Weather: Cooler.
Where: Cows in WG-4; Yearlings in L-5; Bulls in corral paddock. Daily cow move. Yearlings move into L-6 at end of day. Heron shows up for a moment on top of Hungarian Elm next to chicken coop. Not excessive yet measurable the hoppers steadily persist in their daily harvest. How will their presence this year manifest in 2024?
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Weather: Hot like 95 degrees in late afternoon.
Where: Cows in WG-4; Yearlings in L-5; Bulls along County Road (LS-12). Daily move with cows. Yearling stay in larger split in L-5. Weather: A few light showers-even .3 on the 29th.
Where: Cows in WG-4; Yearlings in L-5; Bulls along County Road (LS-12). Daily moves for cows. Rest of L-5 opened for more selective grazing in this crested wheat dominated paddock. Weather: Hail not so bad and heat returns,
Where: Cows in WG-4; Yearlings in L-5; Bulls along County Road (LS-12). Weather: Slight cooling followed by an unexpected thunderstorm with large hail during the night. Will assess damage in the light of tomorrow morning.
Where: Cows in WG-3-4; Yearlings in L-5; Bulls along County Road (LS-12). Midday cows move into WG-4. Yearlings move once. Three more yearling bulls into heifer yearlings and four older bulls into cows. Bull 2081 went a bit crazy, and we will need to send this bull back to Travis for failing the temperament test. Hayden Vanderburg from NAP was here all day to check in with Tyler and Dana and I on the apprentice program. Weather: Very hot with some cooling in the evening. Projected temps to drop back into the 80’s the next few days.
Where: Cows in WG-3; Yearlings in L-5; Bulls along County Road (LS-12). Daily moves for cows. Twice daily moves for yearlings. Country continues to dry out and hoppers are having a larger impact. Long-time friend Tommy Crouse arrived for a few days bringing his unique delightful perspective and often inappropriate humor into our daily routine. Weather: Just hot again with some cooling gusty SW winds early evening.
Where: Cows in WG-3; Yearlings in L-5; Bulls along County Road (LS-12). Same move schedule for cows and yearlings. Some upland sandpipers and curlews still in the area with the young flying. Weather: Just hot.
Where: Cows in WG-3; Yearlings in L-5; Bulls along County Road (LS-12). Daily move for cows and twice daily for yearlings. Two Harley Yearling red Galloway bulls went into the cows. Baby toads populating the yard. Weather: High of 96 low of 60. With clear morning and the afternoon had a small thunder cloud roll through.
Where: Cows in WG-3 20 acre split in the am, yearlings in L-4 with a 10-acre split in the am. Yearlings 8 acre split in the am trying to beat the heat. Bulls still in LW-12 chewing on grass in front of the HQ but the hardly put a dent on the grass. Moved yearlings one more time into L-5 where there was more native mixed with crested wheat. By the looks of the manure, we probably stayed too long in L-4 with very ample yet too high a percentage of coarse feed. Weather: Warm but still hot with a breeze from the southwest.
Where: Cows in WG-3 20 acre split in the am, yearlings in L-4 with a 10-acre split in the am. Yearlings 10-acre split, Bulls still in LW-12 chewing on grass in front of the HQ. |
Bill Milton
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