12MT Ranch

12/24/2023

This is interesting.

Cover crops top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change.

12/16/2023

Gratitude fills my heart as I reflect on a special journey. Pink Night at the NFR took on a new meaning this year, reminding us of the impact of breast cancer.

A year ago, my reconstruction hit a roadblock. It was a tough choice: remove completely or embark on an adventure to New Orleans for a DIEP Flap procedure.
In August, we made the trip, and for six hours, two incredible microsurgeons worked their magic, reconstructing my chest with tissue from my abdomen.

The following four weeks were a gift spent in Mississippi with our daughter and her family. Their care and hospitality made recovery so much easier. Every moment with them was a treasure, even when the grandbabies had to be gentle with Grandma.

Since the surgery, I've embraced the next stage as it's not just about recovering from the latest surgery but overcoming the challenges since my diagnosis.

Lately, I feel the uncertainty chapter has closed, and I'm stepping into the next one with gratitude. Here's to 2024 and kicking breast cancer to the curb!

12/08/2023

This is a favorite event.
Hope to see you there.

Women's Conference Dates are set!
Join us for one or both; we would love to see you there!

Learn more about Fairmont and Miles City Women's Conferences at www.montanafarmersunion.com

11/27/2023

Our Black Friday brought an unwelcome surprise. We regret sharing graphic images, but it's essential to shed light on the issue.

As a hunting family, we cherish our time outdoors pursuing big game. Unfortunately, on Saturday morning we discovered a carcass in the middle of our haystack in our yard. We are pretty sure it was a trophy class whitetail we’d been watching and hunting for the past three years. If indeed it was this nocturnal buck, it's disheartening it was taken illegally and in an unsafe manner. First the animal was on private property, in our yard. Second the only way to shoot this animal, based on where the carcass was, was either from the driveway or from the county road. It appears as though the shot likely came from the county road, and if that is the case the house is directly in the line of fire behind where the deer fell. Adding insult to injury, the poacher left the carcass taking only the quarters, backstraps and trophy head. They neglected to remove the rest or conceal the evidence. While not one of our livestock, which we have lost to hunters in the past, the incident has left us deeply disappointed, disturbed and frankly pi**ed off.

This occurrence unfolded in our stack yard, a mere 25 yards from the county road and 150 yards from an occupied home. Regrettably, we were absent on Friday afternoon/evening and did not witness this or see the carcass in the dark when we got home.

Were this a case of a fair-chase, ethical, and legal harvest, we would feel a measure of sadness about the death of a trophy class buck we had admired the past three years but would have some sense of solace knowing that the hunter had at least “done it right.” If you have information or hear someone boasting about bagging a whitetail in our area, please approach it with suspicion and report it.

Instances like these make it exceptionally difficult to welcome hunters near or on our ranch, given our unfortunate encounters with such behavior.

10/31/2023

So absolutely true!
Thanks Farm Babe for sharing.

If you’ve ever raised livestock you know this feeling all too well. We try so hard!

Photo credit: Oak Apple Farm

09/25/2023

National Daughters Day
Yep, these are two of the best things in my life. They are completely different personalities but are fun, caring, loving, witty, amazingly strong, loyal and fiercely independent. I am in awe of them, always.
I am so proud of them, the life they are creating and the amazing young women they are becoming. Blazing a trail of their own in their own way.
Some days, they will do or say something and I smile realizing, 'I didn't screw them up too bad.'
For National Daughters Day they deserve all of the love because without them, I would not be me.