Kim Jo Bliss – Moo’s From The Herd

The drier spring is sure showing negative results in the hay fields across the district. People are reporting a third- to a half-less hay. Many are trying to secure hay from other sources in order to keep their cow herds stable. Funny how things change so quickly here; the last […]

It looks like the weather is shaping up to be a great week! I am hoping to tackle some of my haying. I am nervous about some of our fields—there doesn’t appear to be a lot of hay. I tend to worry about that sort of thing but I am […]

June has been a very busy month with meetings most every night (it seems we try to cram all our meetings in this month before we get busy with haying!) I was planning to attend the RRFDC annual meeting in Emo, but it just so happened we had no power […]

The Rainy River Regional Abattoir is hosting its annual meeting next Wednesday (June 20) at 7 p.m. at the abattoir. Please take the time to attend as the abattoir is in need of more business! It is a brand new, very expensive building and it we don’t use it, we […]

As it seems to happen here in Rainy River District, we have weather extremes: extremely cold, extremely hot, extremely dry, and extremely damp. We all will agree that we needed the rain, but now it’s time for this pattern to move off–preferably to the Timmins area, where they have been […]

It was a great planting week at the Emo Agricultural Research Station and we managed to get a majority of our plots filled up! We still have some grass/legume blocks to plant, but the last of that seed should be arriving early this week. We welcomed the rain even though […]

Well, it was wonderful busy time here in Rainy River District last week. We didn’t have much rain, but enough to keep us off the land for a few days at the agricultural research station in Emo. The earlier planted trials all have emerged and are looking good. We are […]

My summer students had a very busy week at the Emo Agricultural Research Station, getting lots of seeds weighed, packaged, and in the ground. We actually worked on some of the more time-consuming trials that have been ongoing for a few years. It is nice to get them off the […]

Well, Mother Nature co-operated for part of Spring Fever Days in Emo! Friday was beautiful and it was nice to see our little town buzzing along. Unfortunately, the weather Saturday wasn’t so great and it certainly made it a long, hard day for the workers at the sales barn in […]

This is what happens when we have summer-like weather in March–we pay for it with snow and miserable weather. Mind you, we only had a light dusting of snow at my place but Fort Frances saw a couple of inches. Nice to see the sun out again and I’m hoping […]

“When can I start my cattle on pasture?” is a question that runs through everyone’s mind as spring approaches. If you turn cattle out too soon, the grass will not support the livestock. Once the grass is set back at the beginning of the season, it will be less productive […]

The Emo Agricultural Research Station is officially open for the 2012 season. I’ve been working on files, trial plans, and organizing, with seed to be arriving shortly. Often when I get back to work at EARS, there is still snow on the ground. So I feel like I am behind […]