A view of the cows grazing and Fairbury in the background

Today (April 11) Cows get out on Pasture

Tonight after the cows had been milked, they were let out on the beautiful green pasture for the first time this spring.  Boy was it fun to watch the cows run and jump around,  just like kids getting let out for recess! 

The cows enjoying the nice green pasture

Now every day and night the cows will have free access to all the pasutre they want.  They will be brought in for milking every morning, let out after they’ve been milked, and then brought back in for the late afternoon milking.

WINTER HITS!

No, Cows do not take cold wintery days off.  They still need milked two times a day, even when it’s a blizzard outside.  The men headed out into the white-out this morning at 4:30 to check on the cows, feed them, milk them, and make sure they had plenty of bedding to keep them nice and warm! 

The Blizzard of 2011!

FALL 

A favorite time of year, but very busy here on the farm.  Here are a couple of picture of the non-GMO corn silage harvest.  Our field that we grow our corn for silage on is located less than a mile from the Farmstead.  Our cows are grazing on grass from the pasture most of the year, but we still supplement their winter ration with a little corn silage.

The "chopper" chops the whole stalk of corn up into little pieces, then shoots it into the silage wagon to be transported to the silo