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    Good moisture---I guess!

    We have received around three feet of wet snow along with high winds causing 6 foot high drifts.this past weekend. It took all day yesterday just to plow a trail with the loader 1/4 mile up to the corrals to feed our bred heifers and replacement heifers. We didn't make it up to our main cow...
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    Sold the calves.

    We sold calves at the local auction this morning. A truckload of our home raised 634 wt steers brought $3.24. They were mostly April/May calves, spring and fall vaccinated and had been weaned 45 days. I'm very pleased with the price but wouldn't mind a bit if the market continues going up!
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    Weaned the calves and preg checked Sunday.

    We managed to scrounge up a crew to get the calves sorted off and cows worked Sunday. My wife, our three adult sons, daughter in law, 8 year old grandson and a nephew all put in a long day. It was cool and sunny which was as close to perfect for working cattle as I've ever seen! Preg check...
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    Trying something new.

    We have a 40 acre field that we had plowed last fall, intending to seed it down to Falcata alfalfa and Birdsfoot Trefoil and Timothy this past Spring. We had a very wet Spring and Summer preventing us from getting the job done and our delayed haying season kept us busy until late this fall...
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    Shipping Day

    We sent our calves to the local auction this week. We had the calves sexed and sorted in to pens and were soaking up complements from the neighbors about how gentle our calves are when a coyote started yodeling a couple hundred yards away. That set off a chorus of protests from the hounds...
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