Most people probably consider Sundays as “easy”! Enjoying a day off. Going to church. Sharing a meal. Watching football.
On our dairy farm we do what is necessary for the care of our cows on Sundays but save the extra work for the other days of the week.
Sometimes it just doesn’t work out as planned.
In this video blog I had to feed the calves at the last-minute on a cold Sunday morning due to our employee not showing up. I want to show you a life of a dairy farmer.
I want to give consumers confidence in every dairy product they buy and to help clarify our practices.
I want to share with you all the hard work and dedication that goes to the care and well-being of our cows to bring you nutritious dairy products!
Thanks for giving it a look!
I bought Smoked Gouda, Hot Pepper Jack, and a nice Fontina Cheese today because of this video! Oh, and a bottle of nice red wine to go with it all
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Thank you Dairy Goddess!
I read about your blog from the Fresno Bee article. I am the Curriclulum – Technology Consultant with Kings County Office of Education. We are now providing educational content live to all of our Kings County classrooms through videoconferencing. We are now showcasing The Wonder of Cotton live developed by the Kings County Farm Bureau. Our next project will be Dairy: Milk Matters. I am interested in chatting with you about our new project.
Thanks for a great blog. I hope to someday get a video clip on mine too. Your is a great site, keep up the good job of educating those in the non-Ag industry.
Thanks so much! I look forward to seeing your video clips! The first ones the hardest! So just give it a go!
Hi Barbara,
Love your latest “flip” videos. You’re doing a great job for us dairy farmers. Tony and I enjoy your videos and completely agree with you on how it is on the dairy. You’re telling it “how it is” truthfully and we appreciate your hard work and dedication to our industry.
Thanks Barbara
love, JJ
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I’m 52 and just last year we bought 2 Jersey heifers for family milk cows….I remember laying in bed before they came thinking….what have I done? Am I crazy. I’m 50ish and can do anything I want now, and I’m doing what????? I’m going to be getting up at the crack of dawn and hauling buckets of milk and bales of hay and, and, and……..and I choose to do this???
I haven’t gotten a calf yet, our first was dead, and no milk yet either. But I’ve been so rewarded for my efforts. It’s given me a reason to get up some mornings and to press on. I love my bovine girls so much!!! They depend on me and I on them. I wouldn’t trade this for anything! Not even for sleeping in or staying warm on a cold snowy morning. They have given me so much more than I ever expected!!!
Now if I’d only get a calf on the ground and milk!!!!
Thank you Diane for sharing with me! I admire you have taken on dairy farming! Nobody knows how much work and dedication goes with being responsible for those gentle creatures until they experience it themselves. I too, am very anxious for my heifer “Chica” to have a calf. I know the disappointment of her miscarriage! Please keep me posted as I will too! (Like Grandma’s do)! LOL
Sincerely! Barbara
Barbara,
Just this morning, I realized that I haven’t seen a bloody show on my yearling heifer for 5 wks….she was cycling about every 2-2.5 wks with an obvious show. I’m am so elated that she MIGHT be with child!!! Do you call baby calves child’s….haha…well, I guess it’s time to do the bio tech blood test and I’ll know for sure…now if I could just stick her. She is going to make a GREAT mama cow! I almost sold her a million times, she was TROUBLE from the getgo as a calf. But she fits her name completely…she is my JOY!
Now if we could just get Josie, the 2.5 yr old to settle. She’s not having much luck conceiving AI. We think it’s time to bring in the big guns!!! Not sure how we’re going to get Mr Bull in with all this snow though…maybe another cycle lost.
I’m so excited to have found your site….I just love love love reading and learning all things cows! Thanks.
Thank you so much for what you are doing. As a fellow dairy promoter (and princess!), I thank you sincerely for your message. Would love to be apart of this type of a blog some day. Check out exploredairy.com and you will see some of my work! Thanks again!
Thank you Elizabeth..I did visit the site! Great looking and great information that continues to put a true and FACTUAL face on the dairy farmer. I will put it on my links as well!