Howdy from Eastern WA

[MKcattle]

Howdy folks from eastern WA, raise hay and a dozen cattle!

 

[Mountaintown Creek Ranch]

Welcome to CT !

 

[A.J.]

Welcome!

 

[tex452]

Welcome.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Welcome. As the days go by and you post somewhere, we ("I") won't remember that you told us where you are from. Please click on your name in top right side and add your LOCATION. Many, many questions/answers depend on LOCATION.

 

[coachg]

Welcome and hello from N E Alabama .

 

[wbvs58]

Welcome. Does WA mean Western Australia? Though Eastern Western Australia would have you in the middle of the desert.

Ken

 

[Dave]

I lived in Washington for years but on the wrong side of the state. But I spent a lot of time on the east side. Have friends that live there.
Even worked for a rancher up by Twisp a million years ago.

 

[MKcattle]

Welcome. Does WA mean Western Australia? Though Eastern Western Australia would have you in the middle of the desert.

Ken

USA

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Howdy folks from eastern WA, raise hay and a dozen cattle!

Hey! My stomping grounds from years ago! Omak? Spokane? Yakima?

 

[MKcattle]

Spokane

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Just East and a touch South from the 4.5 million acres (or 4.8?) of land I oversaw grazing on the Colville Reservation.

 

[MKcattle]

Just East and a touch South from the 4.5 million acres (or 4.8?) of land I oversaw grazing on the Colville Reservation.

Wow that’s a lot of work!

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Wow that’s a lot of work!

Well, I managed the grazing lands and oversaw the permits of the ranchers utilizing the rangelands and grazed forest. But yes, a few acres. It was a lot of fun. Now I'm covering an entire state - South Carolina. I'm the NRCS State Grazing Specialist.

 

[MKcattle]

That’s awesome!

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

So tell us about your cows. Are you doing a cow/calf operation? feeders? background?
What breed or breeds/crosses?

 

[MKcattle]

So tell us about your cows. Are you doing a cow/calf operation? feeders? background?
What breed or breeds/crosses?

Well I’m a hay farmer and do about a dozen cattle for locker beef. I’m looking to expand my herd to do a 60 cow-calf operation and about 25 locker steers. I always wanted to do beef just for myself and now I have extra hay and makes sense to raise more. I raise mostly angus a few Herefords and a few charlois but that’s about it.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Well that sounds like a good goal.
You might be interested in my post on Feedyard Board, "finishing steers in 13 months"
We just hauled the last 2 to processor and waiting for HCW today.