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Gregory fixes a broken wire while the horses watch.
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Cow-Calf

A rainy May slows down seeding

Eppich News: The rhythm of the ranch rises with cattle to move, foals born and visitors

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On April 29 was Joseph’s seventh birthday party. The day before, we had a surprise for him: we loaded up the family, picked up Gregory’s sister, Theresa, and went to the rodeo in North Battleford. It was Joseph’s first rodeo and while his brothers weren’t as interested, he had a lot of fun. The beginning […] Read more
Grandpa Lynn oversees one of Joseph's art projects. Grandma's walls are covered with grandkid artwork and Joseph is a proud contributor.
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Two family trips before calving

Eppich News: We take excursions into Idaho and Alberta for family to meet the new baby

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Toward the end of January, the weather warmed up substantially — and while the cows were on full feed, they were not due to start calving until the end of February, so we decided to try to go to Idaho to visit family. My family had not seen the kids since October of last year, […] Read more
Ian gets to know his new baby sister Anna.
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Eppich family welcomes a baby girl

Cold temperatures a challenge for the ranch and keeping vehicles going

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January had a few surprises for us. Our newest addition was due on Jan. 4. Being that he/she was our fourth child and all but our first son came between eight and 10 days early, we were expecting a Christmas baby. On Christmas Day, Barb had a Christmas dinner for us and Gregory’s siblings. After […] Read more
After carefully filling in around the well, Dan Mitchell makes a pad for the trough, then works on sloping the hillside behind so that the animals don’t have a drop off.
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Securing another water source

Eppich News: A stream 13 feet underground was tapped and will water cattle on the northeast side of the home section

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! In December our weather continued to be mild. We had a few cold days with a cold wind but for the most part we were still above normal temperatures. The animals are quite happy with the temperatures. On Dec. 15 we had Dan Mitchell from Kerrobert come out with […] Read more
Under sunny skies, neighbour Ken Reiniger loads some slough hay bales, that will make good winter feed, onto the trailer.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Weather co-operates for fall projects

Digging potatoes and hauling feed all completed under fairly warm dry conditions

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The weather this fall has been very nice. The wind has been cold at times, but we really couldn’t complain about the temperatures. I gave the foals a few days to settle down after weaning and then started refreshing their halter training. We try to work with them to introduce the halter a few days […] Read more
This babysitter mare keeps newly weaned foals company.
Cattleman’s Corner

Harvest finished, calves sold at auction

Eppich News: Quiet cattle were reasonably easy to load into the stock trailer

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September was a beautiful month for harvesting. We finished harvest Sept. 25. There were a few minor repairs to be done on the machines throughout the season, but nothing kept us down for long. The following day, Gregory and I were able to go around the fence on the home half. There were quite a […] Read more
Gregory snaps a photo of some of the spring calves on pasture.
Cattleman’s Corner

Eppich: Harvest begins with hot, dry weather

More ditch hay hauled home, pastures could use some rain

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The beginning of August found us still making bales in the ditches and a few sloughs. Gregory and John were also working summerfallow and trying to get ready for harvest. During the week of Aug. 14 to 18, Saint James Parish in Wilkie held its yearling Vacation Bible School. Joseph and James were able to […] Read more
The fillies we are going to keep are enjoying their new pasture.
Cattleman’s Corner

Haying begins, bulls are brought home

Eppich News: U.S. friends make a summer visit to the farm

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June and July flew by in a hurry. There was lots of summerfallow to be worked, and then haying started in late June. In between everything, we finally got a few fences checked and mended. Gregory went around the neighbours’ little pasture fence July 8 and early the next week I was able to move […] Read more

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