“I love my cows dearly,” Amanda says, breaking into a laugh. It’s infectious, her passion palpable. “They bring so much happiness to me. They’re not just livestock; they’re also part of our family.”
Tending Happy Cows
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“I love my cows dearly,” Amanda says, breaking into a laugh. It’s infectious, her passion palpable. “They bring so much happiness to me. They’re not just livestock; they’re also part of our family.”
“My favorite day of the year is when that first baby calf is born,” she says. Angelo Cattle Co. births about 400 calves a year during the waning months of winter — a time when wintertide releases its hold on the earth in fits and starts. Calving season here might mean temperatures that plunge below zero, blizzards, wind, rain, mud or the embrace of golden rays of sun.