North Coulee Cattle Co.

17/06/2024

Hey Facebook friends, we have a 1/2 beef at the butcher looking for a BBQ this summer. It’s hanging right now at Cattle Boss Butchers contact me if your interested. 🥩🔥🤤

15/06/2023

Wow! Call or email your MLA and make sure this nonsense doesn’t happen. Do it today!

Tammy Nemeth said the “unique circumstances of western Canadian livestock producers” weren’t addressed at all during International Sustainability Standards Board discussions.


09/06/2023

Today I was moving cows solo with my dog down a fairly busy road. I was feeling a little nervous about everyone hitting the gate at the right time, making sure there weren’t any vehicles coming, when I look and a water hauler stopped right at the gate and hopped out of his truck. He dropped the gate for me and stood in the intersection to make sure we made it across safe. Good Samaritan of the day goes to this guy from Pelch Services. Thanks bud, keep being awesome!

09/06/2023

Wanted to give a big shout out and thank you to the R.M of Winslow. The crew is out mowing baby’s breath. Thank you for caring and helping preserve native grass land in the area. Being proactive and trying to control invasive plants is a never ending job, but not letting it set seed is half the battle. 🙌

18/01/2023

Join us for a coffee and conversation this Tuesday at the hall in Plenty

04/06/2022

I’m a little late posting but I made up for it in length 🤣

What a fantastic day at Kerrobert for the kid’s 4-H show and sale.

Big thank you to the organizers who do such a great job every year. Also huge thanks to our club leaders who do so much! Not to mention all the older kids in the club that give so much of their time to helping out and mentoring the younger members. We are so fortunate to be part of such an amazing club that truly feels like a second family.

Lilly had a pretty tough time with her steer Bob. At one point in the ring he reared up and things could have been really serious, but she had her club their to pull her out of the way, get the steer under control, and give her lots of hugs. After it was over she said “Mom I really love our club, today my whole club saved me.” and they really did. Without those older members watching out for her a bump and a scratch could have been so much worse. So 1 million thanks to all those great kids💚 She still says she loves bob though, and finished out the day with a good attitude and lots of new friends. That’s a win in my books!

Conway had a really good day. This year was his first year showing a heifer and a steer, and I’m very proud of how well he did. His heifer didn’t place (which we knew going in) but he worked hard with her, learned a lot about fitting and got that girl looking her best! (again not without the help of our older members). Sherman did really well, made it into the top weight category and placed 5th in the class. There were some pretty amazing steers that made their way to town, so definitely not disappointed with his results. Just happy to be there.

I would just like to encourage all the commercial kids out there to get involved with 4-h. Showing cattle was not something that Reid or I grew up with, in fact Conway’s first year I actually thought they were joking when they said we were going to be washing the calves! But what an amazing experience it’s been for both of them. It doesn’t matter how much they know when they start, it’s all about seeing the growth and improvement year to year. It’s also about making lifelong friends, and trying to pass along some of that knowledge onto others. My kids will never forget how those older kids taught them so much, and I will guarantee they will paying that forward in the years to come. So if your on the fence about 4-h I encourage everyone to get involved. We have a wonderful member who lives in town, who doesn’t have cows but her animal lives here with us. She has done an incredible job and is a great reminder that 4-h is for anyone who loves animals and is willing to work hard.

Last but definitely not least, big thank you to the kids steer buyers!

Sherman was purchased by Eagle Creek Veterinary Services, and Bob was bought by Hiill Acme Machine Ltd and WCW Contracting Ltd.

29/05/2022

Achievement day was such a great day! Kids had so much fun! So great to be back to doing normal life again.

This year Conway won Grand Champion Steer with Sherman (the tank) and tied for 1st for Junior Aggregate.

Lilly had a tough day. Her steer was not feeling like showing and ran her over. She did manage to place second in the event 🤣 But everyone needs to have one of those years to help make you appreciate the good ones. Now a day or two to lick her wounds and try to get her steer smartened up for show and sale🤞🏻

Still can’t believe how much the kids have learned and grown every year. So many thanks to our amazing club leaders and members for helping along my two kiddos. Never could have made it this far without all their support!

23/05/2022

Not sure if this deserves a punishment or a high five, but either way we need to start working on spelling. 🤣

Happy Long weekend everyone hope your having a good one!

17/05/2022

Anyone needs any last minute seed, I’m putting and order in today. We have two different types of lawn seed available.

Low Maintenance Eco grass $117/ 10kg bag
Elite Classic $115/ 10kg bag

03/05/2022

Stories in the hills

29/04/2022

There’s a very fine line between being optimistic and being in denial.

This pasture has been rested since June of 2021, but the native grass hasn’t actually grown since 2020.

Last year we learned a lot about making tough decisions. We did what we had to do to make it through. Now here we are in much the same situation (minus the hope) because we know what it’s like to wait on rain that doesn’t come.

It’s not too late, it will rain next week
Or
Start selling cows now while the market strong?

Have faith and hold onto the cows tail.
Or
There’s no future in this for my family.

This too shall pass.
Or
Margins were tight when we had grass and feed.

Wherever your at it’s OK, and if your like me it changes every day.

Here’s to being optimistic…

22/04/2022

Processing cattle as a family can bring back a lot of childhood memories. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

We all like to make jokes about the swearing and yelling that our dads put us through growing up. How it helped shape us into the fine adults we are today, and there is a lot to learn in the corrals:

* There’s no better way to learn how to work under pressure.

* Teamwork, nobody gets to quit till the job is done.

* Strength and stamina are mandatory.

* It builds character and mental toughness.

* Last but not least there’s always lots of opportunities to try out those cuss words you aren’t allowed use.

But it can get ugly.
Sometimes we need to take a deep breath and remember what it’s like to be the kid.

Try and think about those times where you had to fight back tears, because you were hurt (feelings or fingers). What could the adults around you have done differently? What can we learn from our childhood and what can we do to make it better for our kids?

I’m not perfect (nobody is) but I sure hope that I don’t screw up too much. Or that they can forgive me when I do, because I hope when they’re grown they still want to work cows…
as a family💚