Rainy Day Ranch

06/18/2024

“They say” fence line weaning is easier on cow and calf…well yesterday afternoon Jolene was trying so hard to get her mama to take just one more step closer to the fence…

06/17/2024

How’s your grass growing?

06/15/2024

Looking for a kid!

06/13/2024

The home hayfield is cut and rolled! Getting almost a year’s worth of hay put up is always a high point of the agricultural year. Thanks Dusty Syphrett, Diamond S Services, for getting it done!

05/22/2024

05/02/2024

We are weaning several nice calves this month. Let us know what you are looking for. Commercial feeder steers and American show prospects.

04/21/2024

It’s a beautiful Sunday morning. Hope you’re taken time to appreciate the nature we’ve been blessed with.

02/21/2024

🎸Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene…two days old and kicking up her heels

02/10/2024

Whatever you do, DO NOT let your kids join 4H and show animals.

Your summer will be spent in the barn. You will have to spend time together and help each other. You’ll have to learn and grow together. The whole family will learn patience. You will sweat, work hard, possibly yell and overcome it all together. There will be no time for movies, Netflix, tv or tablets. You will instead have to spend time talking to each other and working through problems together like facing fears, building confidence, bracing a lamb, clipping a calf, managing a budget, learn about nutrition and respect where our food comes from.

At the end of the summer, you’ll be soo nervous watching your kids show their project. They will learn how to control their nerves in HARD situations and so will you. They will learn how to win humbly and lose graciously. Your kids will make new friends and learn skills to last them a lifetime.

In the end, you’ll all probably be sad. All the hard work you’ve done all summer is OVER. Projects are done and gone to market. You might even cry TOGETHER. Maybe it’s because you’ll miss the animals or maybe because you’ll miss the late nights together in the barn. It might even be because you are beyond proud of what you have accomplished together.

We only get 10 of these summers together in 4H - don’t waste them ❤️ 🍀

📸 Koeth Kollections Photography

02/07/2024

Hi! My name is Nick. Only today, maybe my name is Smartypants. See, yesterday I learned something. How to cross the creek. All by my big self. I’m not telling whether I went swimming or across the bridge. It worried my mama. Moo moo. So I came back across.

02/05/2024

An important job in ranch management is to take care of the soil. And that starts with a soil test. We test yearly and work to keep our hayfield and pastures performing their best.