The perfect autumn afternoon is walking through the cattle on the hayfields and taking photos with my boys. The brilliant colours, the crisp mornings and the beautiful sunsets are just a few of my favourite things about autumn on the ranch. What are your favourite things about autumn? Starting in September, we begin hauling cattle home and weighing calves. As we are doing this, we must continuously update our cattle management software program with all the movements and weights. We ... VIEW POST
Autumn Ranch Chores
5 Secrets to Using Social Media for Your Ranch
Are you wanting to get your ranch brand recognized? Maybe you are direct marking beef in your community? Or maybe you are selling purebred cattle and what to get your ranch name out there to breeders Have you been posting to social media and you are hearing crickets? Let me give you my 5 tips for effectively using social media to increase awareness of your ranch and in turn help increase your sales. Be Consistent on Social Media Posting consistency is the most important tip when you ... VIEW POST
Haying Season in Full Swing
Who’s feeling brave today? Can you handle a reality check? How many things that you’ve moaned about today are part of the life you dreamed of yesterday? I know I’m guilty of complaining about the mundane task of daily chores or the long days at times. All we need is perspective. The little agonies are just a blip in the radar of the wonderful life we’re living right now! Haying Season This past week has been a gorgeous week for haying season. We have been busy swathing, raking and ... VIEW POST
Checking Cows Before Haying
Hope you had a wonderful start to your week! We are hoping to start haying this week as the fields are starting to bloom. Every evening, the boys enjoy riding their bikes to do chores. We feed grain to some animals and we lock the sheep up in their shelter for the night. These types of evening make for some great memories. We checked some pastures and cow/calf pairs on the weekend. There is something so peaceful about walking through a group of cattle grazing until the aspen ... VIEW POST
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