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<blockquote data-quote="rockridgecattle" data-source="post: 607722" data-attributes="member: 6198"><p>Hi, I am from Manitoba Canada</p><p>Our animals only see the inside of a barn 1 or 2 days out of the year when they calve. And that is only if they have problems or it is brutal cold.</p><p>Our winters usually see snow on the ground before halloween and it leaves sometime in April with a good drop of snow again in May.</p><p>Our temperatures in the winter hover around -20 but in January we see alot of -30 and colder with the windchills dropping it to -45 or 50. We bed and feed the cows heavier then. The cows have the bedding in the heavy bush which allows them relief from the winter winds.</p><p>We calve in March and April to get it overwith before the mud comes. We keep a short tight calving season and vaccinate pre breeding. Sometimes the weather co-operates in March and sometimes we get cold snaps into the -30's again. And yes that is Celcius.</p><p></p><p>We put the cattle on pasture about June 1. This gives the pasture time to grow. They then need to be feed starting end of September early October, depending on the rains in the summer.</p><p></p><p>We are feeling the effects of regualtions on manure spreading as well as dugouts for cattle. They are imposing more regualtions all the time. We have a manditory ID program that takes in the whole country. You can not ship, buy or sell cows without the ID eartag. We now have regulations on how to dispose of animals that die on your farm. We used to kill our own cow here on farm and take it to the butchers to hang. Now that can not be done without a permit and specific blue die for carcass movement.</p><p>Our farm is 10 quaters of land. Each quarter is 1/2 mile by a 1/2 mile. Half of the land is bush the other half is pasture and hayland. We have wild and tame hay that we harvest to feed our cows. We did have 100 cows but this year down sized by half due to the market and the lack of hay from way way too much rain. The market $ did not match the cost to buy and ship hay. So this calving season will seem like a breeze...maybe. Farming is becoming harder and tougher here. Alot of young farmers are getting out and the oldtimers have had enough.</p><p>But, having said that we love cows and could not see doing anything else.</p><p>Oh and to answer your breed question, we are angus X beef producers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rockridgecattle, post: 607722, member: 6198"] Hi, I am from Manitoba Canada Our animals only see the inside of a barn 1 or 2 days out of the year when they calve. And that is only if they have problems or it is brutal cold. Our winters usually see snow on the ground before halloween and it leaves sometime in April with a good drop of snow again in May. Our temperatures in the winter hover around -20 but in January we see alot of -30 and colder with the windchills dropping it to -45 or 50. We bed and feed the cows heavier then. The cows have the bedding in the heavy bush which allows them relief from the winter winds. We calve in March and April to get it overwith before the mud comes. We keep a short tight calving season and vaccinate pre breeding. Sometimes the weather co-operates in March and sometimes we get cold snaps into the -30's again. And yes that is Celcius. We put the cattle on pasture about June 1. This gives the pasture time to grow. They then need to be feed starting end of September early October, depending on the rains in the summer. We are feeling the effects of regualtions on manure spreading as well as dugouts for cattle. They are imposing more regualtions all the time. We have a manditory ID program that takes in the whole country. You can not ship, buy or sell cows without the ID eartag. We now have regulations on how to dispose of animals that die on your farm. We used to kill our own cow here on farm and take it to the butchers to hang. Now that can not be done without a permit and specific blue die for carcass movement. Our farm is 10 quaters of land. Each quarter is 1/2 mile by a 1/2 mile. Half of the land is bush the other half is pasture and hayland. We have wild and tame hay that we harvest to feed our cows. We did have 100 cows but this year down sized by half due to the market and the lack of hay from way way too much rain. The market $ did not match the cost to buy and ship hay. So this calving season will seem like a breeze...maybe. Farming is becoming harder and tougher here. Alot of young farmers are getting out and the oldtimers have had enough. But, having said that we love cows and could not see doing anything else. Oh and to answer your breed question, we are angus X beef producers [/QUOTE]
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