Recent content by Bob Kinford

No they don't need lush vegetation, because they have the sense to pick the most nutrient dense plants. Seems like most desert ranches have a few cows they have to hunt and dig out of the brush every fall. They are often (especially in drought years) the fattest cows on the place because they...

Common mullet brings calcium, magnesium and potassium to the surface which get incorporated into the soil when the leaves fall off and decompose. It is also a pollinator plant bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. We don't really have weed problems, but a lack of knowledge thanks to an academic...

Wives don't understand as well as animals. My dog beelines to the truck at the phrase "Get in the truck bitch." I don't even finish the sentence and my wife's mad at me....

You'd probably be surprised if you did a mineral test on the dirt they eat and forage test on the rest. Your opinion might change from weird to wondering how the heck they know where the most nutrition is

My argument against it is the value all depends on how you market them. A fat, dry ten year old cow is worth the same amount as a fat, dry five year old cow when you sell them across the rail.

Basically selling over valued cattle and replacing them with undervalued cattle. Ranching For Profit and a couple of other organizations seem to really push it.

Not necessarily common, but the people who look at cow depreciation through the sale/buy marketing lense swear by it. However, they generally sell them as five year olds rather than four year olds.

I'm in an educational group based out of Canada and we had a discussion on this. Canada actually has COOL and they are concerned about the amount of meat in stores coming out of Mexico at a lower price than Canadian beef. Those producers are baffled as to why the USA doesn't have COOL. Seems...

It's actually far worse than just an urban-centric view. Why is the stock market is an economic indicator, when 65% of all trades are done by computers using algorithms in real time (computers are next to the stock exchange, with all of their cables exactly the same length) Another 15% of all...

Same here. One of the first things I've been teaching colts for the last 20 years is to let me mount from the fender of the trailer or protein tub. Having my trifocal glasses showing up in two weeks. Can only imagine the vertigo I'm going to have the first time or two I'm horseback when I get them.

I only went to kindergarten two weeks. On the second day, when the bus got to my house, this cute little girl next to me at the back of the bus said "Why don't you use that door?" I did, and was banned from riding the bus. Turned out that little girl was Clayton Moore's (the Lone Ranger') niece...

If you can AI, you can preg test. You already know what the uterus feels like when the cow is in heat. 1st trimester it's going to feel bigger than normal. 2nd trimester you won't be able to feel it, but will be able to feel it. 3rd trimester you should be able to feel the calf.

Age does affect how you ride. At 69 I tend to use the trailer to swing a leg over in the morning. Cold weather can hurt like hell, but I'm still able to put in 10 or 12 hour days in the saddle when I need to.

Never met anyone in town as all we did was get groceries and head back to the ranch. Hell, I barely got to meet the boss. Other than when we gathered to worm or ship, the only time I saw him was when he flew in to give me my check.