Shooting the Bull on the Cattle Industry
I realize as I type this post that it is going to be wildly controversial - I'm okay with that - these conversations need to be had and I have a different perspective than most because of how I was raised and the path my career has taken. My "day job" is being a Supervisor …
The smell of burnt hair, mama cows bawling, cowboy sideline roping commentary and top block cooked on an oak pit - TIS THE SEASON! Summer brings shipping, Fall brings calving, Winter brings breeding and Spring brings BRANDING! I hear myself tell people all the time, "Well it is about to slow down," or, " Things …
I always find it funny when I start a conversation at my day job with a sentence such as, "So this weekend we pulled a monster calf and the cow made it without a hitch but afterward she tried to kill me." The faces of the people in my office always remind me that not …
Yes - that is a rubber boot - stuck in a dry mound of what used to be mud. That boot (and the mate) were sucked from my father's feet last year while he tried to clear a culvert during a very wet storm. He had to hobble back to his pick up in muddy …
What an interesting look at the differences in how our minds work and how those differences can be an asset in the world. https://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds#t-228424 She revolutionized the cattle industry and handling practices by looking at it differently, looking at it from a visual "picture" perspective. We need to remind ourselves when something isn't working to …
Don't Squat With Your Spurs On Drink Upstream of the Herd Always Leave a Gate the Way You Found It You can hear the talk coming from the group before you're even over there. The general musings of the ranchers, farmers and rural folks might be some of the wisest and funniest things I have …
It's like Christmas, you go to the post office box and all of the new AI catalogs are there to greet you with their promises of gorgeous calves next season. We can dream about what matchups will get the best results and which bulls we should jump on to fill our tanks. Yes, AI possibilities …
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