Monty

Monty was raised in a Christian family on a dairy farm. He is the second oldest of 10 children. A love for farming and cows is thick in his blood! 

He could be described as a visionary. He is full of dreams and goals for our family and farm, and works very hard toward those goals. He is also sociable and outgoing, loving and caring and I must say romantic! ;-)

 He's single-mindedly  devoted to his family. He loves children. He even enjoyed tenderly rocking a little girl I occasionally babysit when she was a baby. He likes taking our daughter, Doretha, with him when he can and doing things with her. He expects good behavior yet he's a softy. ;-) He is extremely patient.

Monty showing Doretha how to use a prep display at World Dairy Expo 2014. Expo is our highlight every year. :-)

You could say Monty is a jack of all trades. He has experience with dairy and crop farming, animal health; vet work, feeding cows on a large dairy for 3 years, mechanics, electrical, construction, drywall finishing, concrete finishing, wood work, pallet shop, worked at a creamery and has sheared sheep 12 years now. He was filmed shearing, in the video above, for a regular client a couple years ago. Doretha and I are in the background.
Below are some typical pictures on a shearing day.

We have a semi, from the company we ship to, come about 4 or so times a year to pick up wool bags.

This fall the trailer was so full they used the skidsteer to hold the doors shut to latch them!

 


There's not much he can't do or hasn't tried!