May you always have cows around

This week one of my good girlfriends asked if I had heard Corb Lund's new song, and if I hadn't I needed to check it out. I checked it out and therefore I present Cows Around.




If you aren't in a position to have cows around I'll let you adopt mine so they can bring you much happiness. Corb even mentions the two breeds of cattle my family own first - Hereford and Simmentals. Yes, that is the kind of thing that makes me happy even when I was up at 6:30 in the morning in -5 F (without the windchill) weather feeding those cows this morning.

p.s. Don't forget about the Country Outfitter gift card giveaway!

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Lady Gaga Moves to Nebraska?

Little Monsters Love Agriculture

Ok Lady Gaga isn't moving to Nebraska as suggested by SheKnows, an entertainment gossip site. However, it is true that Gaga has been spending a lot of time in Nebraska with what she calls a "cool Nebraska guy," and more importantly Lady Gaga told Star Pulse, "that there is nothing sexier than shooting a scene in a cornfield." Can any farm girls confirm or deny?

Her next music video "You and I" will feature barns, small towns and cornfields all near Springfield, Nebraska, according to the Des Moines Register. I guess after the infamous Meat Dress and her recent GagaVille - a spin on Farmville (if you haven't watch the video it's a must) Lady Gaga is showing that she likes us agriculture people - wait I think she would say us agriculture monsters.

When there are superstars out there that choose to support agriculture (unlike Carrie Underwood) I choose to support them. I also think that Lady Gaga is actually pretty darn smart and talented, yes quirky, but different isn't always bad.

I was also excited to see this in my roommate's US Weekly.

"I like weaning calves on my buddy's Utah farm," Josh Kelley of Lady Antebellum in 25 Things You Didn't Know About Me. Yup, they get added to the "I support agriculture" ipod playlist. 

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Lady Gaga is farming

Little Monsters are farming, and you have never seen these crops before.

Farmers

Yes, Lady Gaga has entered the world of farming. She's shaking things up on the popular game FarmVille brought to you by the gaming giant Zynga.  GagaVille will be a neighboring farm to Farmville - unicorns, sheep on motorcycles and crystals will be present. Not only will players get to till the soil, but they will also get access to three never-been-heard before songs off of Lady Gaga's "Born this Way album."

Even if you don't plan on playing this video is definitely worth watching. I am pretty sure none of you have ever seen a tractor like this before.




Disclaimer: Growing food on Farmville is nothing like real farming. 

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Miranda Lambert Hell on Heels

Miranda Lambert our beef loving cowgirl.

Since Miranda was such a hot topic on my blog this week, I figured why not end it with her. I love this song that she sang with her new band Pistol Annie. You go Miranda, and thanks for talking a little bit about agriculture.



I hope you all have an awesome weekend! I'm off to South Carolina, a state I have yet to been to. Should be exciting.

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I’m thankful for roadtrips

101 in 1001

We survived our 2nd
Calf Fry together. 

Time to give a little gratitude on the blog as part of my 101 in 1001 project. This past weekend I headed to Stillwater for my annual Calf Fry trip. This time my co-pilot was the Boy. It is hard to believe that is was at this event last year our relationship really kicked off.

We arrived at Miss Northerner’s trailer house (I mean what would a weekend of Red Dirt Music be without a trailer house). The Park West Palace would be home to eight people during the next three days. Eight people staying in a trailer = someone is going to have to sleep on the floor. It also means it takes approximately three hours to get everyone showered. Water tanks are not that big.

Randy Rogers was the musical highlight for me. Yes, I was that girl belting out Kiss Me in the Dark, and I was in great company. Throughout the weekend there were too many inside jokes to count, Eskimo Joes, my slowly becoming famous Shrimp Gumbo, a pitching contest, in which I made a hole in one, Zebra Cake races, dancing and a terrible rendition of Fancy. I am really not a good singer.

Dana can literally eat a Zebra Cake (similar to a Little Debbie) in 30 seconds.  This has become an annual tradition.

Now that is great form.

What I am most grateful for is the friends that accompany me on this trip every year. Sometimes we don’t see each other often, but it doesn’t matter because we pick back up from where we left off. And each year I seem to leave with a few new friends in tow. I mean the Montana Boys seen to your right probably know more about my personal life then they ever planned too. My Alberta heritage quickly gave me street cred, and they quickly declare I was just a norther sister. The bottle of Canadian Rye I bought with me probably didn't hurt.

Throughout the weekend I saw friends from 10 different state and a bunch of Okies, all gathered for a little fun in Stillwater. 

Pretty girls. Great friends.

Dana was the further traveler again, this year flying in from Detroit.

So thanks friends. I hope that you have people you can count on like these awesome people. Can't wait to do it all again next year. 

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Food Animals

Food Animals vs. Pets - there is a difference

MirandaLambert.com
aka Superstar 

Miranda Lambert has done a nice job of explaining the difference between food animals and pets. Miranda Lambert is not only a superstar in terms of country music, but she knows that protein is a great way to keep her energy up and that “there are some animals you feed and some animals that feed you.” Yes, Miranda Lambert you are now an even bigger superstar in my books. 

Food animals seems like a simple concept. They are the animals that you eat, but yet I still get asked all the time how I can eat my cows. I talk a lot about my cattle on my blog, and there are certain ones that are really close to my heart – like CDY Signature 2N. She is one of my favorites, but I also know that she is a beef animal.

CDY Signature 2N

Signature was one of the last heifers I showing through junior cattle programs and my sister showed her in 4-H.

 Signature’s job for the last eight years has been to raise calves that we can sell as seedstock animals to other purebred cattle breeders. The bull calves go onto sire (father) calves that will be fed out for beef production, and her heifer calves remain in my herd or are sold to other purebred cattle breeders.

This is one of the 2011 bull calves out of Signature.

However, Signature is getting older and for the last year has had some hip problems. This winter it got a lot worse, and my family and I don’t want to see her going through more pain next winter. So after her calf is weaned off this fall I will sell her, and her ultimate fate will be hamburger. Yes, it is sad, but I grew up knowing that cows are for food, dogs are for pets.

Here is Miranda Lambert’s full quote on food animals from her Health.com story.

Q: Was it hard slaughtering animals that were your pets?

A: Dad would give us two rabbits as our pets, or we’d have one pig we could name. They explained that not every animal was a pet—some were providing for our family. It sounds weird to other people, but I look at it like, there are some animals you feed and some animals that feed you. 

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Crystal Cattle's Dance Moves

Shake your groove thing

A friend reminded me about this video today. A few years ago she came across it and was instantly reminded of me. I may of may not have pulled a few of these dance moves out before! Regardless I hope it brightens up your day.

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Wide Open Spaces - Texas Long Weekend Part 1

Driving, driving, driving.

Last weekend I got to head south with the boy to a friends wedding. Now first let me explain we call these holiday weekends, long weekends in Canada. No one seemed to have a clue what I was talking about when I kept on referring to the Labor Day weekend as the long weekend.

Back to the topic. We fly into Fort Worth on Thursday and stayed with the boy's sister and her fiance. The next day they treated us to a quick tour of the Superior Livestock Auction building where the fiance works, and then some amazing BBQ at Coopers, all down in the Stockyards. The Brisket and the blackberry cobbler were amazing, and trust me Texans know how to do both of these the best.

Then it was off to San Angelo, just a mere four hour drive south. ugh. However prime opportunity for me to take pictures, and maybe complain a little that we couldn't stop at every western decor home store we saw. Texas I will return.

We did drive through Dublin, home of Dr. Pepper. I always get excited about tourist things like this. This is what it looks like on the drive by.

And although, we we greeted by a beautiful sunset as we entered San Angelo. It was time to wear some engergy off.

And so as is tradition, if you are going to sing karaoke, you better sing Sweet Caroline.

The boy's sister and I were very excited to be on stage.

Also, a note to those that like to sing karaoke. It helps if you turn the microphone on. We didn't realize it was off until half way through the song. Which, actually may have been a good thing.

Stay tuned. Part II to be reveled later in the week. And there may or may not be more karaoke and a picture of the boy.

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