The Silliouete is the newest ship in the Celebrity fleet. It’s only two years old….. Very nice. There are nearly 4200 passengers and 1300 crew. Karra and I thought the ship must be nearly empty. We are told it is full. Never a line, never crowded. So far the...
Well, I was posting some pictures to the website and came across this post to my blog that never got posted. The facts are different(some of them at least) It is not August. It is not 100 degrees. But something is still true. Today is Easter. A great day. We...
… and on the Diamond H we use AI. On a prior post, I discussed why we AI heifers one month before our cows. We AI’d our Fall Cows on Dec 3rd to calve in mid September. We use a three shot protocol to synchronize the cows. First shot is...
I spend a lot of my days building the physical plant of the ranch. Improvements such as fence (lots of it), loafing sheds, pens, etc. Other times of the year it is farming the wheat, aerating the grass, killing cedar, working the calves….you know, guy stuff. ...
Part two of the heifer program (or “why in the world do we breed to Wagyu bulls?”) Well that is a question we don’t hear enough. Most people just assume we are crazy and don’t ask. So here’s the story: We want to bring in genes that will make the cattleman more...
The heifer breeding program on the Diamond H. (part 1) T he time is upon us to breed the fall heifers. Breeding is my second favorite time on the ranch….calving is of course the coup de gras! All heifers are bred one month before cows. That allows them to have...
