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We will be thankful for the warm up and welcoming lots of new life in the coming days. And when you do what we do and experience it first-hand there is something undeniably miraculous about this season of new life, and I mean that it in more ways than one. Now you can go ahead and ponder on that. 

Once again, we appreciate all of the men and women who are showing up and doing the work both in and outside of the ag industry! And let’s all just say together, “we are one day closer to spring!” 

Welcome to the kickoff of National Ag Week, right here on Ranch Raised!  

 The history of agriculture in the U.S. is as rich as the soil that we walk our boots on. 

Today as we wrap up the 5-year anniversary recap of the Bomb Cyclone, we will just call fact Friday, because there are hard truths in production agriculture that are not pretty or fun to celebrate. 

I could go on and on about the gory aftermath of the Bomb Cyclone and the destruction, death, and weakness that it left. I can paint pictures with my words but unless you have lived it, you can’t know what was felt.  

If you ever want to feel absolutely helpless, vulnerable and stressed to a point that you didn’t know existed, then try calving during a Bomb Cyclone.

This week marks the 5 year anniversary of the historic Bomb Cyclone. I want to walk back in time, and talk about our experience, here on the Jones Ranch, during that event. 

This weather is spoiling us and making our minds wander to places that it shouldn’t quite yet. My youngest daughter just asked me yesterday if we could plant potatoes yet. Yikes, not quite yet! 

I consider shredded roast beef a blank canvas and I am the Picasso. 

Come back tomorrow and I will spill the beans, I mean spill the beef, on all those ideas that I serve shredded beef meals to my family!