My dad is in the cattle marketing business. Sometimes this means he'll act as a cattle broker and help other producers find/sell quality cattle. We'll often do this to help keep high quality cattle in our neck of the woods and it's a win-win for everyone. Last week we had 70 head of heifers changing … Continue reading Wordless (Wordy) Wednesday: Pregnancy Checking Heifers
Food For Thought – Making vs Saving Money
What did you do to make money today? Kind of an interesting thought to look at. Not what did you do to save money today, rather what did you do to make money? Not my normal post, but a thought worth considering. When I sat back to think about this question, most of the things I do … Continue reading Food For Thought – Making vs Saving Money
Wordless Wednesday: Open Trail
There's just something about heading down a trail that intrigues me. Whether it be a dirt road in the county, paved walking trail in the park, cow path in a pasture, or an old fence line in a creek bed, the trail always seems to have a story to tell. So I often find several … Continue reading Wordless Wednesday: Open Trail
Road Trip: Chico Basin Ranch Colorado
Imagine an entire week without your phone, computer, or even a television. Now imagine that week being in a place with dry creek beds, cactus spines sticking in your legs, sage blowing up your nose, blowing sand that cuts through your eyes, and the sun beating down all day long. A place so dry the … Continue reading Road Trip: Chico Basin Ranch Colorado
Day In Farm Life: Off-Farm Perspective
As a part of my Day In Farm Life Series, I've been sharing thoughts from individual farmers. However, there's so much more behind-the-scenes work that is done to convey the message to consumers. Madeline McCurry-Schmidt is a journalist for a group of scientists and researchers that promotes livestock and meat science. These peer-reviewed studies provide … Continue reading Day In Farm Life: Off-Farm Perspective
Day in Farm Life: Central Nebraska
As part of my Day in Farm Life Series, today Bobbi Lorenz from Nebraska shares a bit about her life. Bobbi and her husband Mark are Nebraska ranchers raising cattle, corn, and hay. Be sure to read the entire post. Bobbi does a great job of sharing how tough some days can be while caring … Continue reading Day in Farm Life: Central Nebraska
Day in Farm Life: Tennessee Dairy
@FarmerBright, as he is known on twitter do a great job with this video, putting a unique perspective on the daily chores on a dairy farm. As a part of my Day in Farm Life Series, Ryan Bright, 5th generation Tennessee dairy farmer, takes us along for the morning chores, feeding bottle calves, feeding and … Continue reading Day in Farm Life: Tennessee Dairy
Cattlemen’s Meeting Roundup
Staying involved in the community is an important part my life, sometimes this includes spending a Thursday night shootin to bull with a room full of aging, gray-haired men, swappin stories over a meal of steak and taters. Just want any 23-year-old (23, that's weird to say) wants to do with his life! Actually, that's … Continue reading Cattlemen’s Meeting Roundup
Letter of Appreciation
To my Followers (both farm and non-farm, foreign and neighbors): Thank you for opening my eyes to what I have, those things I am blessed with, and how things are outside of my "bubble" I call ranch life. It's pretty easy to lose sight of everything we are blessed with when we see the same … Continue reading Letter of Appreciation
“Get Me Outta Town” Moments
To anyone who has parallel parked their stock trailer on the Courthouse square, or has navigated the stock trailer down a 6-lane interstate through rush hour traffic, you should know what I mean by those "get-me-outta-town" moments. It's those moments when you just have to say "Really?!?, I just want to go back home!" Well... Pistol … Continue reading “Get Me Outta Town” Moments