While many were watching the Super Bowl or the Puppy Bowl on Sunday evening, I was watching the Barn Bowl! Two of the heifers I purchased last fall were calving. Three of the 5 were artificially inseminated, and two were due on Feb. 1. They made their date! The other […]
Kim Jo Bliss – Moo’s From The Herd
It sounds like this spell of mild January weather is nearing the end. You might want to get out in the next few days since I’m hearing colder temperatures are in store by week’s end. The positive thing about this? We have this long month behind us and it brings […]
I think we all are welcoming the milder temperatures these days, animals included. The cows are taking their time walking across the open stretch coming home for water—instead of running and shaking their heads because the wind and air was bitterly cold. The deer also are moving around—possibly because of […]
Frosty temperatures are supposed to be leaving us later this week, so I’ve decided to hold off undecorating my farm buildings for a few more days. I dread the darkness of the yard without all the Christmas lights anyway. I certainly have been noticing how we are seeing more and […]
Happy 2015 to everyone! If nothing else, 2015 has brought us some very winter-like weather with both snow and cold reaching us. We seemed to coast right through December but now the normally-long month of January is proving to be a little more stubborn. I found 2014 to be a […]
It seems as though our warm, wet days may be behind us! It was a frosty day on Monday but at least with this we see the sun! During the milder weather, the cattle tend to eat less, which is nice on your hay pile. But things will change now. […]
Last week at this time, I had a visiting dog (I didn’t mention it in my column last week because I was hoping it would find its way back to its owner). I was quite suspicious that it had been dropped off but I wasn’t certain. In the meantime, I […]
Talk about crazy weather. It was Dec. 15 on Monday yet it looked like April. It is very wet, slippery, and messy, and personally I’d prefer it a bit cooler and less damp. I know it seems like we are never happy but this is crazy. My almost step-kid is […]
The Emo Agricultural Research Station will be closing for the season this week. I finally finished all my data and took it off to be copied. The reports will be available from me or Emo Feed this week. I encourage everyone to ask questions about the trials since time always […]
Most years I’m finished at the Emo Agricultural Research Station by Dec. 1, but that isn’t the case this year as I still have to finish my forage data. I think the fact that the building is not overly warm will make me work harder to complete it! I debated […]
Here we are in the last week of November! I’m supposed to have all my data finished by Friday. I’m not sure that I am going to make the deadline but I will try my best. We still haven’t finished cleaning seed. We can see the end but it’s not […]
Last week turned into quite a busy week and already this one isn’t looking much better! I still haven’t been able to figure how we have arrived at the middle of November! I was thinking that I would only have good things to report this week but I woke up […]
