RICHARDTON, N.D. – A spring snowstorm was forecasted to drop some 12-18 inches of snow from March 21-24, and even though producers prepared for it, it never developed in the southwestern region. That was true at Wicks Cattle where Zane and Mary Jo operate the seedstock SimAngus ranch, with d…
RUSO, N.D. – Even though it was officially spring, wisps of snow with cooler weather swept through the central region of the state where the Boyko farm/ranch is operated by progressive producers Grant, Jacob, and Seth Boyko. Roger Boyko, Grant’s dad and Jacob and Seth’s grandpa, helps out wh…
RUSO, N.D. – At the Boyko farm and ranch in central North Dakota, Grant, Jacob and Seth Boyko sold their calves the first weekend in March and were pleased with the results.
RICHARDTON, N.D. – With the sunny weather on Saturday, March 9, Zane Wicks was out adding and arranging bales in the video pen that was designed for the seedstock bulls to be photographed and videoed in preparation for the Wicks annual bull sale.
RICHARDTON, N.D. – Feeding in the morning rarely happens at Wicks Cattle, as Zane and Mary Jo Wicks like to feed in the afternoons so the cattle can go into the cold nights with their bellies full. But with the snow melting and the weather warming up, they decided to start feeding in the afternoon.
RUSO, N.D. – At the Boyko farm and ranch in central North Dakota, Grant and Jacob were out feeding their two groups of cattle as the weather grew warmer toward the end of February.
RICHARDTON, N.D. – At Wicks Cattle, Zane and Mary Jo Wicks opened the WIX Barn and Lodge for the “Hootenanny and Fleischkuekle Feed” fundraiser for the Richardton Junior High and High School Rodeo Association teams on Saturday, Feb. 10.
RUSO, N.D. – Jacob Boyko, who operates a farm with his dad, Grant, and brother, Seth, was out feeding cows on a cool winter day as February got underway.
RICHARDTON, N.D. – Zane Wicks breathed a sigh of relief as a week of El Niño-influenced sunny days pushed out the arctic cold temperatures that blanketed the western half of the state in mid-January.
RUSO, N.D. – Mild winter weather has swept through the central region of the state, bringing relief to ranchers who worked around the clock in mid-January feeding and sheltering their cattle during a cold arctic blast with extreme wind chills.
RICHARDTON, N.D. – After a mostly mild winter with afternoon temperatures ranging between the 20s and 40s, an arctic cold front hit the state in mid-January, bringing bitter cold weather – but little snow – to ranches in North Dakota.
RUSO, N.D. – On the coldest day of the 2023-24 winter, so far, with extreme wind chills, Jacob Boyko and his dad, Grant, and brother, Seth, were out ensuring all the cattle were fed well and behind strong windbreaks or hunkered down behind natural wind protection.
RICHARDTON, N.D. – As the new year approaches, Zane and Mary Jo Wicks, owners and operators of Wicks Cattle, with their daughters, Josie and Mya, are not as concerned about the upcoming snow and bitter cold winter weather as they might had been last year.
RUSO, N.D. – At the Boyko farm, the daytime sunny skies and mild winter temperatures have allowed the cow herd to continue to graze out on the fields.
RICHARDTON, N.D. – Zane and Mary Jo Wicks, owners and operators of Wicks Cattle, with their daughters, Josie and Mya, have been working on some special projects that will involve events coming in February 2024 that will be held in their beautiful WIX Barn and Lodge at their ranch.
RUSO, N.D. – On a mild 26-degree December morning with just a slight breeze and a bit of snow on the ground, the Boyko cows were out grazing cornstalk aftermath fields and brown midrib sorghum-sudangrass regrowth fields.
RICHARDTON, N.D. – A warm front with temperatures in the 30s and 40s during the day with barely a wisp of snow a week ago has allowed Zane and Mary Jo Wicks to work on projects they would not have been able to last winter.
RUSO, N.D. – With weather that has produced little snow and warmer-than-normal temperatures for late November, Jacob Boyko, his brother, Seth, and dad, Grant, have been able to finish farm and ranch projects and make plans for more if the winter stays mild.
RICHARDTON, N.D. – Fields of native prairie and hay grow lush in the fertile valleys and rolling hills of southwestern North Dakota, and that’s where Wicks Cattle has been growing its business for nearly two decades.
RUSO, N.D. – In the harvest-ready corn fields on the Boyko Farm north of Turtle Lake, fourth-generation farmer Jacob Boyko was busy driving the combine down the rows as the header gobbled up the long-eared corn with efficiency, producing some nice yields in mid-November.
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. – Supplying nuisance rains, the weather proved it paid no attention to farmers’ desires for a quick row crop harvest.
CARRINGTON, N.D. – Corn harvest is progressing to the finish line for 2023, as nice fall weather has allowed the combine to gobble up acres of beautiful golden corn on the Rosenau farm.
WILTON, N.D. – The Meyers finished soybean harvest thanks to a string of sunny, warm days without rain – perfect harvesting weather. Following soybeans, they started preparing their combine and header for corn harvest.
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. – After a quick start to the 2023 harvest, rain and temperatures in the mid-50s slowed K & D Krueger Farms progress in early October.
CARRINGTON, N.D. – Harvest has slowed down in the east central region of the state with the wet, drizzly weather in late September/early October, but the Rosenaus are hoping conditions stabilize so they can move smoothly from beans into corn.