Cattle
Life with cattle
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We Survived! So far…..
Glad that’s over! That’s about all I can say about last month. I’ve been trying to decide how I can write about what this last month was like and I’ve decided I really can’t. I just can’t find the words to describe it. Snow, wind, stress, and more blowing snow. That’s what I’ll remember. Don’t get me wrong, we are use to lots of snow here. Its when it comes fast and furious, that makes it trying.During the last storm, when we were getting 10 inches of snow a day, with 30 mph wind gusts, on top of the 4 feet of snow already on the ground, I was reminded…
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Dancing with the Cows, my Farmer’s way
I feel it is time for a funny story. Since my Farmer has not done anything stupid funny lately, I pulled up my notes I keep on things to blog about and I found this story. I wrote it a few years back, after we lost our dog and before we got the current one, but never published it. As I was reading it, I found myself laughing and figured if it made me laugh, maybe it would make somebody else laugh. Yes, it is making fun of my Farmer, and he will probably not like hearing about it from his friends, SO DON’T TELL HIM!! (Ahhh what the…
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A Cow, A Hog, and A Sheep have WHAT in Common?
As I mentioned in my post about the importance of Agriculture in our everyday lives, Ag touches our lives in ways most people have never imagined. When it comes to cattle, hogs, and sheep, almost the entire body of the animal is used in one way or another to benefit humans. For example, from the body of a typical 1,000 steer, approximately 400 pounds is beef. The remainder is “by-products”. By-products are anything derived as a secondary item in processing. Though less visible, by-products from these animals play a vital role in maintaining and improving the quality of human life. The following is a list of just a few ways…
