To wet to work but not to burn. The Chief is an expert at controlled burns and this one went great. This was a couple weeks ago and it is already green and growing.

RIO

My daughter asked me who named this calf Rio? It took me a couple minutes to grasp her logic.

Calf crop

This is most of our 2013 calf crop. About half done, the rest will be strung out into the late summer. Despite the wet and cold conditions they look pretty good.

The chicks sure have grown the last couple weeks. They put weight on fast.

May 2013 snowstorm

A bit of a change here. 80 one day and 33 the next. We didnt get a lot of snow accumulation but a lot of cold rain. Soil temp was over 60 a couple days ago today closer to 40. Special rain gear is needed in such conditions as "Outback Jack" shows us here. It made the cows laugh, they have been a bit gloomy with all the mud.

Look who is driving.

Harrison is behind the wheel. It is great he can drive the truck across the fields to help out.

Field work 2013 continued

This work was done on April 26 and 27.  Lighter ground worked up great, 4 jnch soil temps around 55 and rising.

This is a big one

There are bigger rocks out there but this one lost the battle.