October 2023

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  October 25, 2023

  Farm Journal, Day 1870

  Ohh the places we’ll go… In the short time we’ve owned the ranch, we have become four novice ranch hands led by one trained rancher. In the beginning, we were fortunate to have some of grampa’s oversight. When he passed, we tried to learn all we could from the ranching family who leased our fields.…

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  October 10, 2023

  Farm Journal, Day 1857

  Welcome to the Ranch – MINO Knock ‘Em Dead! It’s that time of year again – time to prepare for next fall’s calving season. For past seasons we have leaned on artificial insemination (AI) to introduce new genetics to the herd. This is still one of our essential tools, but we couldn’t make the calving…

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  October 4, 2023

  Farm Journal, Day 1851

  When are you going to have honey? Most people keep bees for the honey. Throughout the history of mankind, honey has been highly regarded as a valuable commodity. So, of course, as soon as people find out that we have honeybees on the ranch they ask, “when are you going to have honey?” Honeybees are…