The longer daylight hours and the sun shining certainly makes us all feel good! I really love the cooler nights and sunny days-it makes for a bit less mud in the yard. Mind you, my dad hauled in some hay for me the other day and it created a “soupy […]
Kim Jo Bliss – Moo’s From The Herd
Monday was the first day for 2017 at the Emo Agricultural Research Station (my time off always goes so quickly). I had plans to get caught up on the stack of farm magazines that I subscribe to. That didn’t happen, though at least I can shut the door of the […]
I’m sure you all will know how I feel about the wet weather we were experiencing Monday. We sure don’t need the rain. I was really hoping we would miss it. The temperature was mild enough but it sounds like we are in for a cold snap–and rather quickly, too. […]
Well, February is now a wrap. Time certainly ticks away. The last couple of weeks, I haven’t been real sure of what day it is anyway. I’m starting to look forward to more normal sleep, though that likely won’t happen for another week or so. I’ve been really watching the […]
I had a busy week of calves (on the top day I had seven arrive). That happened to correspond with Canada Agriculture Day, which I celebrated by bringing more beef into the world. I guess it was good that it was warm since I had to recycle them through the […]
Well, my cows caused me some stress earlier this week. I noticed a cow was acting like she was going to calve around 4 p.m. on Sunday, so I went and put her in the barn (I wasn’t worried as it was her third calf). She also was the cow […]
As I was changing my cows to leave for the 4-H leaders’ annual meeting Friday night, I glanced up at the barn camera and noticed I had a heifer calving. My mom had arrived to pick me up but I told her to go on without me as I fully […]
I finally started to feel better by the end of the week and I moved my cows into the yard. They are due to calve next week but some are starting to show a lot of sign, so it is nice having them close and easy to inspect. I was […]
There hasn’t been many columns that I haven’t started off with my view on the weather. And once again, this weather is terrible. I planned to move my cattle into the calving yard but it is a giant swimming hole right now. I don’t believe this weather is healthy for […]
It looks as though we are going to have a nice week of weather. I am hoping the current forecast of rain for Saturday is wrong, but I’m certain things will change by then. It will be a great week to take down my Christmas lights. But from the stuff […]
It’s the second week of January and we already are starting to see a small change in our daylight hours! Yay! That is what I find the most difficult about winter–the dark being so long. We certainly saw a lot of snow last week and it took two days to […]
Happy New Year to everyone! It looks like we are starting it off with snow. I do recall someone telling me that the Farmer’s Almanac was calling for a “real old-fashioned winter” (i.e., lots of snow and some cold days). I guess the snow will make all the snowmobilers, skiers, […]
