Beef cattle must be healthy and well-cared for in order to produce great, quality meat. And one of the ways that we keep our animals healthy on our ranch is by using antibiotics. We don’t just use antibiotics to use them. On our ranch, we have a herd health program where our cattle get regular […]
I didn’t intend for this to correlate with Earth Day, but it seems like a pretty good fit to show my new compost bin today to celebrate doing better for our planet. Since moving to the country, having a bigger garden and not having a garbage disposal, I’ve been researching how to make my own […]
I posted previously about how ranchers prepare for a snowstorm. I posted a picture of this heifer who was getting ready to calve. And yes, she thought the snowstorm was a perfect time to have a calf.Thankfully, we got her into the barn before the foot of snow dumped. She and the heifer calf are […]
I recently attended the Marshall Frasier Beef Symposium, put on by Colorado Livestock Association in honor of my Gramps. This annual symposium is for cattlemen and one of the main discussion points this year was about the cattle markets and what the key drivers for 2015 and beyond look like. 2014 was obviously a banner year for cattlemen with unprecedented […]
We have a big snowstorm coming for the Plains today, but our cattle are ready for it. This is how we prepare for a big snow storm. 1. Cattle are in protected areas. We rotate our cattle in a holistic, rotational pattern moving them paddock to paddock (paddock = fenced-off pastures), but in the winter, […]
I found my husband’s grandmother’s cookbook recently that her church put together in 1982 and there look to be some great recipes. I love looking through older recipes – many the same you find in more modern cookbooks or online today – and many with ingredients that are hard to find in today’s stores. Can […]
Just as I use my Garmin GPS watch to track my runs, researchers are using GPS tracking collars on cattle that are part of a five-year study to better understand beef production vulnerability across the southern Great Plains in the face of climate change. The goal, said K-State agronomy professor Dan Devlin, is to increase the resiliency of beef cattle […]
In the new year, there’s a great chance for rural communities to secure new funding for revitalization projects. This is called America’s Best Communities. And it’s dedicating $10 million to support innovation and growth in 50 rural communities over three years.It’s a new contest that aims to revitalize rural communities across the country by identifying […]
I think I now realize where people’s perceptions of farm animals come from. Kids toys. Books. Puzzles. More toys. Do you know how many kids toys there are revolving around farm animals! Now that I’m a mom to a busy one-year-old boy, I realize the extent to why kids love farm animals. Because they are […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved commercial planting of a potato that is genetically modified to resist bruising and to produce less of a chemical that has caused cancer in animals. The USDA this month gave the Boise, Idaho-based company, J.R. Simplot Co. permission to begin commercial planting of its new spud, called the […]
