Predators on the Prairie
Badger-Coyote Relationship
Excluding or including grazing?
“Environments may be classified on a continuum from non-brittle to very brittle according to how well humidity is distributed throughout the year and how quickly dead vegetation breaks down. At […]
Lazy days… on summer pasture
While everything else has been going on around the ranch, someone has been diligently checking cattle on summer pasture. While they are pretty low maintenance at this time of […]
Culling cows: Why and When
It is that time of year on Grant Ranch, where we sort off the cull cows for sale. Culling is the process of marketing older, unproductive and open cows. Older […]
Counting, Counting, Counting
About this time of year, some pesky bookkeeper starts asking how much grain is in the bin? How many cows? How many calves? How many bales? Financial Counting It is […]
From the Cab of the Combine
Harvesting is progressing amidst the showers. Here is a birds-eye view. The Saskatchewan Pulse Growers provide a more detailed explanation of Harvest management. This field had rocks picked and was rolled […]
Life lessons – from a Painted Turtle
Painted Turtle I saw a painted turtle on the pavement dry and warm My car he did go under, but he did not come to harm. I picked him up […]
Bales, bales and more bales!
The never ending job of hauling bales. It can seem like someone is hauling bales all summer. From when baling first starts the end of June until well into September. […]
A typical harvest day…
Sunday August 14, 2016 We are starting to combine the durum today. We had tried a couple of times earlier in the week but it was too tough. Today it is dry […]
The Drinking Program
Living in Southwest Saskatchewan we are usually short of water by mid-August. Hence, we rely on solar water pumps to bring the water up to a trough for the cattle. […]
