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    Lost calf?

    DIL called in panic yesterday because they hadn't seen Belle's calf for 48 hours. MReit and her brother spent hours searching the 10 acre pasture, creek, and brush area looking for it. Nothing- although there is some nasty multiflora rose along the creekbanks. Belle is a 2nd calf holstein/beef...
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    Please be careful

    News has a local farm gal , age 62, airlifted to hospital after her husband found her in the pasture. She is in fair condition. She had been assisting a calving and the bull came after her and rolled her around. Not sure how long she had lain in the pasture til he got home from work. This gal...
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    Sale prices

    DD spent the afternoon at the auction ring today. She said bull calf prices were pathetic-- $50 range. They were giving the Jersey bull calves away ( I doubt that she was joking about that.) she said she didn't see any heifer calves go thru at all. Hopefully, MReit will stop by and give a full...
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    trying this picture thing.

    Ancient history for me... and why I miss my girls:/
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    every farmer's nightmare

    Just a fyi... A local gal who is a BYC member I think under the name mlcountrygal lost her barn to a fire last weekend in the middle of the night. I don't know her well, but like all in the farming communities, we do know each other. We realized last fall we were both members here, but have...
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