I can attest to this. We bought 2 purebred Brahman heifers early this spring, and my kids (15 and 6) go out and feed them range cubes out of their hands. They are the two calmest cows on our farm
We had our first group of Beefmaster bull on Angus cows calves this year. We already had Angus cows so we bought a BM bull, and we are happy with the calves. The pictures I have attached are from June 17th and the calves in them were born mid March to early April. One thing I will say is they...
How are you doing with the pig breeding? The only experience I have with pigs is my sons FFA hog that he showed 2 nights ago at our local fair. How much feed are you feeding and are you able to turn much of a profit?
It's pasture ground that has cattle on it all year. There is one patch that buts up to some of our soybeans that we fertilize and hay it, but the most of our ground is kinda hilly and rocky in spots.
Living here in SEK, we have all fescue pastures. For years my family has always waited until late summer to mow the pastures. I have had some people tell me that if you mow just before it heads out, that you will have better grass as it is forced to keep growing. I have also noticed that we seem...
The last two years we bought feeders at the sale.We usually try to buy anywhere between 4 to 6 weight calves. The first year we ended up buying heifers due to both steers and intact bulls were selling really high, and last year we bought mostly intact bulls and a few steers. We cut the bulls and...
In my opinion I don't worry about weight as much as I do about efficiency and calving ability. Obviously I want cows big enough to not have any issues calving, and I want them to give as much milk as possible, but I don't want cows that need tons of feed and cost me a lot of money. I would say...