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There’s Truth in That

December 6, 2013

6 Dec

I am seriously blown away by the response and support for my last post! To watch my tiny blog, and one little post reach over 15,000 people and growing in the last 48 hours seriously blows my mind. That’s half again more people then live in my little home town! But more than that I […]

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Today I Cried Over a Cow

December 3, 2013

3 Dec

Today I cried, ok honestly bawled my eyes out over a cow…….Yes, she was a favorite cow, Yes, farmers do have favorites, Yes, she will be greatly missed! These are the moments I wish every consumer could see. The raw, real, true, emotion of dairy farming. Every time a another “animal rights” video catches someone […]

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My Favorite Thing about Dairy Farming

November 27, 2013

27 Nov

I have several posts sitting in my blog that are waiting for a final edit before I publish them. Ok in all honesty there is over a months worth of drafts staring me in the face. And as I was writing all of them something more important kept nagging at the back of my mind. […]

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Morning Sickness in Cows?

May 24, 2013

24 May

Compelling new observations prove that cows may suffer some resemblance of the morning sickness that pregnant women experience……….. Ok pretty much joking about all this, but there is a story behind it! Meet Beatrice. She’s our Boss Cow or Lead Cow of the herd, pretty much meaning she’s in charge of all the Ladies. She […]

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Liebster Blog Award

April 18, 2013

18 Apr

Woah, how fun! Jamie from This Uncharted Rhoade, nominated me for the Liebster Blog Award! Never been nominated for an award before, so Thank You Jamie! Make sure to check out her blog!  Rules This award is given to new or up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers…the award is then passed […]

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They’re not all happy endings…..

April 11, 2013

11 Apr

Jesusita~to say she’s a favorite would be an understatement! Never is life and death more evident then on the farm. When you become the caretaker of animals, you take on all responsibilities good and bad. In a way I feel it is a little like playing God and yet never is it more apparent that […]

Tagged With: calving, cows, Insights, Natural Birth, Thoughts 5 Comments

Taking a deep breath…

March 4, 2013

4 Mar

Our wonderful small town joined the ranks of cities with a shooting story last week. You can view the whole story here, but we are all definitely thankful this situation wasn’t worse then it could have been. My mother-in-law works at the nursery directly across from the RV park and heard the first shot and […]

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So God Made a Farmer

February 11, 2013

11 Feb

 So I am a  little late like always on catching the hype train, and it seems like every last person but me has already blogged about this topic, but I am still impressed and influenced by last weekend. So we were visiting some close friends Superbowl 2013, usually I only watch for the commercials, but […]

Tagged With: dairy farming, farm events, Farm Mama, Thoughts, winter 2 Comments

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Dairy Farmer, Wife, Mama; I am passionate about my lifestyle and Guernsey Ladies.

Classification day for the Guernseys. Looking at e Classification day for the Guernseys. Looking at each cow individually her type (body) is evaluated. There are functional assets to how a cow is put together leading to a more productive animal. It also gives us important genetic information on how daughters of each bull are turning out. It’s an important day for registered herds. And just fun to have another set of eyes on the Ladies pointing out flaws and strengths.
…..We let the cows out to pasture! …..We let the cows out to pasture!
It looks and feel like Spring here. So guess what It looks and feel like Spring here. So guess what that means we did……?
Being at the mercy of Mother Nature is one of the Being at the mercy of Mother Nature is one of the hardest parts of farming. I’ve watched with almost envy as other parts of the nation flood with more rain than they can handle. While drought strikes and the west burns and we wish for any amount of rainfall. If only there was a way to balance it all get and give each region exactly what they need. But that is certainly not how Mother Nature, or life for that matter works. So we rejoice with our first recordable rainfall in months. With hope for what it can do for our parched pastures.
Bedtime rumble in the pasture. There is a definite Bedtime rumble in the pasture. There is a definite herd hierarchy with the Ladies. It’s fun to watch their personalities come out in different situations. The pasture is usually just for fun, but don’t put it past one of the older ladies like Farrah here to put anyone in their place.
Seriously can’t get over the incredible views we Seriously can’t get over the incredible views we had of the Northern Lights last night. We never see them in Oregon so this was a special treat! Even turned off the barn lights after this and headed out into the pasture to get an amazing view.
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Thanks for all your great help with naming this group of calves. We went with: Gorgeous - Glamorous Lotus - LiatrisSplendor - SwankyCharlotte - ClaudetteMyrtle - MullberryCiara - CeceEverly - EmberJayda - JayleenBuddy - Bond (007)Rerun - RewardBabble - Bubbles ... See MoreSee Less
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Classification day for the Guernseys. Looking at each cow individually her type (body) is evaluated. There are functional assets to how a cow is put together leading to a more productive animal. It also gives us important genetic information on how daughters of each bull are turning out. It’s an important day for registered herds. And just fun to have another set of eyes on the Ladies pointing out flaws and strengths. ... See MoreSee Less
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We’ve got another group of calves it’s time to register and give them their official names. Reminder of how this works. The first letter must match from the Mothers name below. For example Myrtle hails from our floral M family with Magnolia, Marigold, Mistletoe and Mallow currently in the herd (so break out your botanical knowledge!) Give me your best suggestions for: Gorgeous LotusSplendorCharlotteMyrtleCiaraJaydaRerunBabble ... See MoreSee Less
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3 months ago

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I know I’ve been pretty quiet in this space lately. But my favorite consequence of being in this social media space is the amazing people it’s connected me to like Cody from Foggy Bottoms Boys. A whirlwind spring break combo work trip landed us at their farm and then to @Jerseyscoops for some seriously delicious ice cream. These guys are doing amazing things and it’s so exciting to see their success. ... See MoreSee Less
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It looks and feel like Spring here. So guess what that means we did……? ... See MoreSee Less
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