Thanksgiving

Hard to believe it is Thanksgiving already.  This year has flown by and we have much to be Thankful about.  I am thankful for my family and friends.  Having just returned from a quick trip to Disney World I am truly thankful for my wife and kids.  Walking what seemed like miles it was always exciting to see  and experience what was up around the river bend (Disney reference LOL).  My two year old son was awe struck by the characters.  I find it interesting how many young kids go on the "scary" rides.  I think the parents want to go so the kids have follow, another example of kids growing up faster in this generation. 

Anyway this Thanksgiving tell your family you love them and be truly thankful for the opportunities we have been given.

  I found something else ironic at Epcot.  While watching a presentation about American History JFK uttered those famous words of "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." So many people have lost this idea and are waiting for the Government to give them something, instead of screaming how unfair you have it think about the starving children in Africa, look in the mirror and tell me again why you have it so bad.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

We picked an Apple

After watching the success of the Goldwyn's and the Apples at World Dairy Expo we decided to venture in to a new area and purchased Apple's March 11 Goldwyn at the Great Northern 30th anniversary sale.  Ms Apples Annesa-ET RC.  The amount of people that have called or inquired about her has already been amazing.  I always feel we have good cows, but because they do not have high numbers it is hard to get people stopping that by embryos, bulls, etc.  In order to get traffic you have to find something unique and promote it.  That is what we plan to do with our shiny black apple. 

In other news Jenny-Lou Planet Tasia-ET is drawing a lot of attention.  She single handed drove people here during Expo.  Her last flush we only got 2 embryos which was disappointing after 10 the first time.  If she can make eggs the demand is really high.  We are not sure how long that window will be open though.

Classifying on Friday I will post results.

World Dairy Expo is just around the corner!

The World Dairy Expo season is upon us and we will soon be welcoming hundreds of visitors from all over the world to our farm.  It is wonderful to interact with these people every year.  Some are on vacation, some are consultants hoping to learn something to take home,  some work in AI and are seeing daughters of bulls they are interested in buying.  Mostly, though, they are farmers from different production systems from all over the world.  We will discuss feeding, breeding, genomics, housing and crops.  Hopefully we will also be able to sell some embryos which helps increase or farm income. Welcome world, we can't wait to meet you.