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St Paddy's Day in North Eastern CA

jeff in ca

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Sold some hay, here's the retriever backing in for 80 bales.
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Putting the mash on the stack.
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Easing them on down.
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80 bales in less then a minute headed out.

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A new calf with a momma you wouldn't let your two year old near.
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The ones with calves.
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The ones yet to calve.
 

Blkbuckaroo

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Nice retriever Jeff,things are looking good over the hill, i think spring is near.Is anyone in your country running herefords?Looking for a few light heifers.Hope all's well.
 

jeff in ca

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s that just 3 twines tying them?
Yes they are 3 twine bales. We use 240 strength twine, the white sure shows up good. Great for night baling. Bales went 96lbs a bale.

Is anyone in your country running herefords?
BlkBuckaroo. There are quite a few herefords on this side of the hill. I can hook you up with some, for sure.
 

Blkbuckaroo

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jeff in ca said:
s that just 3 twines tying them?
Yes they are 3 twine bales. We use 240 strength twine, the white sure shows up good. Great for night baling. Bales went 96lbs a bale.

Is anyone in your country running herefords?
BlkBuckaroo. There are quite a few herefords on this side of the hill. I can hook you up with some, for sure.
Cool,been wanting to take a little day trip over that way,i'll get in touch with ya'.
 

Jassy

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I'd never get tired of your calving view...plus the sunshine is nice to see too! Thanks for posting these...kind of warmed me up..lol
 

Big Swede

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I've never been to California, can you tell us about you climate, rainfall, wildlife, land prices, and anything else you can think of if you have time. Thanks. Nice pictures.
 

Faster horses

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Thanks for the pictures, Jeff. Cattle look great. So does all
that bare ground that is greening up.

Our neighbor in W. Montana used a bale retriever. Worked good
too. But he did fall off it a time or two. :shock:
 

jeff in ca

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I've never been to California, can you tell us about you climate, rainfall, wildlife, land prices, and anything else you can think of if you have time. Thanks. Nice pictures.

I live on the western edge of the Great Basin. I also live where the Sierra Nevadas and Cascade mountains converge. You can see Mt Lassen, a volcano if you drive across the valley. Our rainfall is pretty poor, we average about 14 inches of rain a year. Being situated at 4000 foot elevation we get basically get 2 seasons winter and summer. The wildlife is housed in the prisons, we have 3 of them here. 2 state prisons and a federal prison are the major employers of the region. Used to be lumber mills when I was a kid. I like to joke we traded a saw mill for a Starbucks.

Land prices are outrageous still, a 40 acre piece bordering me that is pretty much unproductive sold in December for $300,000. There are some foreclosures going on. But most are just poor business decisions by the home owners that paid way too much for houses in the first place.

Most of the cattle in the valley are just temporary residents. They spend the summers here and are trucked to Central Valley for the winter. The Crops we grow here are Alfafla hay for the dairies in the San Joaquin Valley. Strawberry plants for transplant all over the world. Endive for your bagged salad mix.
Big Swede, I have a niece going to school in ND that loves SD. I need to take a trip back there and check it out. A ag tour of Cali is worth it, we grow lots of things that only grow here.
 

Big Swede

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My cousin went with his brother in law to take care of his bees that he had taken out to the almond orchards somewhere in the central valley I think. He told about the vast expanses of "worthless" land across Nevada and then when they got to California it all changed. Very productive and crowded is how he explained it. He couldn't get over how there were no road ditches and everything was built right next to the hiways, apparently to not waste any land that could be producing something. Another thing he remarked on was the huge dairies and mountains of manure that was stockpiled for later spreading. They spent most of a week treating beehives for whatever they do to them, I'm no bee guy so I don't know. Sounded like a neat place to go visit, I've always wanted to see the giant redwoods and sequoia trees. Someday I hope to do that.
 
I love the pictures. Sure looks easier moving those bales than what I use to do when I was a kid.....all by hand. Really like the pictures with the dogs....looks like the one is helping in the cab!!!! Looks like some beautiful country!!
 
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