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How much are vaccinations worth? Here in north-central Idaho, common killed virus shots for spring branding total nearly $4 per cow and just under $8 per calf from the local vet. With that kind of investment, proper handling has to be a priority for producers.
I don’t know if you have purchased a new sprayer lately, but even ATV-type spot sprayers have gone up a good bit. What else is new, right? Everything is more expensive, but that makes it more important than ever to properly protect and store our spraying equipment.
This spring has been different, to say the least, but then again every
spring is different, at least when it comes to agriculture. There has
been a great deal of uncertainty in the markets this winter and spring.
My own struggles with internet began during the pandemic. We live in a rural area in Idaho. Our county is the No. 20 dairy county in the U.S. and cows outnumber people 6 to 1 where I live.
Jeff and J.C. Siddoway have owned a sheep, elk and bison ranch near
Saint Anthony, Idaho, for generations now, and they have tried almost
every method of brush management there is. For Western producers,
sagebrush is a curse. Some varieties, like Wyoming big sagebrush, can
grow tall as a man and wide enough to reach its neighbor, forming a
6-foot canopy over the range.
With four Bureau of Land Management (BLM) district offices and 12
field offices, the BLM manages nearly 12 million acres of public lands
in Idaho, nearly one-fourth of the state’s total land area.
Is it just me, or does the summer feel as though it is passing us by quite rapidly? Well, it’s not just me – and time does feel like it is moving faster every year. In just a few weeks, the kids will be back in school, and we will begin looking at the fall work.
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