The Eppich family took a long trip through Montana, Idaho, Washington and Alberta, before arriving back home.
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The Eppich family takes a trip to the States
Eppich News: It’s great to have people who can look after the farm when you’re away for a visit
It’s been a wonderful visit
For years we've shared our lives with Grainews readers and they've done the same with us
This will be my final Rancher’s Diary column. I was recently informed that with the current business changes at Grainews, my column will no longer be published, but I was graciously given the chance to say goodbye to my readers — many of whom have become personal friends over the years. I first became aware […] Read more
Making a wish list of bulls for next breeding season
There are always several late fall projects to complete before the ground freezes
October 20 Last week we moved the cows to the lower back field to join the heifers They can all graze there a few weeks. We checked the temporary fence around the deep gully — to make sure it was still secure enough to keep cows out of that gully. It’s so deep and narrow […] Read more
Water in short supply for irrigation
A mostly hot and dry August with one forest fire out of control
July 26 — The past 12 days we’ve had hot weather, up to 35 C. The creek is dropping, and we’ve been short of irrigation water. We bought some big square bales from Phil Moulton; he hauled and stacked them for us, and Dani helped us put black plastic over the bales. We always buy […] Read more
Good weather persists, but rain needed
Dr. Cope makes one more ranch visit to preg-check cows
October 4 Last Sunday Andrea’s washing machine quit working and Jim helped her take it out of her house; he hauled it and our old stove to the dump. Thursday Jeff Minor brought his dad back from the hospital in Idaho Falls and got him situated at Discovery care center here in town. He’ll be […] Read more
Opportunity arrived to help a neighbour
Health issues seemed to dominate September, as the first frost of the season arrives
September 9 Weather continues very hot. The creek is low but Andrea is managing to keep watering some of our fields with just a trickle from a couple of our ditches. She brought Christopher Sunday afternoon and we gave him another ride on Ed. This time he rode past the end of our driveway and […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
