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If everyone in the world wrote down their problems and put them in a hat, would you risk grabbing one…or keeping yours. When was the last time you sat down and really thought about your herd? Not while a cow was halfway through the chute. Not between loading cattle and evening chores. Not while trying to remember the question you wanted to ask before I climbed back into the truck. Really sat down and thought about it. Most of our conversations happen in the middle of somethin

Progress is rarely loud. It shows up in small wins, quiet consistency, and the discipline to keep going when motivation fades. Most farm losses do not arrive like a train wreck. They leak. A cow that stays open one cycle too long. A donor that flushes poorly because she was never truly ready. A horse with a mild lameness that gets one more show, then misses the entire season. A ewe that slowly fades until parasites have already won. A calf that looked “a little off” three day

You Don’t Rise To The Level of Your Goals, You Fall To The Level of Your Systems Abortion workups are frustrating. By the time we find the calf, we’re already behind the eight ball. If you find an aborted calf, the goal is simple—save as much information as we can. Not because every single abortion needs a full investigation, but because if a second one shows up next week, we’ll be glad we didn’t lose the first one. What To Do Put the calf in the freezer It sounds unpleasant,

“You Don’t Get Results By Focusing On Results, Rather By Focusing On The Habits And Behaviours That Produce Them” Calving ease and calf vigor are highly correlated to colostrum intake I’ve had a few runs lately of tough calvings. Big calves. Hard pulls.The kind where everyone’s tired when it’s done. Including the cow and calf! What I’ve been doing afterwards Nothing complicated — just a couple things I’ve found worth doing right after that I wanted to share with you. 1. NSAID

“There Is No Lose. Everything Is Either A Win, Or A Lesson” If you know me, you’ll know I tend to latch onto quotes. From here on out, each newsletter will house a short quote or thought up top as the subtitle - not always tied to a topic, just something that felt worth carrying into the day today. This particular quote, indubitably cliche, resonates for me today. Okay, back to bulls… Quick one for you About 1 in 5 bulls won’t pass a fertility test. Most producers don’t fin

Why “easy days” don’t exist — and how to tip the odds anyway There are a few phrases in veterinary medicine that just… don’t get said. Not because they’re wrong.Not because they’re untrue.But because the minute they leave your mouth, the day takes a hard left turn. You’d think after enough years in a vet truck, I’d learn. Last week, I looked at my schedule and thought: “Today should be straight forward.” I had a few dairy herd healths, 3 bulls for a BSE later that morning, an

I’ve been thinking about writing something like this for a while. Every day, I’m out on farms, in barns, on calls — seeing what’s working, what’s not, and where small changes make a big difference. I hear good ideas. I see great products. I learn things (sometimes the hard way). And most of that never gets shared beyond the next conversation. So this is my way of changing that. This newsletter is going to be simple: Short (under a minute) Practical Worth your time Each one wi