Fall Show String

This fall we made the decision that we would not be taking anything out that we would not be selling. As a result our show string is quite small. We will only be taking our new herd sire out.

After the "fun" of picturing cattle this weekend, we got a great picture of Revolution. He is a Crocket son out of 3-D Simmentals and Labatte Simmentals donor cow. We have high hopes for him, and are excited for his first calf crop to come. Between our partners and ourselves, we will have about 35 calves coming.

For more information on this herd sire, as well as other High Country herd sires please visit www.highcountrycattle.com

Sale Cattle

So I have the final picture of our sale consignments. This year we had the best set of heifer calves we ever have, and have decided to keep most of them. It seems cheaper to keep the good ones you have then to try to buy one of the same quality!

This heifer calf will be selling at the Farmfair Simmental sale. She is an On Target out of a Cosmo daughter that was bought from Mader Ranches at the 2008 Checkers sale.For more detail on this heifer and other sale consignments please visit our website at www.highcountrycattle.com

Go Oil Go!

Tonight is the season opener for the Edmonton Oilers. After what has seemed like forever of waiting tonight it will all be over.

We have went through an off season of changes, finally firing our terrible coach and having a new stellar coaching staff take his place. We also have a new goalie to back out team, as well as a team that is full of youth and energy.

Hopefully this will be the year that we can replay the 2006 cup run, this time going all the way! Good luck to the team this year, we are anxiously awaiting to see what happens.

And So It Begins...

Over the last few weeks everyone has started to share their sale cattle for the upcoming sale season. With sale catalogues coming out, and the shows coming up quickly it brings a sence of excitement to the air.

I thought that I would share with you one of our sale lots for this upcoming fall sale season. She will be selling at the National Trust Sale in Olds on October 25, 2009. For more details please see www.highcountrycattle.com

TWIN-CHIEF RED NILE BZL 895N

Its Time to Stand Up

The last few weeks I have been reading my sisters blog, and the issues that she is faced with daily. Most of those are coming from people and their view on the agriculture industry.

I have no problem with people expressing their opinions, and sharing it with others. However, I get annoyed when people express an uneducated opinion, or try and use facts that are extremely slanted and untrue.

Tonight as I was channel surfing for something to watch after supper I came across an episode of The Simpson's. I am not an avid watcher of this show, however, this one caught my eye as they were talking about 4-H and State Fair.

Bart had joined 4-H and was getting a steer calf ready to show at State Fair. It was really cute to see them work with their calves, having them do push-ups to gain muscle, brushing, and even sleeping with their calves the night before the show!

As the episode progressed it showed Bart having to part with this calf, as he went to a feedlot and eventually a slaughter plant. The fate of all steers. However, this is where the episode really went downhill.

The feedlot showed cattle that were so fat they were unable to move, stacked up 5 high and full of steroids. At one point it even showed Bart touching the steer and growing a mass of hair on his arm from the steroids.

This whole last half of the episode really bothers me as this is the impression that people get of what agriculture is. They do not take the time to learn the realities of what goes on, and the reason why things are done.

Lately it seems like there has been lots of negative publicity for agriculture, and more of it coming all the time. As people involved in the industry we need to start to defend what we do, otherwise we will be without a job soon. This uneducated and slanted point of view is in the public way to much, and we need to start standing up.

I encourage everyone to stand up for that they believe in and share their story with someone this week. The more we can do to get the accurate message out the better!

The Countdown Begins

As many of you know, I am a huge MJ fan. If you are able to look past all of the controversy in his all to short lifetime, he was hands down the best artist that music has ever seen.

Last night during the MTV VMA's the first trailer for MJ's movie was released. This is a compilation of footage from his upcoming tour rehearsals.

The movie is released on October 28th for 2 weeks only. I know that I will be going once if not more to see this. I truly think that it will be one of my personal favorite films ever!

Take a look at the trailer and judge for yourself.

Movie Reviews

So I know I have been away for the last few weeks. But I have lots to catch everyone up on. I have had a lot of changes in my life, all what I think will be for the better, but like I said, more to come on that.

I have always been a huge movie fan. I tend to get to 2-3 movies a month, plus those that I will rent or watch online. Over the last 10 days I have seen 3 new movies and throughout that I would start offering my 2 cents on the movies I watch.

The Ugly Truth

One evening while out at the farm, my mom wanted to go watch this movie, so my mom, dad and I all came into the city to watch this film. Probably the first time that we had done that in over 5 or 6 years!

Anyways, I was really excited to see this movie. I had seen lots of previews for it, and always thought that it looked good, not great though. I am not a Katherine Heigl fan. I feel that she is a decent actress, but is such a diva, and does not have the talent to pull being a diva off.

Aside from the people in the film, I found the movie to be really funny. Much funnier then I expected. There are a few scenes that really are burst out laughing scenes. The movie had a great, although predictable plot line, and overall it is a really good easy watching film.

Inglorious Bastards

Monday night I went with a friend to watch the much anticipated Inglorious Bastards. I am not a Quentin Tarantino fan. I have never seen one of his films, mainly because none of them interest me. However, this one was different.

I really enjoy war movies, as long as they are not to dry, and as with all women, I enjoy Brad Pitt. This was another movie that I was pleasantly surprised by.

If you can watch through the gore and gruesome scenes, this movie is not only entertaining, but also has some really good humour in it. Some may hate this movie, as you read subtitles about 1/2 of the time, but trust me its worth it.

This movie has a great plot line, is entertaining, and keeps you entertained till the very end. I will warn you that it is quite long in length, but worth every moment.

I Love You Man

So I know this movie is a little old now, but I had never seen it. A good friend came over and we rented it as something to do tonight.

This movie has tons of laughs and again although predictable, it was a great plot, and just a easy watch. This is the type of movie you could watch over and never get tired of.

As a women, it gives you a funny incite to what guys are like when we are not around. I can truthfully say that I don't understand it all, but hey at least it is good comedy...