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Sim-angus cows are still popular up here in N.D.

Love it! My Irish grandmother (1890-1979) used to make it here in North Dakota.

Propane (house), electric Ritchie cattle waterer. We take heating seriously in North Dakota.

You’d be amazed at what those pilots live and love to fly around. Drones are improving—my neighbor hired a drone guy to desiccate 1/2 section of sunflowers after his regular spray flying guy wound up in the Obits. I watched for a little while. Two drones operating off a gravel road. Guy kept...

I keep heifers because they are raised to know and work with me and my farm. They know the paths I want them to walk, from pen to pen and pasture to pasture. And they last longer on my farm than most animals I have bought. A closed herd is best for managing disease. That said, it is hard to...

Deep snow out in the fields!

Good to have more of the Chosen Frozen on board. North Dakota greetings to y’all!

I keep 100 percent of my cattle in drylot 4-5 months just like every other North Dakota farmer most years. Winters are long and very, very hard.

Have never charged a deposit, but should. Have sold to a couple of relatives on “time.” Never a problem. But as Ann Landers said, “You can loan money to a relative or you can give money to a relative — the result is the same.”

If you’ve never seen them in person, just remember they only look this way to a digital camera. To the naked eye, just imagine this in a sort of b&w.

Yeah, we saw them here in North Dakota. Mrs. Gallagher snapped this in our front yard about 11:00. Good showing!

I hear rabbit pellets are OK, but they need to be very dry.

I’m not real sure about the university anymore. But they are listening to the gurus — no one should close their minds. NDSU at Dickinson R/E Center found some good numbers with Aberdeen Angus a couple of years ago. Is that 1600 lb. cow weaning an 800 lb. calf?

The difference between a 4-frame critter and a 5-frame is two inches between the belly and the ground, which doesn’t weigh very much and you can’t eat it.

I’m looking to raise grass efficient 1200/1300 lb. cows to replace the corn-fed 1800-1900 cows common up here.

Wish you well with that. Is this your loader tractor?

Finding “little” cows is next to impossible up north. Also, with Pharo, I’m looking to breed in other genetic benefits — especially grass efficiency, fleshing ability, low maintenance, calving ease, longevity, thickness, muscling, hair coat, fly resistance, disposition, and masculinity. Also I...

I am intrigued by Greg Judy’s discussion of cow size and how it may relate to lbs. of weaned calf per acre vs. lbs. weaned per cow. Kit Pharo has the same idea — most of the time a pot load of 500 lb calves should bring more $ than a pot load of heavier calves, especially if the smaller ones...

Please excuse the typos — big old pop-up on my iPod. Had a nice visit with Kit Pharo after leaving y’all last night. Bidding on my 2nd PCC bull at his Colorado sale. Yup, I’m a “herd quitter.”