It must be 75 degrees today - AND no wind!!

Lot 51 had a heifer calf today, sired by Roth Dakota Poundmaker 1090.

Page 14 of the website catalog updated to reflect the new calf.

New calves were posted to lots 49 and 57 on the web site. These new calves did not make the printed catalog, but appear on the web site pages. Check back here for news about which lots have updates on the web site.

We started clipping bulls today. It was a little cool and windy, but all in all, what we expect the weather to be in February.

This is the second year we've been able to go fully digital from photo, to layout, to press. The finished pages will be delivered to the printer on Monday on one CD. They will be able to take the files I've created, output to film and print in pretty much one day.

Everything still takes a lot of coordination to get it right and I'm sure their are typos that I've missed. I just caught two more of my own doing just ten minutes ago. I was up until 1:00 AM last night and it is past midnight again tonight.

The nice thing is I was able to update the breeding footnotes with one more spring 2006 calf before putting the catalog to bed.

Now I need to put myself to bed.

We started calving on February 6th. The birth weights seem to be down a little from last spring due to the mild winter we've had.

As of today we've got four sale calves on the ground. I've posted footnote changes for lots 47, 53, 54 and 59 to reflect this. I'll continue to update the catalog pages on the website even after the print catalog has gone to press.

It looks like I should be able to visit the printer this week. That should make the mailing date sometime around February 27, hopefully sooner.