Yesterday was an incredibly long day, which made me feel less-than-inclined to blog. My apologies. Yesterday morning, my parents, aunt, and I went to the USDA office to sign our contracts for the farm program. No one necessarily explained much to me, but even just seeing the process was useful. It was also a different situation because we are actually getting three new farm numbers which will change the equation entirely besides the new farm bill passing (or not passing) Congress this year, so it seemed best that I wait until next year to have everything explained because everything will change after this year anyway. Because it was drizzling most of the morning, dad and I came back and did bookkeeping. The rain finally cleared off in the afternoon, so after we moved the bean planter from the Bradford farm to the home place, we fed the cattle. We also cut the stitches out of the steer who had the rectal prolapse. He seems to be doing much better, so that is good.
Today I really only worked in the afternoon because my best friend from high school visited with her two-year-old son. They both love the farm and he got to sit on the tractor with me (while it was off because machines still scare him) and he saw the animals. It was a great morning! This afternoon I refilled the oats in the feedhouse while dad ground corn. We also sorted cattle. There were several larger steers we moved into a different pen and sorted out two more replacement heifers. It was nice to see the sun all day long. I know we needed the rain, but we have gotten 5 inches over the last 9 days, so it was nice to have sunshine today.
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