Category: Ranch Life
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What Do Cows Have To Do With Food Waste?
Food waste is a significant problem in the United States and one that I am particularly passionate about doing my part to mitigate. Sadly, we as consumers waste 40% of the food produced in the U.S. Of that figure, a lot of food is wasted before it ever reaches store shelves due to not fitting…
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Dear Epicurious: Your Meat-Free Resolution Confuses Me
Dear Epicurious editors and stakeholders, As a working mom, I’m a big fan of the wide variety of quick, easy and tasty recipes that adorn your website for folks like me who need supper in a hurry (especially when it’s a last-minute decision). In fact, a few of my favorites are your hamburger soup, pork…
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Predicting New Arrival Dates on the Ranch
A few months ago, the work on our ranch was focused on breeding our cows to their “match made in data” bulls, which involved math, science, planning, hormones and even a little bit of luck. Earlier this week, we finally found out how much of that effort came to fruition when we pregnancy-checked (or preg-checked)…
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Beef: More Than Cows, Grass and Sunshine
This post is a collaboration with Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. on behalf of the Beef Checkoff. I received compensation but all thoughts and opinions are my own. If I asked you what went into the steak on your plate, what would your answer be? Grass? Absolutely. Water? You betcha. You might even throw in…
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Breeding Season: Tinder for Cows
Almost as soon as calving season is over, we start working on our game plan for the next set of calves by preparing our cows for breeding. The gestation length of a cow is 283 days so even though September 2021 seems extremely far away, we are planning how our cows will be bred in…