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<blockquote data-quote="CattleMan1920" data-source="post: 1551764" data-attributes="member: 37967"><p>The photos above were taken in May 2018, we had grass and clover coming on strong. They get a small grain ration, about 3 pounds each per day. If you saw the terrain, it's no walk in the park for them. We have culled over the years in a way which emphasized keeping the biggest most productive cows and we bred to sires which we thought would work best to produce big, maternal oriented cows. This has gone on for over 50 years, a lot can happen in 50 years. There isn't any secret to it all. It's genetics. </p><p></p><p>We are in a valley, the soil is rich, we seed ladino and red clover in February and when it's thick the cattle eat well. We feed haylage in the winter. People think that our cows are stuffed full of grain, but that is simply not the case. If we pulled them off grain, they would still perform fine, hold condition and keep trucking, it would however make my job much harder in rounding them up for AI, and other things. Our gals have top notch minerals, are broken up into small groups, and aren't stressed out, that has helped with the size you see. </p><p></p><p>I don't think you are suggesting to starve down the cattle, in which case they might be somewhat smaller, but most of our cows have $EN and DMI EPD's in the top 20% of the Angus breed. They are not "hay burners", they are efficient, which probably is thanks to the Wye influence during the the 60's and 70's. We AI'd to Conan and Lodge of Wye in the early 70's. </p><p></p><p>Whether you want to believe me or not, these gals would hold up to severe conditions, with adequate nutrition and minerals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CattleMan1920, post: 1551764, member: 37967"] The photos above were taken in May 2018, we had grass and clover coming on strong. They get a small grain ration, about 3 pounds each per day. If you saw the terrain, it’s no walk in the park for them. We have culled over the years in a way which emphasized keeping the biggest most productive cows and we bred to sires which we thought would work best to produce big, maternal oriented cows. This has gone on for over 50 years, a lot can happen in 50 years. There isn’t any secret to it all. It’s genetics. We are in a valley, the soil is rich, we seed ladino and red clover in February and when it’s thick the cattle eat well. We feed haylage in the winter. People think that our cows are stuffed full of grain, but that is simply not the case. If we pulled them off grain, they would still perform fine, hold condition and keep trucking, it would however make my job much harder in rounding them up for AI, and other things. Our gals have top notch minerals, are broken up into small groups, and aren’t stressed out, that has helped with the size you see. I don’t think you are suggesting to starve down the cattle, in which case they might be somewhat smaller, but most of our cows have $EN and DMI EPD’s in the top 20% of the Angus breed. They are not “hay burners”, they are efficient, which probably is thanks to the Wye influence during the the 60’s and 70’s. We AI’d to Conan and Lodge of Wye in the early 70’s. Whether you want to believe me or not, these gals would hold up to severe conditions, with adequate nutrition and minerals. [/QUOTE]
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