Thankful for a Wonderful 017 Summer/Fall

So Thankful 

3 Thankfuls for Summer/Fall 017:  Great Grass Year,  No Fires  & 6th Generation Granddaughter Averie participating in Ranch's activities. 

Grandpa Brian and Averie

Averie and Mayder Dog

Summer and fall came and went by so Fast!  We had lots of Grass this year with the really wet Spring. Unfortunately, we ended up having 90 days without rain and it turned out to be dusty and alittle dry scary for potential fires.  Luckily the rain came and snow, and we avoided fires in this area. So Thankful for no fires in this area this year!

Grass is the main staple of our cows.  We as Ranchers are really in the business of raising and creating Grass. In this area Bunchgrass and Bromegrass are the main species that grow well here. We manage our pastures so that year after year they produce the maximum amount. We control the weeds and fertilize the pastures. In the forest permits, we make sure the cattle are scattered out by rotating the cows from one unit to another and have a monitoring system to keep track of the progress of the grass and management systems. We work with the Forest Service personnel to insure best management practices on the US forest permits. The cows are out on the forest permits from June to Oct.  They are then on home pastures for Fall, Winter and Spring. Hay is usually fed  from Dec. to May. This was an excellant Grass year.  We put up lots of Grass hay for them to eat in winter. We still buy hay as well for a reasonable price this year.  Cattle eat about 2.5 tons of hay for an average winter season. For 800 cattle that is 2000 tons of hay.  What a mouthful!

Lovely Grass Hay Fields

Awesome Grass

Brian Cutting Hay

Grandpa Brian, Averie and Frank

Here "Frank"

We round up the Cattle from the US forest Service in Sept./Oct.

At Nicholson Creek Camp

Jessie Horse

Magic Helping " Go Forward you Cows!"

At Four Corners Corral

At the Half Mile Corral

  Horse Crew Resting for Doing a Good Job.

Cow Camp Round up Crew

Let's Move " Onward " to Corral, Steve H. moving cows down the lane.

Magic Keeping Cows at Rendezvous site.

Averie, Katie, Jarred, Wendy, Lynne
Go Cowboys and Cowgirls!

Averie/Katie and Nick : Moving cows down the Road to Ringwood Corral

Capable Cowgirls!!

Averie holding Ferbie and Frank at Break time

" I Love my Horse Ferbie"

Almost to Ringwood Corral

Lynne and Tex,  Just about There

 Averie on Radio: " We Made It to Ringwood Corral" 

So Blessed to Be an American Cowgirl!!

We continue to strive and put in alot of work to produce Quality Beef Protein for People to eat.  Be sure to visit the website: www.wabeef.org to get more information about us Washington beef 

producers and  lots of tasty beef recipies. Eat Beef!!

Eating Awesome Beef Chile at Cowcamp 

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Cynthia Nelson- RancHer
Washington Producer of Quality Beef Cattle

Magic,  Cynthia, and Averie