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Your weekly dose of out of the box thinking. Giving you something to think about as you seek to maximize the effectiveness of your operation and the joy your family receives from this lifestyle.
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About half right. It started with slaves that were Indian. And we forgot about the round pen. The saddle horn came from the McClellan saddle. Geez. Rewrite history.
@@WorkingCows these days it depends on the books. Now they are saying African slaves were the first. Never heard that. When the Spanish brought the cow, and they overbreed, by now needed to head to the mission. The slave Indians were the first to start pushing cattle. There are books out there.
Outstanding interview Clay. Both Gabe and Allen do an amazing job getting the message out that we are in big trouble with our modern ag practices. But they offer a very simple and effective solution to it all. I am less than 1 year into my small farm in North West Alabama. Working and restoring row crop land into pasture land, I just got 2 stocker calves and am rotational grazing them with frequent moves. I'm just second guessing if I should graze my best grass or continue working on the poor areas and resting the best. I didn't want to reseed any. I have a good start in some areas others are plenty weedy. I bush hoged 6 foot tall weeds last summer just to lay it down, hopping that animals will help with that this summer. Any pointers would be appreciated. Keep up the good work all of you. God bless.
Thanks for your kind words Corey! I agree Gabe and Allen are invaluable for the future of agriculture. With regard to your question I think I would graze the best and let the more tired sections have a chance to recover. You could look at feeding or bale grazing on the areas with lower productivity and diversity to help get them over the hump. Those are just my thoughts. May God give you wisdom and bless your efforts. Grace and peace.
2 things. The last ones to calve and most anxious are usually stuck being the babysitters, but even bulls will babysit. And please check on your cows still, if they do have a problem you don't want them to lay there and suffer for days. We've seen this happen and it's not ok.
The problems of being captive to one buyer in hog or turkey production sounds very similar to being a supplier to Walmart, IKEA or Kodak. (must be dozens of companies just as bad to work for.) Just remember that defaulting and walking away is just business exactly like them cutting you off is just business.
Clay, to start with, great video. I just got Tom’s book and am a few chapters in. I’m in northwestern MN so between you and Tom as far as latitude. I don’t know what the average rainfall is in Athabasca, but to say that Tom has tougher conditions than you is only partially true in my humble opinion. In a year, he probably has fewer frost free days than you, however between May and August he has more hours of sunlight than you do. His recovery period during those months is probably faster than yours although you should be able to keep growing grass for a while longer in the fall than he can. I only recently discovered that every geographical location (except for canyons and mountains) have equal hours of daylight throughout the year, we just get them in varying duration. Equator gets 12 hours daylight and 12 hours without daylight, 365 days a year. Everybody else varies as far as daily but yearly we all get the same so every environment has its strengths and weaknesses. Thanks to you and Tom for the interview.
Working Cows is the best podcast I've ever listened to. Even when the topic or title doesn't seem immediately applicable, the conversations are absolutely fascinating and enjoyable. Much appreciated!
I grew up for my first 15 years of my 62 years on our multigenerational family farm using many of Joel's ways. My grandpa was a very smart man when it comes to raising cattle. Many people would fight over buying his culls or for meat for their freezer. We always raised a herd available every year with back stock for the next year, since it takes 16 to 24 months to raise a freezer ready herd.
Great episode Clay, and great comment Rep. Hageman: "this is the USDA trying to put together a solution in search of a problem!!! Government favorite strategy is to break your leg, hand you a crutch, and tell you that without them, you would not be able to walk! Trust 'em as far as ya can throw 'em! Any possibility for an issue of CONTROL here? Stay vigilant always!! Be blessed.
Thanks for this podcast. Got interested in linear measurement in 1992 when Karney Redman gave a linear measurement seminar in Alberta, Canada at a Simmental event. I appreciate the concepts so much and have tried to improve my purebred cattle that way.
I loved Mr Olson's story telling but would have appreciated more specifics as a newer cattle producer. Specifically how he analyses the relations in the cow bell curve. Otherwise great show and great listen.
@@WorkingCows I’m trying to remember, but did you interview a man who managed property for investors in places like New Zealand? He had quite a few large properties he managed here in the US as well for investors
@@thestockyards_io I bet you are thinking of Jim Howell. He and I have never been able to coordinate schedules, but I think Jared Luhman from Herdquitter has had him on.
No, Allan Savory has stated his philosophy is to teach the village or the farmer rancher to use their resources intelligently to improve where they are first. In practice, as the farmer improves the soil of the land, the cattle is used to prep gardens, and the villages have increased income with no added fertilizer cost. You are acting like there is a difference between grazing philosophies, but there really isn't any difference. Also, there's no complaint about your evangelizing as long as you make no complaint of any other person evangelizing their beliefs. Gander meet goose.
YES! watching how I blasted all over the "place" in less than a month was shocking, I used what I talked about the other day, and although it actually took about 5 weeks for my volume to double, I just go'ogled Jan Venstaker's Shooting Ropes and her reaction has been priceless!
