when doing it all becomes too much – Farm and Dairy

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10 cows to no cows: when doing it all becomes too much – Farm and Dairy

The Oravetses started by incorporating some of the Sampsons milk in with theirs during the summer.

The Sampsons were open to doing extra testing on their herd and breeding for different milk components in their herd. That sort of cooperation and willingness to work with each other sold Rebecca on the deal.

The Oravetses sold their cows in July and jumped on board fully with the Sampsons.

It’s helped the Sampsons to have a second market for their milk. They also sell to Minerva airy, where the milk price follows the federal milk marketing order.

“It adds stability to our whole scenario,ȁ Adriann said. “With JP and Rebecca, we agreed on a set price, and that’s what it is.ȁ

or the Oravetses, things haven’t slowed down any, but they feel like they’re getting their feet back under them. They still have horses and are raising more pigs than before. They’re catching up on sleep, just a little bit, and on projects that got put off.

They still have to drive half an hour to the Sampsons to fill up milk cans every day. But it’s still less time than it would be spent milking, cleaning equipment, managing manure and doing the other care dairy cows require

Merry Christmas!πŸŽ„

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Merry Christmas!πŸŽ„

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It seems remarkable that Christmas is upon us again, so quickly. While it’s a rainy one and an odd one, with damped celebrations due to the COVID enjoy the holiday and note that 2021 is just around the corner.

December 24, 2020 Morning

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Good morning! It’s Christmas Eve πŸŽ…! Which of course means next Thursday is New Years Eve πŸŽ†. People call it the worse year ever, but I don’t know. Certainly not the purtiest Christmas Ever but at least the snow is melting away and turning into muck. Cloudy and 39 degrees in Delmar, NY. β˜” There is a south breeze at 11 mph. πŸƒ with gusts up to 24 mph πŸ’¨πŸ’¨πŸ’¨. There are 11 inches of snow on the ground. β˜ƒ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 9 pm. β˜ƒοΈ But they’re not expecting a quick ice over.

Today will have a chance of drizzle before 1pm, then rain likely, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 53 degrees at 6pm. 20 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 4th. Maximum dew point of 48 at 6pm. South wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 42 degrees. The record high of 72 was set in 2015. 13.0 inches of snow fell back in 1966.❄

Heading out to the parents house for Christmas dinner. πŸ¦ƒ Then I’ll probably head home. No evening walk tonight due to the rain. β˜”

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:56 am with sun having an altitude of 24Β° from the due south horizon (-46.8Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 13.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour πŸ… starts at 3:42 pm with the sun in the southwest (230Β°). πŸ“Έ The sunset is in the west-southwest (238Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:27 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 25 seconds with dusk around 4:58 pm, which is 36 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous πŸŒ” Moon in the east-southeast (117Β°) at an altitude of 39Β° from the horizon, 252,259 miles away. πŸš€ The best time to look at the stars is after 5:35 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 52 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 15 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, an increase of 13 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Areas of dense fog. 🌧 Low of 53 degrees at 6pm. 35 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 13th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 3am. πŸ–οΈ Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 20 degrees. The record low of -22 occurred back in 1969.

I am not sure if I am heading north this weekend, πŸ€” as it looks like Christmas Day will be rainy β˜” and Saturday looks cloudy β›… and cold. I got propane and gasoline yesterday and I have enough food 🍲 and supplies for camping πŸ• if I go north.

Cold but sunny this weekend. 😎At least it means all the mud will be frozen. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 31. West wind 5 to 9 mph. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Typical average high for the weekend is 33 degrees.

As previously noted, next Thursday is New Years Eve πŸŽ† when the sun will be setting at 4:32 pm with dusk at 5:03 pm. On that day in 2019, we had snow showers, partly cloudy skies, mild weather with temperatures between 39 and 34 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 32 degrees. We hit a record high of 61 back in 1895.

Evening Light Through the Steps