Annual spring update from the farm
Well really i will never make it as a blogger if I only post once a year! This year has been exciting for all of us at the farm. January we welcomed 5 calves sired by AI. 4 were bull calves!!! They are all very hardy calves and growing well. We now have only one more to calve to complete the year. We also tried flushing some embryos from an older cow. The results are pending but we are optimistic. The cattle are finally out on pasture. We always hope that by May 1st they can be on pasture but sometimes it is just too wet. Living in Ontario has it's weather challenges. Often living close to a great lake provides a unique weather pattern as well. We have become much more selective in what cattle we are keeping and what we are willing to sell as breeding stock. We never intended to have a herd larger than what our land can comfortably sustain. We recently took a Holistic Management Course. The course helped us to realize that our livestock decisions should be made wit