We had a storm last night that brought 1.5 inches of rain and knocked down a tree. I moved the cows to the next row. The cows and bull calves are next to each other. It might be a problem. I don’t know. Rotation: 2023-03-30 Row 1 Cell 1
Sunday Morning, April 2nd, 2023
I gave the cows the rest of the row. That was a good move, since there was a big storm in the evening that prevented me from getting out to the cows. Rotation: 2023-03-03 Row 1 Cell 6-7
Saturday Evening, April 1st, 2023
Rotation: Rotation 2023-03-30 Row: 1 Cell: 5 I should be getting lambs any day now!
Saturday Morning, April 1st, 2023
I show off the shop in this video. Rotation: 2023-03-30 Row: 1 Cell: 4
Friday Evening March 31st, 2023
I did some research on Bovine Dentition. This is the 4th cell of the 1st row of the 2023-03-30 rotation. I cover bovine dentition. Here is a PDF from the USDA: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media_file/2021-05/Using_Dentition-to-Age-Cattle.pdf The key facts are: If you want to check the age of your cow, you can look at the incisor teeth.
Friday Morning March 31st, 2023
It’s Friday morning March 31st, 2023 and this is the second cell of the first row in the 2023-03-30 rotation. We still have runny manure, but we have more grass than the cows can eat. The cattle condition is good too. It’s about 73 F and there is a storm blowing in. I recorded this… Continue reading Friday Morning March 31st, 2023
The last cell before the move
It’s Thursday morning on March 30th, 2023 and I just moved the cows to the last cell of the last row of this rotation. This is the infamous “Boneyard” where I dump the dead animals. I’ve had two cows die on my field, and several calves. This is where the bones end up. The two… Continue reading The last cell before the move
Starting another rotation
It’s Thursday evening on March 30th 2023, and that means it’s time to start a new rotation. This rotation will be rows of 425′ by 1000′. We will move the cows from west to east 7 times, twice a day, so 1 week will take 2 rows. The field is 2560′ long so we will… Continue reading Starting another rotation
Drought Removal Likely
In the next month (October 2022) it looks like the drought condition will be removed from Hopkins County. We had a significant rain on our land, 5″, last Monday, about 10 days ago. Since then we’ve had a little rain here and there. Yesterday I recorded 1/4″ which is nice. The forecast is rain pretty… Continue reading Drought Removal Likely
Friday August 26, 2022
There is starting to be more grass in the field, but it’s still not quite what we need. A good rain should help the grass mature nicely. I found a strange yellow flower in the field that I have yet to identify. If you know what it is, let me know. I took the kids… Continue reading Friday August 26, 2022