The Basics

Jan. 3, 2011 Monday-Today was a day of the basics.  Bruce is paying the price for all the skid steer pounding on Saturday.  Randomly frozen areas and chains on the tires ride kind of rough.  Chiropractor for him today.  The basics are feeding and milking.  Basically a 5 hr farming day for him and 3 hrs of milking for me.  We have lots of dry cows currently and a bunch that will be drying up in the next few months.  Basic math is less cows=less milk=less time in the barn.  Milk checks get pretty sad for a few months.  The process of pasturing has given us a 68% first breeding conception rate (industry average is about 30%).  It has also headed us towards a more seasonal calving schedule.  Once you wrap your head around your milk checks dropping significantly for a few months, its all good.