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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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Farm Journal, Day 1826
Most of us who raise cattle do it because we like the animals and enjoy working with them. Our lives are richer for having known them, which makes it difficult to sell or butcher ones we get attached to. Yet, parting with them is a necessary aspect of the whole experience.
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Farm Journal, Day 1767
This 53 percent Limousin female was the first cow purchased for LAAN Limousin Ranch. We purchased her from the Glendenning J Bar J Ranch at their Next Generation Sale in 2021. She came to the ranch as a pregnant heifer – just like 603G.
LAAN Limousin Cattle Ranch 