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This Week’s Story: Farming on Thin Ice

Checking my rope, I gasped a little at the sunrise-splashed view to my left. A near-vertical drop of about four thousand feet was less than a step away. Despite that, I felt fairly safe. My climbing boots were solid on the ledge, and I was roped in. The howling, 70-mile-per-hour wind that kept us awake most of the night had finally abated as we set out with headlamps around 3 AM…..

Store News

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Ranch News

The finish cattle eating their daily ration of hay below the beautiful glow on the mountains. We’re all enjoying some longer days, especially as work picks up and there’s more to do on the ranch. -Melanie

Photo by Melanie.

Spring is arriving here on the ranch! The snow up high is receding (a little faster than we’d like, to be sure), grass is greening up, and the willows are budding out! -Melanie

Photo by Melanie.

Such beautiful light on this spring evening a few days ago, turning the budding willows and sagebrush hills a beautiful golden color. -Melanie

Photo by Melanie.

The other dogs look surprisingly unconcerned with the idea of Bonny driving the feed truck. I’d be worried if I were them; Bonny is sweet but definitely useless beyond being good company. -Melanie

Photo by Glenn.

The cattle are a little tired of hay at this point and are anxious to begin grazing. However, even though the grass is turning green it doesn’t contain a lot of nutritional value at this very early stage of growth. To maintain everyone’s nutritional status and to meet energy needs, we’re still feeding a fair amount of hay every day. -Melanie

Photo by Melanie.

Sometimes things don’t go as planned! This is Justice transferring hay from one trailer to the other after a spring on the main feed trailer broke while crossing a pivot track. It’s since been repaired, but Annie and Justice had to work longer than planned to get hay to all the mama cows that night! -Melanie

Photo by Annie.

Ribeyes that just came in this week! It’s hard to achieve this level of marbling during the winter months, with cattle on hay, so we’re pretty excited to see these beautiful steaks! -Melanie

Photo by Glenn.

I like to think the sheep enjoy a beautiful spring sunset, and we do too. -Melanie

Photo by Glenn.

Noticed this sun dog while heading across the Horse Prairie of Montana, returning with a load of dry ice for the upcoming shipping day. It’s a beautiful drive across remote ranch country! -Melanie

Photo by Melanie.

Stock water is one of the most challenging aspects of grazing cattle regeneratively on the range. We don’t let our cattle drink directly out of creeks where they might negatively impact sensitive rangeland riparian habitat. Instead, we pump water to stock tanks away from the creek or we haul water by truck to the cattle.

Hauling water is advantageous because the cattle can literally graze anywhere we have road access and don’t have to be near water. However, the rough roads are incredibly hard on our pickup trucks, and they break down over time with that kind of use.

The solution? These deuce and half trucks originally designed for army use, pictured here with Glenn. They’re extremely durable and are designed to go just about anywhere. What’s more, they can easily haul twice the water a pickup can. We’re pretty excited to put them to work this summer! -Melanie

Photo by Melanie.

Another angle of the deuce and a halfs. Of course we got them for their utility, but it’s undeniable that they’ve got a really cool look to them! -Melanie Photo by Melanie

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