I smell a fish in cattle country! Welcome to this Friday edition of Hot Barn Report! My grandma used to say, “always trust your nose!” And I can tell you that something is foul in this cattle industry!

We’ve got a bad case of spring itch and I’m not talking about the cows! I don’t know about you, but I have some kids that are just itchin’ to get out of school. I’m pretty sure they are squirming in their seats, gazing out of the windows, with no mind on reading and ‘rithmatic.

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Here is something proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission that will cost family farms and small business agriculture a lot of time and money. They want to require corporations to report on greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chain.

Speaking of spring to do list, I want to talk about a product that is always a part of our spring calf vaccination protocol and also the exclusive sponsor of Ranch Raised during the month of May. Which is pretty fitting during “Beef Month”!

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What comes after Mother’s Day?????

Thanks for tuning into Ranch Raised! Everyone knows that after Mother’s Day comes Father’s Day. Today is Father’s Day at the Jones Ranch, I mean fertility testing day. The day when we see who will be a father to the next generation of ranch calves and who fails the test.

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So, yesterday was nationally known as Mother’s Day, but to most of us who ranch, it was more commonly kept as just another spring Sunday. I have honestly never been the celebratory type, so keeping the day regular and checking off the spring to do list, along side of my family, probably brings me the greatest satisfaction.