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Calves dropping rapidly at Wilson Ranch

Jaclyn Wilson
May 2, 2023
May 2, 2023

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The calves are coming! It’s May 1 and our “official” due date, though I’m around 150 head in with no signs of slowing up yet. I mentioned last week that I’m pasture calving everything this year including the heifers. I started off with two separate groups that were in over 400-acre pastures. The young cows I’m going around multiple times a day, the old cows I’m going around one or two times a day just to tag, weigh and band.

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Jaclyn Wilson is more than a rancher, raising Red Angus cattle at Wilson Ranch near Lakeside, Nebraska. She’s an artist with a welder’s torch. She holds leadership positions with several agriculture organizations. She can be reached at jaclyn@flyingdiamondgenetics.com. This column represents the views of one person and are not necessarily the opinion of the Midwest Messenger.