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Just for fun…
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Waiting in the bullpen…
…one of our herd bulls, THF Essington. He’s five years old now and has served as our primary sire for the past two years. Essington’s dam was the daughter Brian Drake’s great English cow, Buttercup. The sire was our THF Falcon, who traces back to the Ashott Barton herd in Devon. Thanks to the mating of these two great lines in Essington, his progeny will be the mainstay of our herd for years to come. A commercial cattleman in Virginia compares Essington favorably to Rotokawa 688! Since 688 in our view is one of the top bulls in Devon history, we appreciate the compliment. Here’s a picture so you can…
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An early morning stroll…
…but with a purpose. This part of the herd has finished strip grazing the East pasture and is moving to fresh grass in the West pasture. This is not the entire herd…just the mamas with their steer and heifer calves. At about eight months we move the bull-calf pairs to an auxiliary field. An important thing to note is how well-behaved our Devon are. Church is taking this picture and they come at his whistle…no shouting, or whips or dogs. Of course the cows know there’s ice cream at the end of this trail, and though there’s pretty good grass where they’re walking, they want to do as Church asks.…
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Holding you hostage…
…hackers have been targeting American consumers recently…by going after fuel and food. First the cyber-attack on Colonial pipelines which cut off gasoline supplies on the East Coast. And now the second largest meat packer in the US has been hit. Apparently Russian hackers are behind this one and demanding a ransom. The two attacks demonstrate how foolish we have been to allow the huge conglomerates to take hold. A neighboring cattleman Joel Salatin addresses the problem here. https://www.thelunaticfarmer.com/blog/6/2/2021/mmiidpz556j8jmsaopt0ta7peswvdg David