Wiebe Farms

04/22/2025

The planter is all hooked up and we’ve started planting corn! So begins the long days and late nights in the fields!

03/17/2025

Beautiful morning to move cattle off wheat pasture.

03/12/2025

As the winter wraps up in the panhandle we’re getting ready to ship cattle out off of wheat pasture. In preparation for that we prepped our scale for weighing.

03/05/2025

Wind is nothing new to the panhandle. It’s not uncommon to have slightly breezy days with winds between 20-30 mph. Yesterday was a windy day with sustained winds between 50-60 and gusting winds up to 70. Just another pre spring Tuesday in the panhandle. Except for the missing roof that is.

03/04/2025

It’s a windy day in the panhandle today! Winds are 45-50 with gusts up to 60-65.

01/13/2025

11/30/2024

During the winter time there’s not much farming going on so we run cattle on wheat pasture and corn stalk circles. When we get cattle in the first thing we do is “work them”. This includes giving them shots, ear tags, and brands.

Contrary to the rhetoric that’s been pushed by people who have no idea what they’re talking about, farmers and ranchers do not just pump livestock full of drugs and hormones. What usually happens is the producer (rancher or farmer) will give the livestock an initial round of vaccinations. Think of it like vaccinating your child for small pox or polio with most of the vaccinations being subcutaneously aka under the skin. For this picture taking a needle and just pushing it under the top layer of skin. No medicine is injected into the meat or muscle. The majority of the medicine will be flushed out of their system within in 30 days the same way that our bodies flush out medicine.

Next is the ear tag. We basically pierce their ear except for a diamond stud to wear they get a tag with our name and number on them in case they wander off someone can call us to come get them.

Then we have the brand. Ear tags can fall out or be cut out but it’s very hard to cover up a brand. Brands are necessary because that identities the operation the livestock belongs too. People unfortunately do steal livestock and a brand is one way to immediately identify a stole calf at a sale. It also helps the producers pick out their livestock quickly if they get mixed up with someone else’s. For simple terms a brand is a calf’s tattoo that identifies them.

Hopefully you learned some today and hope you had a very happy thanksgiving.

10/26/2024

Milo harvest is still going strong on this Saturday evening. Slowed up just enough to get this shot.

10/24/2024

Three of us in one picture. Mom, dad, and I putting in long hours cutting sorghum aka milo.

10/22/2024

Milo Harvest 2024 has begun!

10/18/2024

Last night we started on the last circle of corn before we drop the cornhead for the Milo header. Between the moon and listening to the local high school football team ranked #2 beat the #1 team in the state it made for a good windy evening.

10/17/2024

Corn harvest has been progressing steadily and we’re approaching the finish line. Besides this hydrologic line leaking and a few other minor inconveniences we’ve been break down free.