Farm Journal, Day…
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Farm Journal, Day 1933
When shopping for Christmas presents on the ranch, our gifts tend to be a mix of the practical and the fun. New boots and work gloves along with new games, electronics, and other wants. This Christmas my present wasn’t wrapped and placed under the tree.
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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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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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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…
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Farm Journal, Day 1830
On a daily basis it’s a flat tire, livestock out, livestock needing to go to the vet, creek crossings all washed out, snowed in, or a tree fell across the road. Before anyone asks, no, I wouldn’t trade this for a life in a city for anything…
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