Ben Sasse livetweets raw footage from cattle farm visit

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.

The middle child, Breck, stumbles upon placenta on the grounds that came from a calf’s birth that had taken place the night before.

Next the kids learn how to fill the vats with feed for the cattle.

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.

Breck tags the newest addition to the farm.

The senator pokes at his wife for equating the bulls to a country comedian.

And the family leaves with a brand new addition.