The week of Christmas has arrived! Where did this year go? It seems like only yesterday I was trying to prepare for Christmas—last year. I still have great intentions of getting a Christmas letter written and mailed this week. I also have been trying to clean but it seems I […]
Kim Jo Bliss – Moo’s From The Herd
I spent the day in Guelph last week at the Beef Farmers of Ontario office, where we were discussing the Northern Cow Herd Expansion program. We would like the herd to grow by 100,000 in Ontario and it seems that we have the land to grow the herd here in […]
It’s hard to believe Christmas is fast-approaching when the weather feels like we should be preparing our planting equipment! In fact, I had to keep taking off clothes while I finished putting up my outdoor lights this weekend. My only complaint is that I’m thinking all my cords and ornaments […]
I’ve started my annual Christmas lights display. My new shed took a fair bit of time to get set up for lights but it turned out quite nicely. I’ll now work away for most of this week before I complete the “glow!” I couldn’t believe that earlier this week, while […]
Well, it looks as though winter has arrived. And as much as I enjoyed the milder weather, it certainly would have been nice if we had some cooler temperatures before the snow arrived. It has created quite a mess! It really fools you, as well—thinking you can cruise along walking […]
We are very pleased that all the plowing has been completed at the Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS)! I’ve also finished all the data for the cereal trials but haven’t started on the forages yet. I have two project reports that I’m working on currently, so my time is pretty […]
The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture hosted a wonderful fall dinner and meeting Saturday night. Congratulations to Bernie Zimmerman, who has returned as chair of this organization. But they still are in need of one director so if you have one night a month to spare, please get in touch […]
Last week I found myself a bit frustrated—mainly because of having a few too many things on my plate. Even though the cattle sale was behind us, some of the business related to it obviously spills over into the weekdays. And, like many other times before, we seldom hear any […]
Well, our last cattle sale of the season is mostly behind us! The cattle are sold and gone but the book work lingers for a few days. We sold 929 head on Saturday, which included a very popular donkey that many were trying to buy (she found a great home […]
Our last cattle sale of the season is set to go this Saturday (Oct. 24) at 9 a.m. at the Stratton sales barn. If you have questions or cattle to book, get in touch with James at 487-2731 or 271-2005. We are trying to make and print catalogues for our […]
We sold 1,566 head at the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association sale on Saturday at the Stratton sales barn—at the value of $2,483,785.15. Prices have dropped but I think it still was a successful sale for the most part (honestly, I haven’t had a chance to look over things). I was […]
You may see and hear a lot of activity in farm yards at this time of year. Anyone who still is calving cows in the early spring will find themselves weaning calves and likely preg. checking cows to make sure they are going to calve again next spring. I had […]
