08/08/2026
In the name of keeping it real: it’s not all sunshine and roses in the cattle business. Thursday night we lost a great momma cow to lightning. 😢
Got no rain (which we desperately need), but we did have a thunderstorm. This cow had been a good producer for us and unfortunately was a recip carrying an Admiral embryo. I wasn’t sure what happened to her but luckily our patriarch is a retired vet. He knew immediately what had happened. She was on top of a hill and had burn marks from her withers to her front leg. Not looking for sympathy-it’s part of the business.
Stock photo as we didn’t want to post a picture of the aftermath.
