Harvest 11 Day 2
Another slow day. William and Bella had to take a few steers to the sale barn. Then it was left to the boys and I to handle the corn. The field we are in is close to the bins so we don’t have to haul...
View ArticleIf You Give a Cow a Smartphone
[youtube]-FaQh_lYh_M[/youtube] Even cows can benefit from having a mobile device. A new collar being developed for cattle ranchers could send cow health updates to farmers’ cellphones. The device...
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Twisted Uterus Brings Down a Cow
Tempest afternoon of c-section I started this timeline to track all of the events that were happening to our cow, Tempest. I fully expected her to survive and be put back with the herd. But that is not...
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How a uterus is like a sock
Another first for the Graff livestock experience: Ellyon ,who won Champion Performance Cow at the state fair, educated us about prolapsed uteri. Monday afternoon she pushed her uterus out after having...
View ArticleFarm Video Shorts Episode 1
I am combining videos that I take with the vine app (username farmNwife) of our farming activities. Unfortunately the app only takes video in portrait view. That is the reason for the black sides on...
View ArticleSlideshow of Farm Life May 2013
(click arrow to start slideshow) As last year had historic drought conditions, this spring has had unending waves of rain. This month alone we’ve had over 10″ of rain. We were able to get all the corn...
View ArticleVideo of Farm Life Ep. 3
Farm Life in 6 second clips kinze planter on a John Deere tractor going into transport position, filling the planter with seed corn, corn germinating after two days, switching the planter units over to...
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If National Geographic Followed Us Today
Inside Secret America: Cattle Farm National Geographic channel feels it needs to get the truth out about handling of livestock. Are animals treated humanely? I do wish they would have been with us...
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Collecting Bull Semen
First let me say, hello, to all you new subscribers to our site updates. Please, leave a comment and let us know what you would like for us to cover. We are pretty proud of General Grievous. (Dad...
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