Shamrock Acres Dexter Cattle

I don't know about you guys but for me March and April have definitely been a test, in more ways than one.

Holy cow. What a week it has been! Monday-Wednesday seemed to never end. The frenzy and panic that the general public has ensued is more ...

The farm mom, the most underrated person. When you search "farm mom" on google, the first thing to come up is "they are the backbones of ...

Holy cow has it been a year of personal growth in this house. We have seemingly accomplished a lot yet at the same time I feel like I hav...

Welcome to... winter? I guess Michigan thinks that the couple days we had of fall weather was enough. Most of October was rainy and cold....

In reality our herd is old. I'm pretty sure the average age is 10 or so and we are rocking 19 year old Shamrock Kate as our herd matriarc...

I am sorry for the lack of communication via the blog this summer, life got extremely crazy. I've been lucky to just keep the calf pages ...

When we opened our business back in May, I had no idea what I was getting into. I mean I had my hopes and dreams of what our little meat ...

As I sit in the truck on our way to a cattle show, I have plenty of time to contemplate the happenings in my life lately. It’s to the poi...

Since we haven't started calving yet on the farm here's a business post: As opening day for Shamrock Meats draws near there are a whole r...

I don't know about you, but every time I hear that statement I feel obligated to say... to defeat the Huns! That's the 90s kid in me I su...

Goin' showin' is about more than just taking livestock to walk around a show ring. Much more. It had been 5 years since I made the trek ...

As most of my readers know, I am mom of a 1 year old girl. She is a busy kid. Getting into everything, chasing my cats, loving my dog, an...

My husband tells me that I need to write this post. I don't know why but I'll give it my best shot. I have several posts in my draft pile...

Do you ever step back and think about how your kid or really anyone’s kid see you and your farming practices? It’s tough to think about s...

Ever feel like you are perpetually busy but you seem to be ok with it? Lately I’ve had the feeling of I don’t know what to do but I can’t...

As I write this, we are being hit by an April ice storm... You know what's hard? Living off of the farm. Not being 100% involved in the d...

As you may have noticed, things have been quiet on the blog for almost 2 months. Life with a baby has proved busy... and you know, the ho...

Ever have a hunch or a gut feeling that something is going to happen on a day? Well that was yesterday for me. I am sitting here typing t...

A week or so ago, I made a Facebook posting about how I was looking ahead to our herd health day which consists of running our whole herd...