Tag: Kansas
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Sustainable Beef Starts at the Ground Level
The other night I was monitoring a controlled burn on our property and enjoying the warm night air while chatting with my husband about some cow stuff. As we were talking, some cars drove down our gravel road and slowed to see what was going on – likely they wanted to know why there was…
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Unbelievable Devastation; Unmatchable Generosity
Yesterday, as I walked through our home pens examining our cow/calf pairs and took notes about which cows need to be sold, I thought about how crushed I would be if we lost several cows. If I walked outside tomorrow morning and half of our herd had dropped dead, I would be flattened with grief.…
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10 Things About Life Where Cattle Outnumber People
I’m a big map geek. I love taking those “where should you live?” Buzzfeed quizzes and playing TapQuiz on my phone while I’m waiting in line at the grocery store. So when I saw this map come across my Facebook news feed, I immediately got excited and checked out how my county and state measured up. …
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I’m Taking a Seat
Listening in to a meeting about the Veterinary Feed Directive at our local auction market. I was the only young producer in attendance. If you aren’t at the table, you aren’t part of the conversation. That mantra is heard often throughout society during presidential elections and debates but have you ever taken the time to consider…
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Wordless Wednesday: Home
We moved into our new ranch property this past weekend – here are few pictures of our slice of paradise. In order from top to bottom: us in front of our new house on closing day, the view from our balcony overlooking the turn out pens, a view of the housed and…