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Jim, It's a pleasure to follow the story of your farm and the experiments you are making. I've learned many interesting things from you personally. Have you considered writing a blog? It would benefit your marketing too. Now about the corn grazing. You mentioned concerns about the weight and the...

It's a great experience watching Your experiment going so well, Jim. :clap: (I'm taking notes on it since last year, thanks) Just one question: do you have troubles with birds when the corn ears get dry (mature)?

Thanks to everyone posted here. About the bale grazing (thanks again Bez+) - maybe it's not recommended when you buy some hay from another place, because of the weeds and other seeds "coming" with it and spreading with the fresh manure. @ P.A.L. - yes it's beautyful most of the time here, but...

Bez+ Thank You so much! You are one of the persons, that make that board so great. Just to mention, it's not quite the same here with winters in Canada. Our farm is at high altitude and that's the reason of heavy snowing. The temperatures are not so low, -12C average in January, and we start...

Hello everyone, Everyday I learn something new and usefull here. As we still raise mostly dairy steers, we put them in buildings during the winter. They just don't do well outside and don't graze at all if there is some snow cover. This year we started raising beef cattle, just to "get our feet...

I think most of the answers overseen that fact. Actually if the feeding is spread trough long time period, cows are willing to eat more and faster, so they put more fat deposits than in regular free choice feeding. Just meeting the forecoming 1-2 "hungry" days. It's not a problem now, but when...

Yes, it's our major business here. Thus, if a dairy farm is crossing their Holsteins with a beef bull/semen, they are selling all calves out, including heifers. They usually breed their best milking cows with dairy semen for replacements, so don't expect the beef crosses to be with greatest...

Hi Jim, I'm not considering myself an expert, so don't bet your house on my opinion :) . I just want to share my thouts on your case. First of all, You did great! :clap: For a 14 months old steer, that's an achievent, (but only) if you are in short grazing season. You are putting several...

Brandonm made explanation easy (I agree with him), but there is another case to follow: About 80 people died in Mexico of flue, that is called "Swine flue" (at least in Europe). As I remember what caused the "bird flue" to the poultry business, it's obvious that the pork chops will be condamned...

That's a new (not used yet) pasture I checked these days... Funny thing is the purple kind of crocus should be giving flowers in the fall. The white one - never seen before. Enjoy :tiphat:

According to dogs, has anyone a observed which handling by dogs is more provoking aggresiveness in cattle? Healers or Collies are better in that way?

So do I :? Actually nowadays some state institutes in Germany are importing Gelbvieh from USA, because they are considered as endangered breed. Most people there are aiming for intensive and highly automated handling. Maybe that is the reason of booming Limousines these years. @3waycross...

You said it so good! I think one major issue is the number of the herd we are aiming. Our current experience is much different - the diary cattle is not "synchronized" in time and we are dealing with 3 smaller herds of calves/steers sorted by age. It seems it wont be same when we have more than...

I know how it sounds, but there is no such term "finishing" here. Everything above 12mo age is considered "beef". At this time EU is implementing new grading system (E.U.R.O.P.), which is considering the body structure, fatness and muscularity, nothing about the process. That's what I know...

Thank You all guys. Thanks for reading carefully my post :) . Yes, that is our main issue - handling. Electric fencing is an option we consider, because we wouldn't use the whole area of the pasture anyway. As for the Herefords, they are not well accepted in the remaining part of Europe because...