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How is the work going?

I did some disking on corn stalk's , Thursday, and Jake started drilling oats, we were rained out about 6.

Still wet when we looked at noon. Jake has been busy fixing on the harrow on the field cultivator, along with feeding the cattle.

I went out to the Left coast back in February and have been working until yesterday. For about the first three weeks I mowed olives for a half a day then ran a disc in some of the Almond orchards, power blasted some Almonds, then mowed some Almonds until it was dry enough to work.

For the last couple of weeks I been running a 9630 on a scraper and a road grader on a dirt project. I left this morning heading back to middle America. I didn't want to get stuck in California during a shutdown.

I got some pictures if I was smart enough to post them.

Pictures, You need an account for image hosting. I use Imgur. On Imgur, you need to make the picture big. Then left click on
direct link copy.

Back here left click use full editor. Left click the square icon right of the smile icon. Right click that. Click

Paste, left click view, if you like that, click post. I hope I got that right.

I admire you farmer-ranchers. Your work is never, ever done. You all are the heart of America.

Busy calving away here Richard.

We had 66 bred heifers and over half of them have calved in the last 10-14 days.

The first born had to be hot boxed and then the mother didn't want the calf but we got her straightened out with a couple ropes. She loves her calf now!

Luckily the rest of them have been great mothers and we haven't had to pull one yet. And we've had a few BIG calves out the heifers. One this morning at 4:30 and it had to be crowding 90lbs, all I could do to carry it up to the shed without stopping. Thought I was gonna have a fricken heart attack!


Took a bunch of pics yesterday, I should download a few.

I was wanting to finish harrowing the pasture yesterday, but got rained out...






That's okay. I'll take the rain and more if it comes. Less than an inch today, but it helps.

Why do you do that to a pasture? Aerate the soil?

We had -1F the night before last.

Rolled out a bunch of bales. Probably 35-40 big rounds of straw and feed in the last 3 days.

Been a busy week but knock on wood I'm taking this evening off. Dad just called and said a heifer I stuck in a pen had just calved along with one I didn't see coming.

They are both good mothers. Man I tell you what, good mothers take a lot of the work out of it!

Calves out of the 2 year olds.

Yes.

And to stir up the grass so it grows thicker, loosens the soil.

PLUS... it levels out hog damage and gopher and fire ant mounds.

The heavy two's.



More new calves.

That makes my blood run cold Sam, baby calves and snow. I'm glad you folks have the savvy to get along with it. That water must have gone away?

Main bunch, 4-10 year old cows on the river.








50-60 head of 3 year old bred cows that we feed and calve separate from the main herd.






And last but not least the glamorous life of a cow farmer...

No skidsteer?

Oh yeah, we have a skidsteer, his name is Sam!


Seriously Richard, not enough room to get one in that shed. I would love to have a bigger building with room for about 15-20 pair and set up for a skid steer.....

The other day I had pairs stashed in alley ways, sort pens, anywhere I could think of to give 'em a day or two alone. Got caught up yesterday and we are set with the warmer weather. Snow is now about gone.

Beats the hell out of calving in the mud.

Buck yes I we tried calving this time of year, it would be in cold snow, and MUD.

We'll have the mud tomorrow!


We just roll out literally tons of straw(daily), about all you can do.


I didn't ear tag any calves the last couple mornings when it was so chilly. Hate punching a hole in a puffy ear...

Low of 20F tonight, piece of cake.

I dont miss it!

Jim, tell your book keeper to figure out how much I owe you!

I'll tip my seedcorn cap to any that can calve this time of year. We have enough troubles in late April, and May.