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Weather: Warm and mild
Where: Cows WG-6 (287 pairs x 1.6 = 459 DD). Bulls BW-6 (22 x 1.6 = 35 DD Supplement P+M+S: 3 + 1 + 1 Two splits about 35 acres each. Cayse saw a Hognose snake.
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Weather: Warm and mild.
Where: Cows WG-6 (287 pairs x 1.6 = 459 DD). Bulls BW-6 (22 x 1.6 = 35 DD Supplement P+M+S: 3 + 1 + 1 One split. With refreshed soil moisture and warm weather the ranch, along with region, is experiencing a welcome green up. Weather: Warm and mild
Where: Cows WG-6 (287 pairs x 1.6 = 459 DD). Bulls BW-6 (22 x 1.6 = 35 DD Supplement P+M+S: 3 + 1 + 1 One split. Tyler back from Costa Rica with plan for future ranch enterprise with partners. Tyler will stay at ranch through fall 2025. Plan for transition overlap during summer of 2025. Weather: Wet weather retreats.
Where: Cows WG-6 (287 pairs x 1.6 = 459 DD). Bulls BW-6 (22 x 1.6 = 35 DD Supplement P+M+S: 3 + 1 + 1 Three splits. Weather: rain arrives big time over the night. 2.5 inches and 3 inches since the 12th.
Where: Cows WG-7: (287 pairs x 1.6 = 459 Ads daily demand). Supplement P+M+S: 0 + 0 + 0 Last day in WG-7. Weather: A little cooler and cloudy yet no rain yet.
Where: Cows WG-7: (287 pairs x 1.6 = 459 Ads daily demand). Supplement P+M+S: 0 + 0 + 0 No moves as we traveled to the yearlings to pregnancy test the yearling heifers. I was hoping for around 55% 75 on a short 28 breeding period but fell short and were closer to 46% or 56 heifers. Current yearling count (83 already in feedlot). Need to double check. 50 steers (9 green tags) 56 bred heifers 77 open heifers (8 green tags) Weather: Very pleasant both days. Possible moisture on the way.
Where: Cows WG-7: (287 pairs x 1.6 = 459 Ads daily demand). Supplement P+M+S: 8 + 2 +1 Three splits over two days and the last split for WG-7. Close to sixty Hungarian Partridges hanging in and around the yard. Weather: More of the same.
Where: Cows WG-7: (287 pairs x 1.6 = 459 Ads daily demand). Supplement P+M+S: 2 + 1 +1 I move cows to new split. Checked out completed to date BDAs. Very un-intrusive dirt, pine boughs, and pounded stick checks that hopefully will hold back more water while raising the water table. Surprising observation of Sage Thrasher and Pinyon Jays. Weather: Warm, dry, and mild.
Where: Cows WG-7: (287 pairs x 1.6 = 459 Ads daily demand). Supplement P+M+S: 2 + 1 +1 Tyler heads to Costa Rica. I move cows to next split. In the morning I attend a Beaver Dam Analog (BDA) workshop with focus on NWF and Anabranch’s project on Milton Ranch. Project will build 30 to 40 BDAs over 2 miles of ephemeral stream in BW and EG units. Weather: More evening showers-almost .5
Where: Cows WG-7: (287 pairs x 1.6 = 459 Ads daily demand). Supplement P+M+S: ? Tyler moves cows into 40-acre split. I return from SD. |
Bill Milton
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