The romanticized view of a family farm or ranch is a small acreage, a menagerie of farm animals and a large garden with abundant produce to feed the family for an entire year. Many of our ancestors farmed and did what they could to keep only their family sustained. Today, two percent of the population […]
Identifying our cattle is how we know who they are. Sure, we get to know their personality when we are out with them everyday on the ranch. 1103Y is the bossy cow always to the feed bunk first. I would know that if she had a ear tag or not! But since we work […]
Happy National Ag Week! I got to celebrate, calving-style, this past weekend at my in-law’s farm. They have baby calves and baby lambs everywhere! See these two cuties? They are actually twins. One red, one black. The really random thing is that the neighbor had the exact same thing happen, both out of black momma […]
Ronny and I (and Hank!) spent a little bit of time on Ronny’s family farm this weekend. These three little guys were kind of a highlight. I love calving season! The farm is just starting to green up, lots of baby lambs are running around and Hank just could hardly sit still for one picture. […]
Thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law, Lindsay, for introducing me to The Pioneer Woman and her blog. P-Dub, as she sometimes calls herself, is a self-proclaimed city girl now ranch-wife and mom. She is an excellent writer, shares about homeschooling, cooks healthy and hearty food, and a great photographer. But what I love most about her […]
While others I know are vacationing in Cabo, Padre or back East, Ronny and I spent a “vacation” last week helping my family in Colorado artificially inseminating (AI) our cowherd. It was great to spend some time at home and with my parents – even if it was pretty hard work! I think this is […]
Imagine traveling through the Japan countryside, through beautiful, green rice paddies and tree covered mountains when you turn the bend and see the coast. You can easily see the water two miles away because what once was thriving coastal cities, is now a layer of debris, mostly flat except for the piles that workers […]
I returned from Japan last week on a corn-fed beef trade mission with Nebraska Corn Board and the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) and wanted to share on some my observations. I helped organize this trip as a trade mission to help promote Nebraska corn-fed beef and a way for the Nebraska farmers that organized […]
On Memorial Day, Ronny and I, inspired by my Uncle Mark, ran the BolderBOULDER 10K race in Boulder, Colorado. But the part I wanted to share with you was our attire….Fueled by Beef! I really want a Team ZIP (zinc, iron, protein) or Team Beef shirt, but didn’t have time to get one, so I […]
