Welcome to our home page! (ever under construction - November 2009)

Jim and Carol Thorpe
HCR 67 Box 14
Newkirk, NM 88431

575-868-4686; Email to jimthorpe@wildblue.net

For more about us see archived February 2004 newsletter  (and 2005 Conference Powerpoint presentation), "Confessions of a New Rancher," at quiviracoalition.com

Calves learn from their mothers; we start them early.

Repalcement Heifer during low-stress fenceline weaning. After a few days cows and calves gradually range farther away from the fence and the reassurance of visual and nose-to-nose contact. A cow or two with a younger calf might stay a while with the calves being weaned as a "baby-sitter."

We are active members of the New Mexico Cattle Growers, the (international) Society for Range Management (rangelands.org), and the Quivira Coalition (quiviracoalition.org).

Below is our rinky-dink web counter: