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Cows are a Fan of the Song Royals by Lorde

August 6, 2014 by info@3QuartersToday.com

I saw this today and I just had to share. I live in Nebraska, majored in Animal Science and yes, cows are curious, it’s hard to get photos of them at the fence as they will come right up to you. So it’s no doubt they would be an apt audience of the song Royals by Lorde. Heck, I’m a fan of the original and all the covers. But this is the best!!

Agriculture has taken a beating in the media for mistreating their animals. I would say these cows are clearly not mistreated, and in fact, I would say probably a little spoiled.

Who would of thought cattle would be such a fan of pop music? Derek Klingenberg is a farmer in Kansas, has quite the sense of humor and takes videotography to another genre. He’s pretty funny and I think this Angus cow below agrees.

Black Angus Cow
Day 52: Angus Cow

The video has gone viral and is hitting all over social media and even Ellen like the cows being serenaded with the Royals by Lorde and tweeted it. How cool is that, what a way to promote ranching and agriculture. Bet this is driving PETA and the HSUS crazy! (don’t worry I’m not linking to them, but to sites that reveal what those organizations really are)

Ellen tweets Cow love Royals by Lorde

If you like this you can Tweet Derek @KlingenbergFarm, or thank him on Facebook, better yet go to his YouTube page, a lot of  ag related parodies to keep you entertained for hours.

If it’s the song Royals by Lorde you’re looking for then here is the original song and even better the piano sheet music. Which, by the way is really fun to play.

Royals (Lorde Cover) (Let Me Live That Fantasy)Lorde – Royals – Easy Piano Sheet MusicRoyals by Lorde – Violin CoverRoyals Video Ap FREE

Original Royals by Lorde Video

More Fun with the Song Royals by Lorde

Cows Come Running To Hear Farmer Play Lorde’s ‘Royals …

Who knew cows loved trombone music so much? In this clip, Farmer Derek Klingenberg manages to attract an entire herd of cattle by simply playing Lorde’s “Royals” on his trombone. If you’re the impatient type, skip ahead …

Exclusive “Weird Al” Yankovic Music Video: FOIL (Parody of …

Exclusive “Weird Al” Yankovic Music Video: FOIL (Parody of “Royals” by Lorde). CollegeHumor. SubscribeSubscribedUnsubscribe 7,585,217. Subscription preferences. Loading… Loading… Working… 14,844,867. 130,285 …

Watch Cows Come to Hear Farmer’s Moo-ving Rendition of Lorde’s “Royals” on …

Sorry Old MacDonald, but cows these days have no interest in your E-I-E-I-O schtick. Luckily, Derek Klingenberg is a modern farmer and farm-centric musical parody artist who has a YouTube channel and some unique ideas for bringing his cows home for the …

Filed Under: Social media Tagged With: agriculture, cattle, Cow, cows, Farmer, farming, Kansas, midwest, music, rance, rancher, royals by lorde, Social Media, troumbone, video, YouTube

Halloween Night, Nebraska Style including a 800 lb Pumpkin

October 29, 2012 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Halloween is the second most decorated holiday in the United States, obviously after Christmas and in some neighborhoods it’s almost like a giant fun house and haunted house all rolled into one.

Here is rural America you can find giant pumpkins and jack o’lanterns weighing 800 lbs or more. How is this Possible? With a little creativity. Welcome to the Midwestern version of a Jack O’Lantern, country style. A little spray paint and cut out stencils for the face and you have a round bale jack-o-lantern made from hay. It’s going to take a little longer for him to rot and I would try to light a candle inside him either.

Round Bale Pumpkin
Round Bale Pumpkin

I’m not one to decorate for Halloween, except a few carved pumpkins on the porch, but I do appreciate those that do go all out for All Hallows Eve. Some houses are just genius in the making with scary motion triggered decorations, ghouls, and soundtracks.

If you’re going to stay within the Jack O’Lantern theme then maybe these Halloween decorations will fit your holiday spirit.

GIANT PUMPKIN DECORATION 300cm8.9 Ft Tall Large Fire & Ice Lighted Jack O Lantern Pumpkin Man Airblown Inflatable Halloween Creepy Scary Decor Haunted House Prop Outdoor Yard Decoration7ft Tall Spooky Wacky Funny Stack Jack O Lantern Pumpkin Airblown Inflatable Halloween Creepy Decor Haunted House Prop Outdoor Yard DecorationAirblown Inflatable Colossal Pumpkin Reaper 12′ Halloween Yard Decoration

If scary is more your speed than think about setting up a haunted lawn complete with motion detection ghouls and bats in the trees. Rent a fog machine for Halloween night and place tombstones in the yard.

Prextex Giant 30 inch Flying Motion Detection BatBeistle Doomed Groom and Buried Bride Props, 33-1/2-Inch by 5-Feet 3-InchSerial Killer Tombstones – Halloween Yard Decoration – Set/6, 21.3Reaper Animatronic Snapping Sam Candy Treats Bowl Halloween Haunted House Decor Motion Activated Moving Head Creepy Glowing Red Eyes Scary Sayings & Talking Words

As a kid I loved, and hated getting scared while Trick or Treating. I still remember the house where a gorilla greeted us at the door. I must of been about five years old and wouldn’t walk up the steps, but it’s my favorite memory of Halloween.

Fun Costumes For Door Greeting

Can you imagine the response of kids if you answered the door in a Star Wars or Avengers costume? Oh yeah, Iron Man is in the house. I bet you would get a record number of trick or treaters and maybe even run out of candy. But, I bet no one would care and you would be the talk of the neighborhood.

Gorilla Suit With ChestDarth Vader Deluxe CostumeIron Man Dlx Adult CostumeThor Avengers Movie Theatrical CostumeHulk Avengers Classic Muscle CostumeCaptain America Avengers Movie Theatrical Costume

 

Decorating for Halloween

Start Decorating For Halloween In Early August Thanks To Dollar Tree

It’s the beginning of August, but maybe you like to plan ahead. You’ve already started to stock up on pumpkin spice snacks, and you even picked out your kid’s costume at Costco back in July. The logical next step? It’s time to start shopping for orange …

Decorating for Halloween, indoors and out

Halloween enthusiasts Les Monroe (back) and Shawn Lewis enjoy dressing up their home inside and out with vintage and unique Halloween decor. Their outdoor display, seen Oct. 27, includes a cauldron made of a flowerpot, landscape fabric and rescued …

Saint Clair woman enjoys decorating for Halloween

The Pottsville native started decorating for Halloween in 1990 when she moved to Newport News, Va. Neighbors there didn’t decorate for the holiday, so, with help of her son, Frederick, Maley started what would become an annual event – decorating the …

Pirate ship sails in American Canyon for Halloween

AMERICAN CANYON — When it comes to decorating for Halloween, Kevin McCard of American Canyon goes all out. He has a graveyard with headstones and zombies, and a garage transformed into a veritable house of horrors. But what really distinguishes …

Decorating For Halloween In Style – BuildDirect

Decorating For Halloween In Style. Written by Rob Jones. When we think Halloween decorations, generally what springs to mind for many is plastic wall hangings, lurid novelty lighting, cotton-batten spider webs, and maybe …

Decorating for Halloween, Naturally | RecycleNation

When doing your Halloween decorating this year, think natural. Instead of creepy plastic pumpkins and menacing polystyrene grave markers, decorate for fall holidays with natural materials like pumpkins, dried corn, gourds, …

Easy (and Inexpensive) Decorating for Halloween …

Halloween is the second most decorated holiday in America (after Christmas), but sometimes the cost of creating the scariest house on the block can just get to be too much. If you’d like your house to be the one the kids are talking about the …

 

Filed Under: Small Town Living Tagged With: carving, country, decorating for halloween, farming, halloween, hay, Holidays, Jack O'Lantern, midwest, Nebraska, pumpkin, rural, small town

Severe Drought in Eastern Nebraska

August 18, 2012 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Drought burned corn in Nebraska
Drought burned corn in Nebraska

What a difference a year makes. A year ago the Midwest was in the most severe flood in history. This season it’s the worst drought anyone can remember. The season started early with warm weather that encouraged early planting. Detassling started the last weekend in June , which was about 2-3 weeks early.

The drought is in full swing and in Eastern Nebraska the corn is beyond recovery. Corn harvest officially started the sedond week in August.

Drought in the corn field
Harvesting drought affected corn in August

Farmers are cutting CRP grass to have enough forage for winter and the bean crop, while still green, has little hope. I have lived in Nebraska for almost 25 years and this summer has been the first year we have had 10 days of highs in the 100’s.

 

In Western Nebraska 100 degree temperatures have been reached 43 days out of the last sixty. Even the crops under pivots and irrigation are hurting.

The Nebraska state drought monitor has placed the entire state in a severe drought state in late July with 83% of the state being in extreme drought.

US Drought  Map
US Drought Map

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  • Drought intensifies in Kansas, Nebraska (kansascity.com)

Filed Under: Small Town Living Tagged With: agriculture, country, Drought, farming, midwest, National Weather Service, Nebraska, United States Department of Agriculture, weather

And the Waving Wheat, Can Sure Smell Sweet

July 2, 2012 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Wheat in Western Nebraska
Wheat in Western Nebraska (harvested Mid June)

When the wind comes whipping down the plain, Neeeebraska. yup, not Oklahoma., but western Nebraska near Palisade.

Some people consider us a fly over state without much scenery, but I would argue there is something amazing at every turn, if you just know what to look for and why it’s important.

For example after stopping at this field you can hear a rustling sound as wind blows through the dry wheat. There is an illusion of waves moving across the prairie in an endless roll, never hitting the shore.

The wheat may look soft, but the heads and beards are actually quite coarse. Pick off a spike and break off one of the 30-50 kernals, rub it between your fingers and inside is a single grain of wheat. Put it in your mouth to taste the nutty taste. Look out across the horizon at the old abandoned homestead and the clouds rolling by, sigh. It’s peaceful, yet not quiet as the wave roll in the background. It’s soothing.

From this field of over 640 acres comes bushels of wheat which will be made into bread that you will pick up in your supermarket for just one dollar. The farmer was paid less than 0.05 for that loaf.

Other Ag Facts About wheat

America’s Bread Basket

  • Each American consumers, on average, 53 pounds of bread per year.
  • Assuming a sandwich was eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner, it would take 168 days to eat the amount of bread produced from one bushel of wheat.
  • A family of four could live for 10 years off the bread produced by one acre of wheat.
  • One bushel of wheat will produce 73 one-pound loaves of bread.
  • In 1997, Kansas‘s wheat farmers produced enough wheat to make 36.5 billion loaves of bread, or enough to provide each person on earth with 6 loaves of bread.
  • Farmers receive approximately 5 cents (or less) from each loaf of bread sold.

Want to follow a wheat harvesting family? Head over to Nebraska Wheatie

Related articles
  • June Wheat (smalltownnebraska.wordpress.com)
  • Bring on the Heat! (nebraskawheatie.com)
  • Early wheat harvest is on the way in Oklahoma (newsok.com)

Filed Under: Small Town Living Tagged With: agriculture, bread, Bushel, crops, Farmer, farming, harvest, Kansas, midwest, Nebraska, oklahoma, Wheat

Corn, Knee High by the 4th of July

June 21, 2012 by info@3QuartersToday.com

The old saying “corn knee high” by the 4th of July has been a moniker of farmers for a long time.  However, if the corn is ONLY knee high by that time the farmers are in trouble and won’t get much of a harvest.

Corn Field in Eastern Nebraska
Corn Field in Eastern Nebraska

This corn field just east of Murdock, Nebraska is about chest high on me, almost five feet tall. Granted it has been a very early season in the Midwest, we are about 3 weeks ahead of schedule.

Western Nebraska is not so lucky. Quite a bit of the state is still in drought conditions and if the crops aren’t under a center pivot it is withering and dying. Some isn’t even a foot tall and the leaves are curling and drying up.

The view of the Farmers Co-op might look familiar as it is the same location as my Skyscrapers post a last year.

Filed Under: Small Town Living Tagged With: agriculture, Corn, country, crops, Farmer, farming, Field Crops, Maize, Nebraska

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