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Harvest Season in the rearview mirror…

August. It’s hot and dry. Which means… it’s harvest time.  It seems as though grain trucks bounce up and down our wash-boarded county road for the better part of this month. However, this year, our harvest season was shortened significantly due to a damaging hailstorm that devastated much of the farmland in Gallatin County. If […]

Friday night lights! Go Cats Go!!!!

Last Friday evening the MSU Bobcat’s hosted their first play-off game against Stony Brook under the bright lights at Bobcat Stadium. After loading the BBQ and necessary tailgating paraphernalia we left behind windy Willow Creek and headed into town. They forecasted a balmy 45 degrees, but as Montanas, we knew better than to expect that. […]

Changing of the seasons.

I snapped the following photo a couple days ago on my drive home from work. The autumn colors were so beautiful I couldn’t resist. So much for our beautiful fall foliage and blue skies. This morning we woke up to snow covered bunks and grey skies. As usual, our fall was fairly short lived. Fueling […]

Beef is lean and ‘green’

I discovered the following article while thumbing through a local Health & Wellness directory during my lunch break at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital last week. It’s not often that beef and the ranching community as a whole is portrayed in a positive light this day and age. As so, I found this article very refreshing. Hope […]

Farewell summer

It’s been awhile since I’ve updated all y’all on the happenings here at the ranch. As usual, we weaned cattle the Tuesday following Labor Day. We had a good crew helping and the day went off without a hitch. Tad rushed home from his first week of school to help run ’em through the chute […]