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Head ’em up, Move ’em on – RAWHIDE
Head ’em up, Move ’em on – RAWHIDE! I have to admit this brings back memories of the Blues Brothers more than it does of Clint Eastwood (Rowdy Yates). To be clear, we are not much for Head ’em up around here. No whips,…
Grazing ice cream grass
In our solar powered steer post we described how cattle will select the tips of plants first, grazing to capture the highest amount of energy available. We call this grazing off the “ice cream”. Here is a video link from this past weekend of…
Weaning calves
Weaning time can be stressful for cow, calf and cowboy. Traditionally, weaning calves meant to separate the cows and calves by distance. For example the herd was brought into a corral where calves would be separated from the cows. The cows would then be sent out to pasture…
Weaning Weight
We will be weaning calves later this week. Our grassfed cows work year round, but we do give the cows about two months off from providing milk to a calf. The last calf crop was born mid-May 2014 and the calves have had momma’s milk…
2015 Grassfed Beef Progress Report 1
Last July we posted a few photos of the first steers we will have available later this year as grassfed – grassfinished beef. The steers have lost some of that summer time sickness and put on their winter coats. Finishing these animals are a work in progress. We are…
