We finished our first cut of all our forage plots at the Emo Agricultural Research Station last week. We decided to cut the remainder with our haybine despite the fact the weather looked a little questionable for the weekend. My comment was “it’s not calling for a whole lot of […]
Kim Jo Bliss – Moo’s From The Herd
Last week, I spent a lot of time with some of the great kids here in Rainy River District! My week started off with our 4-H Beef Club meeting. Jaden Woolsey offered to host our club for our third meeting and I decided that night that we just might have […]
Here we are the middle of June and our plan is to start our first cut of forages this week at the Emo Agricultural Research Station. The older alfalfa stands are not looking that great but we will measure yield anyway. Since we are tiling at the station this fall, […]
I think everyone gets tired of me complaining about the weather but this is getting ridiculous. We all thought last year was terrible but after updating my weather summary, I found that we actually are worse off than last year. My weather chart starts in 2000 and this May was […]
The sun is shining but we certainly could stand to be a few degrees warmer! I think frost struck a few places but I sure hope it hasn’t done damage to any crops or gardens! And here I was thinking we were going to have a perfect growing season this […]
We’re crossing our fingers that the weather will hold up and we’ll get our soybeans into the ground this week! We were hoping to do so last week but it was just too wet. We did try mowing the grass and left some tracks, but that chore was long overdue. […]
I’m really starting to think that I might need to make a career change. As much as I am passionate and in love with agriculture, our latest weather is enough to make me go crazy! My cows are miserable and the sheep just despise walking in mud. My horse looks […]
Well, we certainly were spoiled with good weather and now reality has set in. Cold and wet has arrived. And despite needing the rain, it would have been more appreciated if temperatures would have stayed decent. We do have most of our plots in at the Emo Agricultural Research Station. […]
Wow–what a great week in terms of the weather! We certainly have had a great start on planting here at the Emo Agricultural Research Station. We are holding off planting soybeans until next week but we have been busy with everything else. Of course, we still are waiting on seeds […]
The weather is looking good for this week so I’m expecting you will see many farmers rushing around with planting and spreading fertilizer. Be patient on the roads as moving this equipment around from field to field often is slow-going. Take your time and enjoy the scenery for those few […]
Well, it seems Mother Nature decided to remind us not to get too excited about spring. But it was great that she gave us such wonderful weather for “Spring Fever Days” in Emo! It’s been a long time since we had three beautiful days like that for this event. The […]
Well, lambing started with a set of triplets! All three were females so we are continuing on with increasing the female population at our farm. I still find them amazing little creatures–they slide out of their mommas like a wet washcloth but within a few seconds they are shaking their […]
