Author Archives: Husker Cowgirl

About Husker Cowgirl

I am a ranchers wife, beef feed consultant for Aurora Cooperative and an avid Husker fan. I am passionate about agriculture and especially beef cattle. My husband and I do things on our ranch the old fashioned way - using horses. I also enjoy taking my horses to town and competing with them at local and state events on the weekends.

Wordless Wednesday

Posted on April 25, 2013

Herd bulls watching me as I’m going for evening run!

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Love finding new calves!

Posted on March 13, 2013

Calving is in full swing at our place. The second group of AI’d cows just hit their due date yesterday. We hit 80% AI rate on our first group of cows. So they bred really well last summer! We breed … Continue reading →

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The Illuminating Blogger Award

Posted on March 6, 2013

Last week I was nominated for the Illuminating Blogger Award by Seasonsgirl. I feel very blessed that she was thinking of my blog in such a wonderful way. It truly is amazing how many lives we touch when we start … Continue reading →

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Snow Storm!

Posted on February 26, 2013

When most of my non farming friends and family are baking and watching movies during a snowstorm, we have livestock to take care of. Taking care of our animals isnt a 9-5 job, its a way of life. The first … Continue reading →

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Before the Storm

Posted on February 24, 2013

We have to send cows about 65 miles away for about 90 days during the winter. We don’t have enough corn stalks to winter all the cows, so we sort the solid mouth (a term meaning Middle aged cows) and … Continue reading →

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A Little Catching Up!

Posted on February 13, 2013

Wow I havent wrote for awhile – time to get you all caught up on a few things going on in HuskerCowgirl country! First of all, according to the UNL Drought Monitor, we are still classified in the extreme drought category, although … Continue reading →

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Frosty Heifers

Posted on January 13, 2013

Heifers were extra frosty this morning! Thought I would share this picture with my followers.

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Livestock Antibiotics: Super Bugs??

Posted on December 11, 2012

Reblogged from The Meat of the Issues: Antibiotics use in livestock is a topic in animal agriculture that gets a lot of coverage. Maybe not necessarily by the mainstream media, but its fairly in vogue to associate the use of … Continue reading →

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Trust...

Posted on November 27, 2012

Reblogged from Lady Of Ag: This weekend was a first for our family. Matt and I went away overnight on a date (no, that isn’t the first, but I will admit, it doesn’t happen often!). The “first” I am referring … Continue reading →

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My Festive Novelty Steer

Posted on November 20, 2012

5 years ago my husband surprised me with two longhorn steers for Christmas. Appropriately I named them Herbie Husker and Lil Red. He calls them my novelty ‘cows’ because they are pretty much my pasture ornaments and they don’t really … Continue reading →

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