Veeder: Spring has arrived at the ranch

Veeder: Spring has arrived at the ranch

WATFORD CITY, N.D. — We’re in the thick of calving these days on the ranch. Little black specks on the hillsides and in the draws are arriving like little beacons of hope with the crocuses. For several years, we have calved mostly pure black animals, but with the addition of Hereford bulls in the program this year, we have more black-and-white-face babies than we’ve had since I was a kid. My dad, who is out in the pastures several times of day k…