It's That Time of Year

It's that time of year, but we are still about two weeks behind when we usually start. The men started working the ground and planting on April 17th. We usually Start the first week in April. There have been a few setbacks with an occasional blizzard and being unusually cold. Alan has been toughing it out planting the dikes on the small cab less tractor. The day I took the picture it was only 40. As of Saturday the 26th They had planted 500 acres with 300 left to go. Saturday was an exceptionally good day with them being able to plant 100 acres that day alone.

The calving has gone well this year. 300 calved out, 20 to go. When the planting is done it will be time to brand the calves in getting to take them to the ranch. We drove up to check out the ranch the other day and the underpass is still snowed in and the lane to the cabin is drifted over. But it should be clear by the time we are ready to take them up. Plus all the snow is great for green pastures this summer.