All signs point to current and tightening supplies of fed cattle!

I have been doing a lot of thinking about this subject after I listened to a recent podcast on the Old Fashion On Purpose channel. We have become a nation that decades ago started abandoning the principle that the home was a place of production and instead morphed into this place of consumption.

As I left off yesterday telling you about my productive canning weekend, I also left you with a teaser. I am not an avid podcast listener. I want to be because there are so many great ones out there that appeal to me, but I always forget to put podcasts on in the car or when I’m folding laundry. But this weekend. I thought “why not fill the kitchen with some background noise while canning?!?”

America’s Hot Barn Report hosted by NAFB Award Winning Monte James brings the latest in cattle market news, interviews with industry leaders and price discovery from prolific sale barns across the USA!

America’s Hot Barn Report hosted by NAFB Award Winning Monte James brings the latest in cattle market news, interviews with industry leaders and price discovery from prolific sale barns across the USA!

Our family split up this weekend to divide and conquer! My husband took my older girls, heifers, and goats to the Nebraska State Fair for the FFA show weekend. By all accounts they had a great time together, but came home pretty darn tired.

Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894. Labor Day weekend also symbolizes the end of summer for many Americans.

Life is short, make it peach! Thanks for tuning into Fun, Fact Friday right here on Ranch Raised! I devote a lot of pantry space to quart jars of peaches, so let's learn more about one America’s favorite delights!

America’s Hot Barn Report hosted by NAFB Award Winning Monte James brings the latest in cattle market news, interviews with industry leaders and price discovery from prolific sale barns across the USA!

It’s finally hitting, preservation season has hit my kitchen. I am deep in peaches and pears right now. Which brings me to today’s subject. I am having this seasonal internal struggle.