Great video. Feeds yards are truly a reflection that ag is more sophisticated that people realize. The metrics that go into these operations is incredible.
I spent 80 days in Hereford and stayed a mile up the road from that feed yard. And the shear scale of it can't be completely taken in by your video but it let's others get a good idea of how many animals are there to later be added into our food chain. Great video none the less. Congratulations on getting the 411 and passing it on🤙🏼👍🏼
Raised in Hereford , lived and Farmed Southeast of Bar-G feedyard ... I have known Johnny Trotter and Hauled Cattle and Worked for him during Harvest !!!
Great video, I used to haul bulk alfalfa feed from Ulysses, Ks. into Bar-G quite a bit ( the name of my trucking Co. was - Twin Drifters Trucking Ulysses, Ks. hauling for Alfalfa Pellet Enterprizes Ulysses, Ks.) in the late '90's. Bar-G was a Great Place to haul into - get'cha weighed - unloaded - reweighed and down the road in no time compared to other places. Miss haulin inta Bar-G - had my twin sons with me one day (they were 7 yrs. old then) - went into the scale office toget to check in - came out - got in the truck - found myself talking to myself - realizing the boys were gone (we had a rule they were Never to get out of the truck when we were on the scale) I looked aroundddd saw my two boys horse back riding behind two pen riders away from the scale - (I thought "OMG look at that - my little cowboys been stolen by Big Cowboys" I felt Very Fortunate that day) Thatsss One Time I wished I'd'a haddd a camera. That only showsss how family oriented the Bar-G people of Hereford and Summerfield, Texas are. Ohhh how I misss those daysss+++
Glad to see you are successful Johnny T. Seen alot of heavy losses up here in north Iowa. Grain is cheap here. Wish I could learn from you John. John T.
I was born in Hereford TX Friona feedyard is bigger I've been all over that feedyard and most others in that area worked for bar7 cattle/ brown&son's for a good while we farmed dryland wheat and Milo... Should of drove about 20 miles west to my home town Friona and looked at those grain elevators I think its are still the biggest one in operation I love where I'm from
I did custom hay baling and silage work in the panhandle all the way from Dumas to the northeast corner of the Texas Oklahoma state line. Very fun but the feedyards are VERY demanding with the silage intake.
Nice to have some stuff on here of back home I live about 5 hours from here but my family lives roughly 15/20 minutes away and works and some of the packing plants there
Thanks, Last summer when I was out in Colorado for wheat harvest I went by a pretty large feed yard and went in and asked if I could take a drone shot of the place and I was asked to leave.
Factory Farming, These feed lots are the cause of how are food , beef, is produced with genetically modified corn, soy beans, grain, and sewage, or silage.
Amazing. Absolutely fascinating. I'd no idea this stuff was done on this scale. How do they manage the manure? Are these all their own cattle or do they do this on consignment, etc.?
Cattle should free range out grazing in the fields not in pens don't like it I have no problem eating them but at least they should be able to graze on fresh grass out in the fields
Stephen Jones not enough grass out there to to feed all the cattle it takes to feed the world bud we’d all go hungry if we all thought like you maybe you should get educated before spouting off on here about an industry that keeps you fed
NO SHADE FOR THOSE CATTLE ? ? ? WTF ? ? ? ? ? That's animal abuse ! ! ! I'd like to take the owner of that farm, and chain him to a post, out in the direct sun, in the middle of the texas summer, with a leather jacket on, and see how he likes it ! NOT being able to get out of the blistering 100 degree direct sunlight, is animal abuse ! ! !
Rebel Warrior hahaha I hope you are joking I live about 5 hours north of this place in Kansas and have family about 20 minutes west also all these feedyards from southwest Kansas down south are the same outside like this and the cattle are not hurting at all they are well taken care of!
Rebel, you will most likely need a jacket to keep warm in the morning because of being 4,000 ft. This is West Texas not central or North Texas with its low altitude and heavy air below the Caprock.
