The Feed Yard: Unraveling the Myth…
When Virginia and Rachel’s cattle leave the home ranch, they travel approximately thirty miles to my farm. The cattle make the trip in large stock trailers pulled by pick up trucks driven by the...
View ArticleAn Aggie In Nebraska…
Howdy! My name is Emily and I have the privilege to be a guest on the Feedyard Foodie’s blog this week! I am originally from rural Connecticut but am currently residing in Texas. Both my Fiancé,...
View ArticleThe Rainbow Ends At the Pot Of Gold…
After 14 years living, working, and growing up under the magnificent Nebraska sky I learned a lot from the people who were kind enough to share it with me. Now I want to share it with you. My...
View ArticleThe First of the Lasts…
Whenever life begins to transition toward a new path, there exists a series of “lasts”. Last week, I experienced the first of the lasts in the journey of shutting down the feed yard. Friday morning,...
View ArticleHow Do You Tear Down a Feed Yard?
Three primary alleyways provide the “blue print” of the feedyard with cattle home pens located on both sides of each alleyway for a total of 24 pens. Our cattle farm dropped below 1/2 capacity (1500...
View ArticleMacro vs. Micro…
I became familiar with the words “macro” and “micro” when I took my first college economics class. I signed up for two economics courses during my tenure at Dartmouth, not because I was really very...
View ArticleFacebook Live!
Despite their remarks that summer has gone too fast, my girls head back to school on Wednesday. They’ve been on vacation for three months, but I have to admit that it seems like last week when we...
View ArticleWhat happens each day at a cattle feedlot?
This has been a week of tremendous learning and growing for me. I did my first Facebook Live broadcast and increased my tech savvy by leaps and bounds. For those of you that do not participate in...
View ArticleEclipse Totality Video…
Learning to make and do “videos” provided a significant challenge for me over the summer months. While I still have much to learn and improve upon, I am confident enough that I am starting to actually...
View ArticleFinding Honor While Raising Food Animals…
I learned an important lesson on Saturday morning — When it is 12 degrees outside, your phone might get “cold” and shut down in the middle of a Facebook Live broadcast 🙂 It never crossed my mind that...
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