Haven’t seen sprouting birdseed in several years in SE Nebraska.

Summer life.

Uncovering how to serve a new generation with David Avrin at #NAMAFALL23

Rocket’s peaceful travel protest.

The bunkhouse is a cozy lunch spot after working the weaned calves. We used to work calves and then build fence. Double nickels birthdays dictates it’s one or the other.

Second-calf mommas eating leftover pumpkins — My attempt at cheering us despite the cattle market.

Groceries before a Winter storm on Christmas Eve.

Hoping for Spring.

Breakfast in the calving pasture at HJ Bar Ranch.

Another day, another battle. Cursing Easter Red Cedars for stealing grass, water and taking up highly taxed land.

Hope you are all getting rain. 1.8 inches, Otoe County, NE

Big 10 Champs! HBR!

Takes a battery numbering system to keep all our hand-dug pioneer water holes dripping for the cattle. #agtwitter

Good view on a hot and humid Nebraska afternoon. Thankful for all the hay.

I doubt that the view from my family’s 1907 homesteaded place has ever been so green looking towards Palmyra, NE, in late July.

In case you’ve wondered, here’s what happens when the local co-op forgets to close the trap on the semi.

Exciting times ahead at HJ Bar Ranch. The bred heifers are home to kickoff the 2025 calving season.

United flight 5824 made it to #LNK but it skidded pulling it and can’t make it to the jet bridge. Our pilots have a sense of humor saying, “At least we didn’t hit anything,” as we rock in the wind wondering how we’ll get off the plane. #Classic25

According to CattleFax, in 1980, it took 12 minutes of labor to buy a pound of ground beef. The same is true in 2025. Secretary Brooke Rollins

Every weekend, I get dad from his assisted living apartment and go to the farm. We have coffee and dinner. Then we hop in the “Cowdillac” Gator. He assessed cow body condition scores today, “The girls look like marshmallows on sticks”. Good enough. Take that Parkinson’s Disease.