we lost one of my childhood heroes. I have said many times that I am a political junkie. I know it is weird and I know it is no…
"I do not need much but if you could provide me with timely rains, good markets and take a few of these aches and pains away, we could call that good for this year."
"I made a really poor decision on where to drive and got stuck. However, the group that rescued me makes the story much more interesting."
"If I learned nothing else from the artic weather we had last winter, I learned the importance of frost-free waterers and not relying on hydrants and hoses."
It is that time of the year when I do not feel fully comfortable until I have driven past the last group of cows and made sure they are in. I …
Today will be a good day. You know how I know? This marks 48 hours of no cows out.
"I started out really well Sunday, the drill was working perfectly. I was making great progress. That was when the tire went flat."
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