Aberdeen Barn Talk

Today's Episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk is a sharing from the The Cattle Call and brings awareness to the Flint Hills of Kansas and one way of doing that is with Symphony in the Flint Hills. The Cattle Call Host, Curtis Ohlde attends this years 18th annual Symphony in the Flint Hills and has the opportunity to interview Sandy Carlson the event manager and Mike Holder a retired County Extension Agent from Chase & Morris County. Symphony in the Flint Hills is more than just one event as there are various events throughout the year. This years Signature Event was held June 10th at the Wade Pasture near Eskridge, Kansas. Activities started at 2 o'clock with Presentations from various speakers, covered wagon rides, stories by local musicians and poets and dancing. At sunset (6:30 pm) the Kansas City Symphony began playing along with vocals by Connie Dover. The concert concluded with a roundup by local Cowboys & Cowgirls bringing the yearling stockers who called the pasture their summer home by the concert attendees. For some, to watch the cattle rounded up and drove around the concert is their number one reasons for attending. Dancing and other activities concluded the night. Stargazing is one of the annual events however due to the overcast clouds was cancelled for this year.
Prior to the concert, Curtis had the opportunity to sit by a couple from Oklahoma City. He asked, how many years have you been coming and why do you come. Their answer was this was just the second year and last year was cancelled early due to storms. As to why they simply gestured with their hands scanning over the Flint Hills with the question; who would want to miss this.
For more information on the Symphony in the Flint Hills.
https://symphonyintheflinthills.org/
For article from Farm Talk News about Mike Holder's Service as a Kansas Extension Agent Serving Chase County.
https://www.farmtalknews.com/news/chase-county-agent-mike-holder-retires-from-record-career-serving-kansas-extension/article_89c85144-2e61-11eb-9277-774e56640ef6.html

In this Season 2 Episode 1 of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits back down with guest Told Bohlmeyer and Dustin Bender. They give updates on their respective farms since last being on then give an update on the future of their farms. They then talk about some current events before going talking about some of their favorite episodes from Season 1. They then discuss what kind of content they would like to see from Season 2 as well as Curtis talking about some of the episodes he's working on.
Todd shared about his 50 Mile March to bring Suicide Awareness to Veterans then Curtis talked about the Foundation he is working on to bring awareness to mental health and suicide as well as some resources. Curtis then followed up with some lyrics from Soulshine by the Allman Brothers. Hope you enjoyed our Season 1.
Link to Soulshine by the Allman Brothers
https://youtu.be/pDIQ7Otf1mw?si=-chmaDBorpmWlJWJ
Soulshine

Song by The Allman Brothers Band

Lyrics

When you can't find the light
That got you through a cloudy days
When the stars ain't shinin' bright
You feel like you've lost you're way
When those candle light of home
Burn so very far away
Well, you got to let your soul shine
Just like my daddy used to say

He used to say, "Soulshine
It's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Hey, now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometime
You got to let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day"

I grew up thinkin' that I had it made
Gonna make it on my own
Life can take the strongest man
Make him feel so alone
Now someteimes I feel a cold wind
Blowin' through my achin' bones
I think back to what my daddy said
He said, "Boy, in this darkness before the dawn

Let your soul shine
It's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah, now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
You gotta let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day"

Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness
Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul
A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this
And when your world seems cold
You got to let your spirit take control

Talking 'bout soulshine
It's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
And now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
Gotta let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day

Oh, it's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah, now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
You gotta let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Warren Haynes

Soulshine lyrics © Buzzard Rock Music

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In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde is joined once again by reoccurring guest, Dustin Bender and a first time guest, Colton Tom with the University of Findlay in Ohio. Dustin shares past experience with the Ohio Beef Expo and the involvement the Eastern American Aberdeen Regional Association has had over the years. Colton then goes into a deep dive starting with the two semen lots which represent most of the offering and program for the University of Findlay. Then goes through each individual lot. There will be 21 live haltered lots and 2 semen lots. The sale will be live during the Expo so be sure to reach out to Colton or Roger Hunker for bidding or reach out to cci.live to register for the sale. The sale will be Friday March 15th starting at 1pm Eastern Time. For more information about the Expo https://www.ohiobeefexpo.com/schedule-events. Be sure to check out the lots on Breeders World (viewing only) https://www.breedersworld.com/auctions/10218-aberdeen-advantage-sale-ohio-beef-expo. Or cci.live https://cci.live/sales-schedule.
Aberdeen Barn Talk is a production of Cow Town Productions, L.L.C. and may be reached at [email protected].

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with Matt Cooney of Cann Valley Cattle Co. from Victoria, Australia. Matt shares being a first generation cattleman, growing up in the city then finding interest in Lowline Cattle while visiting his aunt. Since then Matt has aggressively shown cattle to promote his program and has been successful in growing his program sourcing genetics not only in Australia but also to Europe with enough demand to make it a fulltime occupation now. Matt is also active with ALCA and sits on their council. For more information about Cann Valley Cattle Co. https://cannvalleycattleco.com/
Aberdeen Barn Talk is a production of Cow Town Productions L.L.C. and may be reached at [email protected].

In this episode of Aberdeen Barn Talk, host Curtis Ohlde is joined by Rebecca Miller, David Shockey and Dustin Bender to talk with Matt Wilkinson of Lowland Park Beef in New Zealand. There was a little bit of mic feed back on one mic creating some static so hopefully you don't mind too much. Matt shares about the area he lives in New Zealand then his family background in the Dairy Business. Matt then transitioned to the Beef Side where he shares how he utilizes the Lowline genetics for creating Lowline on Dairy cross calves to finish out as well as having a registered pedigree herd. In addition Matt shares about Lowline interest in New Zealand as well as his involvement with the Australian Lowline Cattle Association. For more information about Lowland Park Beef, go to https://www.facebook.com/lowlandparkbeef.
Aberdeen Barn Talk is a production of Cow Town Productions, L.L.C. and may be reached at [email protected].