A week before Christmas and our cows are dreaming of sugar filled grasses & clover in their pastures! Come to our May grazing school and learn how to keep your money on the farm where it belongs! Go to greenpasturesfarm.net for more info.
Great video Greg. No barn, no tractor, no seed, no hay, no bawling, just good cattle management. All the money that Greg Judy talks about saving, and I believe him, he must have money to burn when compared to his competitors. Either that or his competition is perpetually broke and if it wasn't for some sort of artificial subsidy they would have been gone a long time ago. With that said, an interesting video would be to show some accounting of costs, income, investment strategies etc. I'm not an accountant (I'm a computer programmer) but that would be interesting to me even though it's a dry topic. Maybe others would appreciate it as well. Thanks, I always look forward to your videos Greg.
its nice to be in a location where there isn't much freeze . we get 2 to 3' of frozen ground so there isn't any green anything. So be kind to us farmers and ranchers that dont have a ten month growing season
That has to be my favorite video so far Greg - I’d give 60 min. Morning and evening, Sat. And Sun with those beauties! What a wonderful Christmas scene 😀🇨🇦
These are really educational videos Greg. I could look at your animals all day long. Thanks for sharing your formula for grazing, and talking about how you use that forage over the winter. I look forward to seeing some of this pasture when you do your second pass, deep in the heart of winter.
Got to agree with you. Formerly had a race horse ( for a very shot time) and went to an owner’s clinic. Seeing some of the specimens cared by the the legendary trainers and owners with deep pockets had the best top notch veterinary care, feed and conditioning you could just see it in their coats. Whether it be a bay, brown, chestnut, the coats were a sight to see. Beautiful dappling, sheens, luster that could rival I swear a fresh minted copper penny. They were examples of horses that were solid in terms of digestion and it reflected in their coats. Could eventually see it start taking hold in my filly too after a period of time.
So, if I understand correctly, at this time of year your grass doesn’t grow too much during your 60 day rest, but gets naturally cleaned, and animals get a bigger area to graze on the next pass to compensate ? I always marvel at the fantastic condition of your cattle, not a skinny one to be seen.
Don't apologize for brown grass. Your cattle are eating all colors in a warm Winter..Year round grazing in Dakotas, Wyoming, Saskatchewan where snow not over 15 cm brown pasture the cows don't need supplement. But Spring freshening they require more protein. I'm interested in your weaning/self weaning program.??
thems sure some good lookin cows ya GREG even the little calves are eatin already,, ai got some snow an cold ifn ya want it? so far the snow total is 58.6ins. winter came early this year aint seen it like this since the 70,s,,,,thank ya fer the video
Greg, You mentioned that you kept your bulls in with your cows most of the time. How do you prevent them from getting your young heifers pregnant before they are old enough to be bred? Do you wean them and put them in a separate pasture? Very curious about your herd management and would love to learn more.
The grass is iced over at our place this morning... so we pulled out our (new this fall) Greg Judy bale unroller. It worked great pulling behind the four wheeler! First hay used of the season on December 16 due to ice...still have stockpile. How great is this???
goodmorning Greg. how do you prevent that your heifercalfs get pregnant to early when you let everytning walks together in your herd? cows looking great..;)
Greg new sub here, just a few questions; 1) have you considered teaching a 2 week intensive course? 2) whats the shelf life of a roll of hay? if you don't use it in the winter and spring comes, do you roll it out in a paddock that needs it? or can you save it for next year? 3) with sheep, have you ever had flying predators take away young lambs? thank you for your videos.
Greg is the man when it comes to grass management! We are trying to employ some of his ideas over at our farm. Come on over and check us out if you’d like and help us out if you have some knowledge because we are new at this and could use the support! Thanks
Wonder if a protection donkey would teach cows to paw snow? Maybe a horse? Or if some crop is poking out of snow would the cattle paw themselves? I can see cows walking to much and just packing snow down. Use a fence to keep trampling to a minimum?
When do you separate out the bulls? I know I wouldn't want calves born from December to mid April.... some times December is okay but you never know! Lol
If you don't have natural winter grasses that stay green in your area. What do you do? Let them graze the old dead stubble? It can't be feasible to bring out Kentucky 31 Fescue seed or other winter perennial seed into a 400 acre pasture.
Merry Christmas Greg - Would you anticipate bull fights if mixing a couple (2) yearling South Poll bulls with a couple of 2-old year South Poll bulls from different farms? All bulls were moved daily and are mild mannered. Thank you.
Greg, just wondering if you ever bring in new blood to the herd, and how would you do it? eg bring in South Poll bulls from other breeders, or bring in South Poll cows? etc I went to a Green Pastures grazing school a few years back and Ian didnt seem fussed about bringing in new blood.
Id love to be able to do this but in the winters where I live, theres no way I would be able to keep any short legged cattle out in the pastures with 3 foot snows
