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Friday morning... Change of plans AGAIN.... Farmer I was supposed to test today, cancelled. They changed feed in the silo 2 days ago, cows have dropped off over 500 lbs and need to get nutritionist to take samples and change ration... :barnie:barnie:he:he:somad:somad:somad:rant:rant:rantNOT...

They say that one reason for the closures/reduced kill hours is because there is not enough beef to keep the plants operating. They want them to operate at 100% plus everyday... then when they do, and the numbers get up to where they can't handle it, they cry that there is too much beef and...

Happy New Year Thursday. Temp got to about 44, stayed partly sun and partly clouds... Breeze slowed down over the day so actually quite decent compared to what we had. Got the milk into jars and made the pudding... it had a few ice crystals but mostly thawed so that was good... DS texted...

What about something called BYRNA.... a less lethal pistol designed to incapacitate an opponent at fairly close distances... CO2 propelled... used for people... but might be something that you could look into... I have considered getting one for myself since I know I will shoot , for personal...

Happy New Year to all.... Up to 34 overnight and now 40... breezy but should diminish some...

The new labeling that is in the "push" basically goes back to the original " COOL "... labeling.... Country Of Origin Label... which was deemed to be "unfair" to beef competitors... to the point that farmers were NOT allowed to put certain things on labels even if they were true... like born...

@Ridgetop ; You are dealing with ewes that have been displaced from their original environment. You are dealing with a different type of heat/humidity. You are dealing with different latitude so different amount of sun... yes dorpers are supposed to be less photo estrous... but sheep are all...

Happy New Year to all... I went to bed at 12:02.... was reading and looked at the clock... oh, I was going to bed early.... Oh well... I used to work every New Years Eve, waitressing... after all that, it just didn't impress me much anymore... It's simply Thursday morning this morning... AT...

Wed Eve.... Happy New Years Eve to everyone. It was down to 17 last night... got up to 40 in the sun but recording thermometer hovered in the 35-38 range all day... It was breezy but not windy... sun and clouds off and on... Yesterday aft I went and got milk, and took his reports to him...

It looks real good and He can finish the grey insulation stuff himself... Looks like you had a good day to finish up the roof/ridge cap. Happy New Year to you, hope you and the wife have a nice quiet uneventful start to 2026. Hows the piglets doing with the cold snap????

17 actual this morning. Looks like sun and some high clouds over on the hill with the sun coming up. Forecast says near 40, then nights back in upper 20's... windy tonight then slight warming trend.. Some breakfast then go from there...

How is Chase doing by the way ? Don't hear much about him.

It's just plain miserable cold out. Down to 18 overnight with wind chills down in the single digits... some places were in the minus range. It blew all night, gusts and all the creaks and groans. I left the water dripping so it would not freeze..... More than glad we did not test... I would...

COLD COLD and BITTER COLD... Like real bitter with the wind... Nope, not as bad as @Weldman gets... but way colder than average normal here. Mostly because of the wind... It has blown all night, gusts in areas around here measured as much as 50 and 60 mph.... there were some power outages...

11 pm.... temps dropped all day and is already down to 20... It was windy and very very chilly later this afternoon. I got the sticks, branch pieces picked up and took over to the other pile of stuff. Dumped it all then took the mower and trailer back around... unhooked trailer and parked the...

Special pickup of buckwheat honey????:hide:hide:hide:hide

Been out and back in... going to head to snyder's in a few minutes. Definitely NOT going to do any vinyl, wind is already picking up. Not terrible cold yet, but cooling down. Going back out to get mower out and pull this cart of sticks/branches over to the small pile I have near the...

Monday morning... 42 overnight and kept getting warmer.. 51 at 9. Temps should start dropping after noon time. Cold with winds in the 20-40 mph range with higher gusts, wind chill down to the single digits. I texted the farm, and asked their thoughts on testing... said I would still bring...

We had 3 gen's of Ralph... grandfather Ralph C; father Ralph F; brother Ralph K... they did not want a sr, jr, or "third"... but if someone called my grandmother, and asked for Ralph, she would say, Sr or Jr????? :he:barnie There will be no "fourth".... since brother had 1 girl of his own...

Sunday... started out cold 30 overnight... cloudy, grey, dreary, and a little damp and raw feeling. It was not a very nice day early on. I did go out after noontime... Got the cut dried grass stuff stuffed into bags... 6 / 50 lb feed bags and I stuffed them... there is some green from some...