Alderspring

Pictures from the ranch this week… The last night feeding the cow and calf pairs at the Tendoy ranch before they headed back to the home ranch for the winter. These last few weeks at Tendoy we have been supplementing the herd with some hay in the evenings, while during the day the mama cows …

Pictures from the ranch this week… When it comes to assessing the quality of available forage Glenn is the definition of hands on. He will often use a spectrometer to assess the nutrient content/energy levels in the grass and alfalfa. This involves crushing a representative sample of the forage, putting the extracted plant “juice” on …

Pictures from the ranch this week… On Thursday a crew from the ranch headed into the mountains to spend the day cutting firewood. They drove to a mountaintop area that had burned in 2018, resulting in many dead trees to harvest. Roads were snowy, chains required. They took the majority of the wood in 30ft …

Pictures from the ranch this week… The prep for winter continues! Here Justice was picking up handline and storing it for the winter. Photo credit Rose Morris. Webb cleaned out and winterized the pivots with a little assist and lift from the backhoe. Photo credit Webb Johnson. Webb and Annie hauled the John Deere tractor …

Pictures from the ranch this week… We rarely have to doctor any of our cows, but occasionally the need arises. This week Scott and Jed had to doctor one of our mama cows with a foot issue. They set up panels, posts, and trucks in a makeshift chute out in the field to run her …