Monday Morning, April 3rd, 2023

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

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.

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