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Ryan Loseke

@RyanLoseke

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Cattle feeder, dad,grandpa,veterinarian married to a vet.”He causes the grass to grow for the cattle...so that he may bring forth food from the earth.”Ps 104:14

Columbus, NE
Joined August 2014
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
7 months
My mom passed away Friday, as I feed cattle and see the sun rising in the east, I’m comforted by the fact, that like her, we all have hope of eternal life if we trust in the resurrected Jesus Christ, I’m praying we can all embrace this promise today. #HappyEaster He is Risen!
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
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We’re close to getting electricity in rural Nebraska…maybe soon…
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Kamala Harris absurdly says it’s “almost impossible” for rural Americans to photocopy their ID
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
10 months
We’re bruised up,cold and tired but nobody got hurt and the cattle never missed a feeding after 22” of snow since Monday. Please don’t insult us by putting ketchup on your steak. #EatBeef
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
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It’s not the greatest day to be a cattleman but just as better weather lies ahead,those who put their faith in the redeeming work of Jesus Christ will be granted eternal life.Angels first revealed the gift of Jesus to those watching over their stock. Be safe. #Merry_Christmas
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
5 years
I know it’s illegal to grade a public road but apparently it is for the county too. When my feed alley is better than the road it’s time to take it in your own hands.
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
3 years
So how many tons of greenhouse gas does Bezos little flight put in the world, or are we still worried about all the cows?
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
3 years
That feeling you get when you open a bin lid and thought it was corn but it’s beans…
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
2 years
29 1/2 years ago, two weeks before our wedding I asked her if she wanted to buy a feedyard, it will be fun I told her…
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
4 years
The star over the feedyard reminds me that Christ’s birth was only known to a few shepards. No matter our status or salary, our sinfulness and need of salvation is the same, Rom 3:23, and is only found in Jesus, let’s focus on the real reason for the season. #Christmas
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
2 years
So I turned into a grandpa yesterday, that’s pretty neat. Kinda strange being married to a grandma though.
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
2 years
My wife leaves for three days and I get myself in trouble, gotta figure out how I explain the red steers.
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
3 years
We’re rooting for you today high moisture corn tarp, hold on tight!
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
4 years
I was loading fat steers this morning and @LizForker said someone wants to see you in the shop, only cattle feeder neighbors would show up for a 6:30am birthday party, thanks neighbors and friends for helping me celebrate a half century today.
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
1 year
Feeding cattle with a purple teddy bear on my armrest wasn’t on my bingo card ten years ago, this grandpa thing gets better every day.
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
1 year
Feed truck supervisor got promoted to forward facing observation seat and those eyes don’t miss a thing, now I really have to have to come with my A game or she will let me know about it. #cattlefeeding
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
5 years
Last 8 for the year. While this community endured a lot of loss this spring with the flood, God is still faithful and provided us with a bountiful #harvest2019
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
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He drove by two times when we were doing end rows Sunday night, I figured he wouldn’t sit around.
@LizForker
Liz Loseke Forker
1 month
Total knee replacement 5 weeks ago and he told me Sunday: “I’d sure like to combine if they’ll let me.” I don’t think anyone tells an 87 year old “no”😂
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Ryan Loseke
1 year
Feed truck supervisor matriculated up to planter supervisor, she’s telling me all about how to do it. #Plant23
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
3 years
I’m “I think my wife and I will just stay home and go to bed early I’ve got cattle to feed in the morning” years old. #HAPPYNEWYEAR2022
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
6 years
Peterbilt pontoon boat. Going to get wdgs for the cattle. Hope I never see anything like this again in my lifetime. #Flood2019
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
5 years
I remember after 9/11 looking in the sky and seeing no plane contrails. Take some time today to read Psalm 46 and 91 to remind yourself that in times of isolation, uncertainty, anxiety, fear or whatever emotion your feeling we can trust in a Lord that has always been faithful.
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
Taking an animals life to remove suffering is the worst part of my job, this afternoon our own “Doc” let us know it was that time, he worked hard, was loyal and gave a lot of kids a ride, I know it’s just a horse but it still stings, thanks for all you did Doc, RIP old friend.
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
We’ve been custom grazing some North Dakota cows this winter, their grazing behavior is different than Nebraska cows in the extreme cold, they move through the field grazing contently as one big group. Kinda neat to watch how ruminants adapt their behavior to the environment.
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
5 years
Just a little breezy, I’ve seen it all so far this morning thunder, rain, hail, sleet and snow. In spite of worldly circumstances God is faithful in sending a savior he is risen, Happy Easter. #HeIsRisen
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
10 months
We have millennials blasting boomers that they are the demise of ag and this is worse than the 80s yet we can’t even get out of our tractors and pickups to push a button to open an automatic door to our heated shops, I think we have it better than we think.
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Korey Peters
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Anyone have an good app/program they use to open multiple doors around the farm yard from their phones via Bluetooth? Or wifi? Or? Needs to work on multiple phones.
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
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If your stock doesn’t get to know you when they don’t need you, they won’t tell you when they need you.
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
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Generations 6 and 7 getting back from putting calves away after processing on a nice fall morning. #sustainability has a lot of definitions but pictures tell a lot. #Nebraskabeef
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
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17 year old son has planted couple hundred acres of beans and learned the don’t back up with the planter in ground rule in the stickiest clay on the farm. Nothing hurt but his pride and a couple hours of time. Farm dads make sure you count to 10 and extend your kids the same 1/2
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Ryan Loseke
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Everyone likes to say how great sunsets are, I don’t think it gets much better than this sunrise.”This is the day that the Lord has made,let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Ps 118:24
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
Maybe I’m the only cattle feeder on here that has an operating note to fill the yard, but If I would quit feeding and put my equity in a cd at 4.5% and quit borrowing at 8, that’s a 12.5% swing, makes me wonder what I’m doing some days…
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
3 years
Talked to five different ranchers today in the Dakotas and Montana I’ve bought calves from for years who are making tough decisions how to navigate through this drought, please keep these families in your prayers, this is tough. #Drought21
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
Dad was born in 1937, harrowed oats behind horses as a kid, total hip replacement 3 weeks ago, “I think I can combine now” so it’s back to the grain cart it is for the rest of us. I don’t think they make them that tough anymore. #harvest22
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
I saw a picture in a magazine and I counted 28 horses and riders at a branding, yet I have a bull in about 1/3 of my “steer” calf pens every year, I don’t really care if you rope and drag or how you do it, just get it done.
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
If turkey is so great, why don’t more people eat it year round. #eatbeef
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
9 months
Wasn’t paying close attention but saw feedtruck supervisor pulling things out of her sock and eating it, thought I had a major grandpa fail for a bit but turns out it was her Chex cereal she had squirreled away while I was loading the truck so I feel somewhat redeemed.
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
3 years
The birth of Jesus was first announced to caretakers of animals in the dark. The shepherds response was to go in haste to meet him, may our zeal to know our Savior be just as great, not just today but all year. #MerryChristmas
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
Gearbox on my bin power sweep shelled out, got ahold of this guy an hour away who rebuilds them and swapped me a rebuilt for mine, left from feedyard with no checkbook, no problem he says just send it. A few good people still exist. Guys like him should run this country.
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Ryan Loseke
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My idea of dumping that 1/2 bag of last year’s beans in the bottom of the central fill isn’t looking so smart now that I remember I didn’t plant extend last year.
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
1 year
Need some rain but sure done need any nasty stuff, don’t really like the clouds.
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
I was thinking this morning, all the income taxes I’ve paid in my life probably bought a Humvee that is now owned by the Taliban, smh.
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
2 years
4 generations feeding cattle, great grandpa in the loader and this little one is the 7th generation to be on this land. We can make a big deal about what is sustainability but the fact that each generation leaves the land better for the next speaks for itself. #Sustainability
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
Well this is the year my store and ignore soybean marketing plan worked, sometimes better lucky than good.
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
Amniotic fluid on my jeans in the cold rain, sometimes I wonder why on earth I chose my job, but something about bringing live calves into the world reminds me that parturition is one of Gods greatest miracles. #calving22
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Ryan Loseke
8 months
Feed truck supervisor asked if we were done, told her we bought some more cattle so we have another load to mix , when I asked if we should buy more steers she reached out to knuckle bump me, I’ve created a monster I’m afraid.
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Ryan Loseke
8 months
Feed truck supervisor took a day off today, kinda lonely for grandpa when she’s not letting me know how it all really works.
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
Well, I found out I’m going to be living with a grandma next year, seems like just a little bit ago @LizForker was riding in the tractor in an infant seat. I think this is pretty cool, can’t wait to meet a new little one!
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
Railroaders almost went on strike because low pay, no sick days, forced to work through pandemic, few days off to be with your family… good thing cattlemen and women aren’t unionized…
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Ryan Loseke
4 months
I’ve still got one field I flood irrigate, does anyone under 35 know how to cultivate anymore.I spent a good part of my teenage summers on 706 with a front mount cultivator. Put the umbrella up on days like today, it was hot and dirty but I didn’t know any better. #oldtimer
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
Kind of like an adult version of the “mousetrap” game. Should roll about 7000 bushels per hour, I don’t even want to think about $ per hour.
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
Similar to buying a boat, high moisture corn harvest will give you two happy days in your life, the day you start and the day you finish. #lastday
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
My wife’s says her dad always said when you feed in the morning dark it will be light soon, I’m thankful that just like the light in the eastern sky, the risen Son offers that same hope that light will prevail over darkness. #HappyEaster #HeIsRisen
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
Kind of one of those nights you sit in the deer blind and really don’t care if you see a deer or not, just enjoying the beauty of Gods creation.
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Ryan Loseke
6 years
Christ has risen, the tomb is empty. Happy Easter!
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
First 2” snow in November, get the bunk blower out and blade the feed alley, late March snow, “forget it, they can eat snow”
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
After watching me load the truck before him in sloppy corrals, bullhauler in shorts and tennis shoes chews me out bc the roads are too muddy, told him he better hook on to a reefer then. I’ve got no patience for those kind of cattle haulers.
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
Our community lost another cattleman yesterday. This verse came up on my phone tonight. Today it doesn’t make sense why God calls some home too early, but knowing our eternal home is in heaven provides some comfort, please pray for a grieving wife, children and family.
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
Day 2 of having a helper in the feedtruck, I kinda like this #grandpa role.
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
Almost every year June gets black calves for her birthday, I think I should get husband of the year for the expensive presents I get her, idk if she always sees it that way. Either way happy birthday June.
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
A big indicator Ammonia is getting high priced, I emptied this tank last night and this morning it was full and a meth dealer left an invoice in the cab.
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Ryan Loseke
5 years
It’s that sick addiction where it’s good to hear bawlers again! #fallrun
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
Just halfway through second shift of another $3.5 million profit day, nothing to see here...
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
11 months
Kind of gets a person in the Christmas mood, but if I had my wishes this is as much snow as we need this winter, I always figure this is a good time of the year for a drought.
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
Pretty hard to have a bad day when it starts with this sleeping beauty riding along in the feed truck. Being a #grandpa has its perks!
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Ryan Loseke
1 year
Well committed to another year of fun and exhilaration mixed with pure misery and frustration. #afullbunkerisaposition
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
I never knew @heilharvesting but my sympathies to his family and friends, always sad when ag loses one of its own. #augersoutforbrad
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Ryan Loseke
1 year
There’s some days I wonder who in their right mind would be a cattle vet, but days like today I’m sure glad I don’t have an office job.
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
Filled it up in the fall of 19 and never got to it last year, would be paying out like a slot machine if I didn’t have this stupid stupid addiction to feeding cattle:
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
Gotta love the thought process of giving a cattle guy this for a loaner vehicle while the duramax is in the shop. List price less than a side by side though.
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
Kids are grown up and all doing their weekend thing, all we got is a Peterbilt date night going on a wet feed run. Is it supposed to be a vacation day? Good thing her dad fed cattle also. #farmwife extraordinarie
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Ryan Loseke
1 year
Loading fats at this price is probably a pretty good Fathers Day gift.
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
Our neighbor is out planting today, thats the first planter setup I remember as a kid, sometimes I wonder if our ROI was better then, life seemed simpler also, but maybe it’s just because I was a kid. #plant2020
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
March 13, 2019, what a mess.
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
2 months
Cool nights, perfect cattle feeding weather, Cornhusker football heading the right direction. If you had Keith Gilster for a ani sci professor you can hear him say “it’s a great day in the state of Nebraska.” #Huskers
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@RyanLoseke
Ryan Loseke
2 years
12 years of school board came to an end tonight, it was an honor to play a minuscule part in supporting the kids. I appreciate all that our public schools do for the students. Thanks to the entire staff and district at Lakeview for your investment in education. #lakeviewvikes
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
My wife brought lunch to the field and brought cookies out of the oven soft enough they had to be on a paper plate, that’s wife of the year material, I love that lady. #topnotch
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Ryan Loseke
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It’s that time of the year again for a bunch of cry babies to show up at the feedyard. Nice harvest weather but a little rain to settle the dust would be nice. #fallrun
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
So are two steers dog sitting in the same pen like a double dog dare? Maybe it’s bullish the cattle market or something.
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Ryan Loseke
9 months
I can be critical of the road graders at times,but I’ve got to give a shout-out to the Platte Co hwy department, they got these roads opened and widened amazingly fast, I think we had 24” of snow with 50 mph winds until Sunday morning.
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
Someone forgot to shut the gate, the suns going to get out.
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Ryan Loseke
12 days
We will probably finish tomorrow, I’ve done this a few years and this is the first time I remember an eastern Nebraska harvest with not a single raindrop from start to finish, it’s dry out there. #harvest2024
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
Got a couple trucks from out west haul quite a few hwy 20 cattle for me, write them a check when they unload, they need paid sometime anyway, sure is nice to have them answer my phone when I call.
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Ryan Loseke
10 months
Well, at least the flies aren’t bad. #EatBeef
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Ryan Loseke
1 year
Everyone else around here is gone today so we have a grandpa and a grandma feeding, riding pens and loading 3 dollar fat cattle. I guess we’re not ready for the nursing home yet.
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
Bought some Red Angus steers on the video today, now I have to explain to my wife who grew up raising registered Black Angus cows why the steers she’s going to unload are red.
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Ryan Loseke
6 years
Does anybody else listen to the noaa weather channel on your tractor radio and by the time it gets to tomorrow’s weather your spacing off and not listening? I swear I have adult ADD.
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
Cattle feeders north of I-80 about now👇. Hang in there boys and girls, Jan is about over and Feb is a short month and then it March and there’s hope.
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Dad Jokes
2 years
I am giving up drinking for a month. Sorry that came out wrong. I am giving up. Drinking for a month.
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Ryan Loseke
1 year
Talked to a rancher today about the cattle market, he summed it up pretty accurately when he said it feels like we’re all one disaster away from bankruptcy.
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
Congratulations to Dr @LizForker You have had today as a goal for as long as I remember, your going to be a great veterinarian!
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
Nothing is deserved in this business but considering 14 days ago we were 90 degrees cooler than it’s forecasted to get this afternoon I feel like we paid our rent for today. #enjoytheday
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
Well, lose the tax deduction for daughter number two today, congratulations @erika_loseke and Isaac, have a great day!
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
Feed truck supervisor is out growing her car seat, pretty soon she’s going to be really telling me all about how to do this correctly. Its hard to have a bad morning when you get to feed with her riding along.
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
It’s never going to rain in the western corn belt again.... and corn is going to 18 dollars....
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Ryan Loseke
6 years
water getting close to the bridge 10 miles northeast of Columbus on Loseke creek, only a little more than 1” caused this. @NWSOmaha @Barjytown
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Ryan Loseke
2 years
Feed truck supervisor looks like a little bear this morning , sleeping on the job again though.
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
The 930 never thought cattle feeding would be so tough it would be unloading the Busch lattes by the case. Just doing #cattlemensball things. @CattlemensBall
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
Packer called and said some cattle didn’t show up last night and asked if I could bring some I sold last week, didn’t take me long to scramble trucks and start loading, gonna be the cooler place for these steers to be this afternoon.
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Ryan Loseke
1 year
Every year some state senator introduces a bill to have year round daylight savings, its 7:25 and we have 55 days until the shortest day of the year, this would be well after 8 by Christmas, hard pass here.
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Ryan Loseke
3 years
58 degree 5# a day weather. Mornings like this don’t help my cattle feeding addiction.
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Ryan Loseke
5 years
Loading fat cattle this morning I just realized I’m unchain the gate instead of climb over years old. #worksmarternotharder
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Ryan Loseke
4 years
I’ve always thought it’s a good thing cattle don’t have opposable thumbs.
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