Synchronized Cattle Breeding 

Thank you Jack, I really do appreciate that!

Thank you for joining us!

Thanks for watching Rachel!

Glad to hear you’re getting some moisture! Thank you!

Thank you Don!

Every time! Thank you!

Thanks for watching Delton!

Hey Emmy, yes I know what you mean about being busy! I hope calving is going well!

I hope so too! Thanks and stay safe!

Thanks Ken!

Hey Ben, thank you! Yeah I’m thinking about doing a QandA Video and I could have Jacques tell a little about his background!

Thanks Aaron, you too!

Thanks John!

Thank you very much Lynn!

Thank you Deb, you too!

Haha thank you Donna!

Thank you Gary!

Thank you C, God Bless!

😂😂thanks Stan, yes the windshield wipers tend to get ignored!

Thank you! Haha

Hey John, thank you! Stay safe and warm!

@@sleepranch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿flag of Wales 8015 sq miles, population 3.136 mill , 8.5% of uk area same size as US New Jersey. Livestock 10.0 million sheep, 1.137 mill cattle, 2.5mill pigs, 7.5 mill chickens, Dairy farms 2495= 101 cows per farm, Beef farms 7043 = 23 cows Sheep farms or mixed =14100 =638 flock size, finished beef price =£1.95 killo (store =your backgrounders £5-600 per head, dairy cows av £1500, Arable crops include wheat, barley, rapeseed oil, fodder maize. early potatoes -south westcoast-main crop widespread. Land use dominated by grassland pasture which accounts for 75% of land use in Wales 85% of which is LFA land, (less favoured area) this reflects the upland terrain and wet climate of the country. 2021 land census shows price of land to be Av sterling £8266 per acre 892.500 (29%) of population speak native the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Welsh language (I being 1) but bilingulism is practised throught Wales. Highest mountain being Snowdon, welsh = Yr Wyddfa, is within the Wales National park with area of 823 sq miles, making up 3 seperate parks. Hi Carson, I hope this gives you a general insight of the country as you can see its diverse in nature, different SD the grass continued to grow a little all winter ad its being very mild had a small amount of snow the lowest temp circa -4c about 12-15 nights all winter, the dairy farm near me have 350 cows out grazing 6ins leys day and night since 4 march, what we do have are more kiwi style dairy units starting up 400-600 cow herds I can see this trend continuing with more youngsters taking over the farms, a large number of them having being to NZ for experience in managing the block spring calving systems and now with summer milk price being 40p litre it pays far better than feeding and housing the autumn herd, I must say i’m addicted to your system your ups and “not so many downs” its fasenating looking in on how you run things, i’ve scoured the area (and burnt out google earth 😂) and have a good idea of where you are theres a place called Beulah near you, well the reason I ask is that we have a village about 80mls away called Beulah could this SD one have being named by settlers from Wales, do you know the origine? Searching the Black hills on GE is also fasenating think I found 2 corals and the ski slope where you and Dad were chasing the bull, being a western fanatic as a youngster this is so interesting sightseeing the area with it’s history you mentioned ths stage coach route to Deadwood I found cody and callamitie’s resting place,🌥😱such is nostalgia, OK im back on earth. 🤣. You mentioned your ancestors being from Brixham Devonshire, a lovely small fishing town with colourfull cottages / built on the hillside my brother in law and his wife live in one, he worked for US Convatec spent time to and from the states but based in london, he retired some years back and they started a buisnes on Fore Street Brixham cafe/ tea rooms he visits the fishing boats to buy fresh fish they love it the place is packed with tourist’s. Must close now hello to your family, they are good people, keep the vids comming, did the calving go ok 🤞 Regards John.

Wonderful post!

Thank you very much!

Thank you Ellis!

Thank you Dennis, God Bless!

Thank you Daniel, I found the music a few months ago and I’m not sure on the name of it!

Yes I do know of Temple Grandin, she’s very smart! My parents ran u to her at an airport once and talked to her for quite awhile. We have adopted a lot of what she teaches but still have a little work to do on our facilities to get them how we’d like them. That’s cool to hear that’s how you guys do things too! Take care and God Bless!

Sounds rough David, good luck calving!

@@sleepranch Thanks

Thanks Randy!

Thanks June! Keep the tail just help the scent of the calf stay on the new calf!

😂😂but they have less character with two wiper blades;)

Thanks Terry! And not yet, the mechanic still needs to come out and look at it!

Yep I need to work on that more, thanks Geni!

In S. Dakota that is Spring. Goes directly to Summer.

We usually just breed everything and the we will sort through them later and cull some heifers that we don’t like the looks of and the open ones as well!

We’re getting about 70% conception rates and I actually just ordered one after I saw how bad the wind messed up the audio in that video!

@@sleepranch are yall AI yourselves or using a vet/AI service?

So MGA is melengestrol acetate, it suppresses estrus and keeps the heifers from ovulating for a period of time. We’ll feed .5 mg/head/day for about two weeks and then we’ll give them prostaglandin 18 days after that. We just mix it into our feed ration and I’ll be sure to show when I do this!

Ya the audio isn’t the best, it’s called MGA!

@@sleepranch What does MGA mean . I have the same problem with my cows calving several months

Oh that’s interesting, we don’t have any regulations on that so we usually just bury them. Lots of rancher just have dead piles where dead livestock goes and gets covered in dirt every year!

Thanks Gail, yeah I just need a wind protecting microphone!

Great question, we’ve tried it that way but don’t have a ton of space to maneuver the pickup into that spot. It just seems to be easier to use the tractor!

@@sleepranch that makes sense. It just look like there was room. It also look like you along ways away. 👍

He sure will!

Great question Cody! We want to keep all or most of the heifers we A-I to improve genetics in our herd and have more cohesive calves. When A-Iing you only get about a 60-65% conception rate. So we need to breed 250 heifers to get our target number of 150 replacement heifers. The rest will either get sold as bred heifers or we could send them to the feedlot as well. It just depends on the year and the market!

@@sleepranch ok I understand that keep up the good work