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AMY KIRK: Grateful for divine intervention
Prayers often only extra help for ranchers during calving season.
Sunday, May, 19, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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Prayers often only extra help for ranchers during calving season.
Sunday, May, 19, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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KIRK: 'The Annoying Neighbor Kid'
Inquiring calves want the scoop when other cows are giving birth
Monday, May, 13, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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Inquiring calves want the scoop when other cows are giving birth
Monday, May, 13, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Dreaming about a mud room - it's a rural thing
Mudrooms vary in size but the one thing that’s collectively the same is that it’s a place where all things wet, mud and manure-covered are kept when not being worn.
Monday, May, 06, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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Mudrooms vary in size but the one thing that’s collectively the same is that it’s a place where all things wet, mud and manure-covered are kept when not being worn.
Monday, May, 06, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Mud, Murphy’s Law and calving
Midwestern weather leaves room for doubt when deciding spring schedule.
Monday, April, 29, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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Midwestern weather leaves room for doubt when deciding spring schedule.
Monday, April, 29, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: The ranch style kitchen table
The kitchen table is a piece of furniture that serves the necessary purpose of providing a surface for mannerly eating. I wish I could say that happens at ours, but I’ve not been overly successful in achieving that with my family. It has successfully served us in numerous other ways it wasn’t intended for, though.
Sunday, April, 21, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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The kitchen table is a piece of furniture that serves the necessary purpose of providing a surface for mannerly eating. I wish I could say that happens at ours, but I’ve not been overly successful in achieving that with my family. It has successfully served us in numerous other ways it wasn’t intended for, though.
Sunday, April, 21, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: One too many women in my husband’s life
Normally I harass my husband that he has one too many women in his life because of how much he fusses over our cows, but I decided it was time to give it a rest.
Monday, April, 15, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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Normally I harass my husband that he has one too many women in his life because of how much he fusses over our cows, but I decided it was time to give it a rest.
Monday, April, 15, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Hand over the hand-me-downs
More than once I have perused the women’s section of winter work wear at various farm and ranch stores, tried a pair on, convinced myself to buy them, then made the mistake of looking at the price tag.
Monday, April, 08, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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More than once I have perused the women’s section of winter work wear at various farm and ranch stores, tried a pair on, convinced myself to buy them, then made the mistake of looking at the price tag.
Monday, April, 08, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: The science behind baby calves
Calving is the one time I appreciate having suffered through high school biology class. Science and biology were never strong points for me in school but this time of year gets me all warm and fuzzy thinking about Punnett squares.
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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Calving is the one time I appreciate having suffered through high school biology class. Science and biology were never strong points for me in school but this time of year gets me all warm and fuzzy thinking about Punnett squares.
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Reading ear tags
What looks like a 7 is a 2, what looks like an 8 is a 6, and 6’s look like 5’s.
Sunday, March, 24, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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What looks like a 7 is a 2, what looks like an 8 is a 6, and 6’s look like 5’s.
Sunday, March, 24, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Cows with an Attitude
I usually can’t remember calving details of every cow unless we’ve had a memorable relationship with them and even then I rarely remember them by their eartag numbers.
Sunday, March, 17, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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I usually can’t remember calving details of every cow unless we’ve had a memorable relationship with them and even then I rarely remember them by their eartag numbers.
Sunday, March, 17, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Sorting springers
The ranch task of sorting springers (cows that start showing early signs of calving) could be described as calving season “busy work” consisting of a time-consuming activity that involves sorting out cows that mislead livestock handlers into thinking the cows are going to have their calves soon.
Monday, March, 11, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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The ranch task of sorting springers (cows that start showing early signs of calving) could be described as calving season “busy work” consisting of a time-consuming activity that involves sorting out cows that mislead livestock handlers into thinking the cows are going to have their calves soon.
Monday, March, 11, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Women key to the modern ranch
A depiction of a modern-day ranch just wouldn’t be complete or accurate without a determined woman in it.
Monday, March, 04, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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A depiction of a modern-day ranch just wouldn’t be complete or accurate without a determined woman in it.
Monday, March, 04, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Grandma Gayle’s breadbox
A week or so after the funeral, my friend confessed to me that she mistook the wooden box that held my grandmother’s ashes for a beautiful breadbox.
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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A week or so after the funeral, my friend confessed to me that she mistook the wooden box that held my grandmother’s ashes for a beautiful breadbox.
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Newborn calves are my heroes
I can’t imagine a tougher way to begin life than to be a calf. It takes so much effort for newborn calves to get across that rickety, iffy bridge of life and make it alive.
Monday, February, 18, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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I can’t imagine a tougher way to begin life than to be a calf. It takes so much effort for newborn calves to get across that rickety, iffy bridge of life and make it alive.
Monday, February, 18, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Mirages - Farmers often see things not there as calving season nears
It’s that time of year around here — that threshold to calving season when we frequently see ranch mirages in our pasture.
Sunday, February, 10, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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It’s that time of year around here — that threshold to calving season when we frequently see ranch mirages in our pasture.
Sunday, February, 10, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Checking Out the Ladies
There’s no other animal that gets looked at more than cows. Ranchers spend a lot of time analyzing the looks of their cows.
Monday, February, 04, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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There’s no other animal that gets looked at more than cows. Ranchers spend a lot of time analyzing the looks of their cows.
Monday, February, 04, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Stages of an agventure for a woman on a ranch
Many of the ranch predicaments I encounter are the kind I do not have the mental capacity to solve. This is due to the biological fact that I was born with a woman’s mind.
Monday, January, 28, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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Many of the ranch predicaments I encounter are the kind I do not have the mental capacity to solve. This is due to the biological fact that I was born with a woman’s mind.
Monday, January, 28, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: One key that doesn’t cut it
You already know I’m kinda weird so it probably doesn’t come as a surprise to you that there’s something I find gratifying about making a clean cut through twine.
Monday, January, 21, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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You already know I’m kinda weird so it probably doesn’t come as a surprise to you that there’s something I find gratifying about making a clean cut through twine.
Monday, January, 21, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Bright spots on the ranch
There is nothing more mini-celebration worthy than remembering the frozen cowpie along my path from the car to the house and not tripping on it.
Sunday, January, 13, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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There is nothing more mini-celebration worthy than remembering the frozen cowpie along my path from the car to the house and not tripping on it.
Sunday, January, 13, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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AMY KIRK: Recognizing contributors of generosity
Before we get any further into the new year, I think it’s a good idea to remind everyone that now is an ideal time to acknowledge those who have helped us in the past to get where we are today: just your average rural American grinding his or her butt off in hopes of succeeding at our work.
Monday, January, 07, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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Before we get any further into the new year, I think it’s a good idea to remind everyone that now is an ideal time to acknowledge those who have helped us in the past to get where we are today: just your average rural American grinding his or her butt off in hopes of succeeding at our work.
Monday, January, 07, 2013 - The Daily Republic - News
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