It seems crazy to me how much learning has to happen in any industry. We are participating in the Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course, and I’m working on the Barn N Door conference. From forage to marketing, there isn’t a topic we aren’t covering.
Steer 1: What is this thing?
Steer 2: I don’t know. I’m trying to smell it’s rear but I can’t find it.
Steer 3: I think it’s some kind of cow. I smell poo on this round thing. Oh! never mind. That’s your poo.
Talking about a can of fruit
Mom: it had it’s back to me…
Dad: like it was the cans fault?
Mom: yes, so, it had it’s back to me while I used the can opener, and I went to drain the juice and didn’t see the tab on the top until I turned it over
Dad: so it had nothing to do with the can being backwards…it was upside down?
Mom: yes, but I couldn’t tell it was upside down because it had it’s back to me
Dad: so not only first, the can has control of its own position, so it’s the can’s fault, but second, it being backward somehow had bering on your ability to tell that it was also upside down?
Mom: (with a completely serious look on her face) YES!
Me: OMG, my mom is ridiculous
Which of these plants is poisonous?
A. Carolina Horse Nettle
B. Buffalobur
C. Tomato
D. Belladonna
E. Silver leaf Nightshade
F. All of the above
Mema: They gave him a salve to put in his nose. They told us how to do it, but then the label said don’t put it near your face.
Papa: What’s it for?
Mema: They noticed a slight infection up there.
Papa: I thought I felt too boogers fightin up there.
OH PAPA
Papa: These grapes are… (trying again) These sours are… (trying one more time) These grapes grew sour…
Me: Papa, your joke took too long
Papa: Bitterweed! That’s what I’m trying to say!
Group: Rolling on the floor laughing
Poor Papa just couldn’t get his mouth to work right for him
Melanie: (to irritate her sister) Ni Ni Ni Ni Ni Ni Nick Nickelodeon…(over and over again)
Me: I’m going to start throwing things at you
Group: lots of talking
Papa: (trying to get Nick’s attention) Ni Ni Ni Ni Ni Ni Nick
Group: burst out laughing
Me: don’t make me throw stuff at you too
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How many of us just know "fat is bad" or "fat makes you fat"? I know I was taught this from elementary until I got out of college.
Who is now hearing "carbs are bad"?
And, who is tired of hearing all of it and you just want to eat what you want, when you want???? ME ME ME ME!!!
Since we can't all eat whatever we want without probably being very unhealthy and overweight, we do what we can to keep up with the latest information. John found a new article about fat that I found rather interesting. I've copied and sourced it in our newsletter, but here's a link to both. http://www.oklahomafarmreport.com/wire/news/2020/02/00098_FatsNoLongerjustified02282020_075753.php#.Xot4r4hKjIX
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Me: Lot's of people that have had food poisoning are never able to eat that food again. I have a friend that can't eat chicken on the bone because she had food poisoning one too many times from it
Daddy: That's just ridiculous. You have to know that not every instance of that food is going to make you sick.
Me: Of course, and it's totally a mental thing, but your brain tells you you will be sick if you eat it
Papa: Some people just never budge once they get their mind made up
The Room: Rolling on the floor laughing because he is the worst about being set in his ways
Probably one of those "you had to be there" things, but we were in tears laughing. We love Papa.
It may be April fools today, but yesterday the cows were playing pranks on us.
First we tried to move yearlings across the street, to the barn to weigh them…they had other ideas
Then we tried to tag and vaccinate the 5 new babies. Papa got pooped on, and the feisty littlest one gave daddy a mini rodeo.
Needless to say, we had a bunch of laughs.
Well, the March showers brought April flowers. Fields of emerald, gold, crimson, sapphire, pink, plum, and coral make the mind wonder how such vibrant beauty can exist.
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“Today’s the day! The sun is shining. The tank is clean, and we are getting out of…gasp” -peach
Except the sun isnt shining here. 🙄 However Spring is officially here! Lots of flowers coming out. The Pear tree made snow on the driveway. What’s your favorite part of spring?
Our beef is locally raised on our farm and locally processed at a USDA inspeced facility. We NEVER use added hormones, dyes, or antibiotics on our beef cattle/meat. It is dry aged for 21 days, processed, vacuum sealed, and flash frozen in package. We have bundles too for a little bit of a discount.
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We had 2 new babies this weekend!
If you can, try to find the line between pastures. The fence is visible in the first picture, and you can see change along that line. The left side has more grass right? Cattle tend to prefer new growth material in grass, so they will go back and eat the newest stuff if they can. A principle called Mob Grazing puts more cattle in a smaller area for a short amount of time in the hope of producing the effect you see here. Put this in combination with Rotational Grazing, and you get a wonderful effect on the land. The cattle graze as much as you allow in a short period of time. They can’t patch graze new growth down as much. Then you move them to a new small space. They get the new growth in each move, the grass gets rest, and it get the proper grazing level. The only negative is the number of fences and amount of work required by the farmer. But isn’t that why we’re here…to be good stewards?
I’m sure we’ll all be singing the song “rain rain go away”, soon enough. But, for now, we are prepping for it. We got the garden planted, spray put out, irrigation put in, and mowing started.