Cow Country

I was contacted by Liz from The Farm Paparazzi who needed a cover photo for the winter issue of Cow Country. I looked through my archives but wasn’t really satisfied with what I already had. So what did I do? I scheduled with my neighbors to join them and the ranch dogs during their morning feed.

I went over around Christmas after days and days of snow. It. Was. COLD.
It made for great winter photographs, however, and hopefully makes one appreciate what ranchers and farmers do to bring food to our kitchen table.

Try not to shiver while viewing these.

Ranchers don’t take snow days off. It is crucial that they get up and out the door at daylight to get food on the ground. With this much snow, their isn’t much grazing for the cattle so they must be supplemented.

The girls were happy to see us and gobbled the hay right up.
Bree gave her approval of a job well done.

And now for the cover image….

They feed a mineral cake similar to what we feed our cows but theirs is ground up.

I am thankful to my neighbors for letting me hang out and take pictures while they worked so hard feeding their livestock. 🙂

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