Eastern Iowa Farmer Fall 2020
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“Happy April Fool’s<br />
day, and you ruined<br />
my prank! I thought<br />
it was going to be the<br />
best prank ever, and you<br />
completely ruined it!”<br />
He kind of chuckled<br />
and went about his business<br />
and left for the day.<br />
This should have been a<br />
red flag as to how I had<br />
hoped the day would go. I<br />
was hoping to see headlines<br />
in my Facebook news<br />
feed that said COVID-19<br />
a joke, please go back to<br />
work and resume life as it<br />
had been. Unfortunately,<br />
there was no such thing,<br />
and I was the fool for even<br />
thinking such a thing could<br />
happen. As much as I hoped<br />
it would, I was hanging on<br />
to hope and faith that the life<br />
we once knew three weeks<br />
ago would come back and we<br />
could have normalcy.<br />
dear diary<br />
Tuesday, April 7<br />
#7 Pumpkin Pie<br />
Addie is so excited!<br />
After some deliberation<br />
on the health of<br />
twin calves and the<br />
cow’s ability to raise<br />
them, her daddy brought her home<br />
her own calf! She has watched<br />
her brothers bottle their calves<br />
for months now, and she has been<br />
slowly beating Ty to bottle chores<br />
the last week or so. No more beating<br />
him now, she can feed her own.<br />
While it is unfortunate the situation<br />
arose, it is in the best interest<br />
of the little heifer calf. Her mother,<br />
an older cow in the herd, is blind<br />
in one eye and beginning to go<br />
downhill, especially since giving<br />
birth to twins.<br />
Unfortunately for Pumpkin, she<br />
is a twin to a bull calf we called<br />
Squash, so she most likely won’t be<br />
able to stay in the herd and become<br />
a cow. When a cow gives birth to<br />
a bull and heifer, the heifer doesn’t<br />
usually get all her female organs,<br />
making it impossible for her to<br />
reproduce.<br />
There I go thinking again of<br />
the long-term and how devastated<br />
Addie will be for her Pumpkin to be<br />
in the fat yard to become meat and<br />
feed the world. However, we are in<br />
the industry for that specific reason,<br />
to feed the world, and because of<br />
the lifestyle we live, she at the age<br />
of two will learn, see and know<br />
more about life than most of her<br />
contemporaries for years to come.<br />
I’ll be honest, it absolutely melts<br />
my heart to see the relationship begin<br />
between Addie and her new best<br />
friend, Pumpkin. If you are wondering<br />
where the name Pumpkin came<br />
from, she is kind of orange colored,<br />
similar to the fall favorite produce.<br />
And while I enjoy her new love<br />
affair, I find it comforting to put my<br />
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