Republican Sen. Ben Sasse spent a day of his two-week recess getting down and dirty on a cattle ranch in north central Nebraska.
The senator’s 14-year-old, Alexandra, spent the past month as a farmhand, learning the ins and outs of the cow-calf operation. Sasse used the visit to tweet lessons from the farm.
Our 14-yr/old spent the month working on a cow-calf operation in Holt Co.
Lil’ sis and bro are visiting to learn some Lessons #FromTheRanch
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) March 31, 2016
The middle child, Breck, stumbles upon placenta on the grounds that came from a calf’s birth that had taken place the night before.
Finding fresh placenta!
(Breck intrigued+grossedout)Spendng day at ranch
Some earthy #FromTheRanch lessons tonight pic.twitter.com/T5COyPYUX5— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) March 30, 2016
Next the kids learn how to fill the vats with feed for the cattle.
Lessons #FromTheRanch
Filling the trailer with buckets of feed… pic.twitter.com/VshEKxqwnw
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) March 31, 2016
But first, it’s time to meet a bull up close and personal.
Then Breck, Ben’s wife Melissa, and his daughters Alexandra and Elizabeth take the feed over to the cattle.
Lessons #FromTheRanch
…Feeding the fats pic.twitter.com/s6spMPJFIw
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) March 31, 2016
Breck tags the newest addition to the farm.
Lesson #FromTheRanch
…Tagging the new calves that were born overnight… pic.twitter.com/sqQROAYKHA
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) March 31, 2016
The senator pokes at his wife for equating the bulls to a country comedian.
My wife keeps insisting that many of these bulls are “CUTE…in a Larry-the-Cable-Guy @GitRDoneLarry
-Kinda-Way.”#DontSeeIt#SoConfused— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) March 31, 2016
And the family leaves with a brand new addition.
Lessons #FromTheRanch
(Why was it so obvious even before we arrived here that we’d be leaving with more dogs than we came with?)
G’night.
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) March 31, 2016
