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Education. Engineering. Excellence. Livestock genetics, tech, research, photography, judging, and learning.

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16/09/2025

Congratulations!!

16/09/2025

Congratulations on a very successful show!!

16/09/2025

Sunset calf checks 🥰
Shenanigans coming soon!

13/09/2025

Castration with a Newbury Knife, demonstration by Rachel Weyland and Dr. Reyes (beef professor) at UW River Falls today as part of our branding day on the Mann Valley farm.

13/09/2025

Branding day today!

12/09/2025

Go check cattle when you get back, the boss said...
The new calf was happy... My feet were not 😬

Boots. Never forget your boots. Lesson learned.

10/09/2025

I remember being very little, spending the night at the farm, and Grandma (Marie Ray) waking us up at 4 am, before even the morning milking, so we could watch a calf being born. And eating a lot of milk replacer because "it tastes good!", but that is besides the point 😆

My uncle Ken in the video now runs on the cattle side, with my other uncle/godfather working on the cropping side with my Grandpa. Farming is meant to be with family, through and through, and I'm so blessed to be from one heck of a strong one 🥰

10/09/2025

Northwoods Show 2025

This show holds a close spot to my heart - it's a smaller one, but my first time judging showmanship, my first 'real' show I've gone to. This year, I got to clerk under Mr. Jeff Halbach, which was a great experience. He has so much knowledge and experience judging, I had to work to keep up. I very much enjoyed learning from him.

I also got time to pull out my camera and take pictures! A few people came up and asked if I was the paparazzi.. I'd gladly be that! The largefowl and second row of cages was hard to photograph, I loved it when a few exhibitors took birds out of their cages for pictures. As always, *please* take credit for your birds. Share away, use photos, tag the original breeders and exhibitors. It's your hard work, I'm just capturing it!

10/09/2025

Northwoods photos are posted!! Thank you everyone for the photos of a wonderful show 😊

09/09/2025

This Sunday I judged at the National Barrow Show competition down in Austin, and got one of the top scores on the team!

I averaged of 47 out of 50 points across all of the classes, and improved my reasons score by about 5 points from last competition. There were over 28 teams across the US there, with over 131 senior collegiate judges.

It was a long day (we left at 4 am!) but so well worth it. The quality was unmatched, and we got to sort everything from boars to performance gilts to market and even some Poland, Berk, and Duroc purebred classes - not breeds you get to see every day and certainly not at this level. I loved the whole trip!

Thank you to Livestock Judging for getting the photo of one of the rings too!

09/09/2025

I get asked often: "How do you stay on top of everything you do?"

Simple: I live and die by my Google Calendar.

This is a glimpse into my life, color-coded neatly by topic, locations on everything except the basics. Big deadlines? On the calendar. Hatch dates? On the calendar. Want to meet for coffee? Here's the link, find a time that works and I'll happily come.

It's busy, but the way I live makes it manageable. I do homework in classes, and for any I can't do, I schedule a meeting with classmates (cookies work wonders) or a professor so I get it done. I don't eat lunch or breakfast. I live where I work. I have mornings free to plan and answer emails and take care of my animals. Supper is my "me" time, a chance to wind down in the evenings and clean or bake.

It's a pretty good life.

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