The class III price for September has been announced at $19.07. The price for September 2009 was $12.11 and 2010 was $16.26. This month was a win/lose on our contract with one making us $197.50 and the other an opportunity loss of $1867.50. The 15 year record high was $20.07 in 2007 and the record low was $9.92 in 2002. As a general rule the highest prices for the year are the months of September through December. This year was a first with both July and August prices higher than September.
Today was another perfect fall day. Bruce is still milking our fresh cow out of the tank so I am continuing to do puttery jobs while I wait. When he had those 2 cows treated I washed the pipeline and vacuum line and relabeled it all. Since then I have put ear tags back in cattle that have lost them, started washing the light covers (we have 37 four foot fluorescent lights) and have 6 done. I have trimmed all the cows tails with all of them having grown at least 5 inches of switch (hair) since I did them last.
Bruce had good news today. He called our nutritionist, Vicky, about the switching between old fermented corn silage and Ed's silo and she said cows don't have a problem going from fermented corn silage to fresh chopped corn. The problems come with half fermented corn silage so Bruce was thrilled. Instead of waiting until Ed's silo is ready they will just start chopping and filling the silo here and feed corn like we did haylage, chopping some fresh and feeding it in the mix. It makes feeding slower but it works and we can use this incredibly cooperative weather to continue on field work. Ed moved the blower from his silo to ours today.
We got the BioPRYN results back today and I was taken by surprise. We sent in 8 blood samples and had 8 pregnant cows. To achieve these pregnancies we had 1 cow that was bred 3 times, 1 cow that was bred twice and 6 cows that were only bred once. The quick count means we have 8 calves due in May but it is likely that number will go up since we again have 18 that can be checked (10 heifers & 8 cows). Oh my goodness! I think I better enjoy feeding only 1 calf for as long as it lasts!
Mike got to go to town with Bruce today. He likes riding in the truck, although sometimes I am not sure why since he usually just curls up and sleeps. Today he got his rabies shot so he is again good for 3 years. He doesn't seem to mind adventures at the vet. For only 3 1/2 years old he has gotten himself into trouble a few times.
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| The corn husks are turning brown and tipping |
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| Just a picture from our neighborhood....awesome : ) |
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| This fuzzy pod is one of Ed's soybeans. They tend to have 3-4 beans per pod. |
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| Ed's soybeans in the field after the leaves have fallen off. We didn't plant any soybeans this year but we have in the past depending on the crop rotations. |
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| The grapes are ready! I made 9 quarts of juice concentrate today. |
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| More grapes! |
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