Welcome May!

The view from the front porch this morning...great big flakes that turned into sleet and then rain.  It stayed in here most of the day really soaking things up.  This should help the newly planted barley & oats come in good when the sun shines.

Can see the rows of barley in between snowflakes!

Branding Smoke is in the Air!

Great Day for Branding!  Started gathering at 6:30 am and finally finished 118 head of calves and put cidrs in the cows around 2:30.   We go from cycle to cycle...it's a busy time of the year.  

Garrett, Kamri, & Brodey took turns pushing the calves up. They did great!

It takes a whole crew to get the job done! 

Nice to be done for the day...Lunch time?

Logan ran the head catch on the chute & only had to buy one pop!  Brodey making sure this calf is staying put to be retagged.

Cowboys!

Spring Vaccinating cows & calves

Tom, Braden, & Bowdrie bringing the cows & calves down from the Cedars.

Brought in the first group of cows to start giving Spring vaccinations so that we can begin breeding soon.  Hard to believe it's already that time of the year!

Braden giving the shots

Bowdrie & Kamri pushing cows up the chute

The crew!

New Arrival

The new tractor arrived at the place today.  Cool Blue color and so many buttons...it's going to take a while to figure out this new toy!

Spring Break = Working Showcalves!

The kids are out on Spring Break this week, and since the weather is so nice we took advantage of it and tied up the showheifers and steers.

Blowing is so much fun!!

"Digger" working his magic!

The "Naughty One" gets the Donkey! Kamri or the Steer? :)

Unstoppable Steer

Liking the Unstoppable line up!

Hard Core & Eye Candy Heifers have got tons of hair.

Barker Cattle Kickback Contribution

We were pleased to donate a 1% kickback on every bull purchased in our 2013 bull sale from buyers in the Raft River School District to their local FFA Chapter.  A check in the amount of $740 was presented tonight at their annual Zoetis Dinner & Producer meeting.  Barker Cattle Co. was presented as Honorary Chapter members.  Congratulations to Cami Schumann for the great program she is running there and we look forward to contributing again next year.

Raft River Chapter Officers

Bull Sale A Success!

 Thanks to everyone who attended our Annual Bull & Heifer Production Sale.  We appreciated the support and enjoyed getting to visit with the many new buyers that attended as well as our dedicated repeat customers.  We want to say a special Thank you to all our family and friends who took the time away from their regular jobs to help us out on this day.  We couldn't have done it without you!