I’m relatively certain he’s done a video showing what to look for in a bull, and which bulls he makes into steers. Just hard to find because Greg is pretty prolific with the videos.
You know your animals are getting plenty to eat. They are not balling for something to eat. Here in Tennessee farmers are putting out rings for hay. It just makes a mess, and must be moved to put more hay out. Then the mess that is left after they are move. My dad and I use to do this years again. I know firsthand the mess it makes that must be cleaned up. I like the bale how you feed. It doesn’t leave and mess, plus feeds the soil also. Blessings🙂
Greg, cattle are looking great! Question on my mind today is, When are you going to write a book on hair sheep? I don't think I'd be the only fan to buy it!
Thanks for video! It looks nice and calm there. Sun is good for the soul. It seems the animals know what is best but us humans we sometimes have to find it the hard way. Some people understand and some people don’t. I’m hoping I’m going the right direction and understanding more as the days go by. With your videos, I’m getting brighter as each video is published on RU-vid!
Its SO cool that you now have a dedicated bull farm, congrats! How might you handle the males if you had, say, a dozen ewes on, say, a 5 to 10 ac small farm?
Will you be adding bird nesting boxes to this farm? If so can you make a video of installing them? Showing where you place them and why you chose that location?
I am bale grazing (still learning to stockpile) and I’m wondering if you have any advice about if/when we need to keep the cows off the grass as it breaks dormancy? I’m in western North Carolina and we are having a warm February and we are already seeing the pasture start to green up. I’m concerned about them eating too much grass when it’s in this slow initial growth stage. Our small heard goes through a bale every 3 days, then we move them to a new paddock/bale. Should we move them off the grass into a sacrifice area? Move them more quickly? Give them larger paddocks? Any advice would be really helpful!
I can feel them getting warmed by the sun. When you cut and paint a honey locust, do you have to get all the cut brush out of the pasture or can you leave it on the ground?
Greg you should try a weed eater with a saw blade on it for the brush. Would cut the grass out of the way plus’s cut of the brush without bending over.
Very true about the vaccination program. You can get away without it for years and when you have trouble it's big trouble. One year we had a pen of replacement ewe lambs that were vaccinated and a pen of ram lambs that were not. Lost 5 out of 20 ram lambs. Did not lose any ewe lambs.
In most of New England we have small farms, I don't understand why people that want to produce beef to market insist on cow calf. They waste good grass on a losing proposition. For example 15 cows in a herd 97 acres and processes 3 head a year. Plus rents a bull. I know they bought 10 grand in hay. Now this is a award winning farm here.
Good morning, Greg. Is there any particular time of year or weather condition that you would avoid painting stumps during? How long before a rain does the product need to dry?
@Greg Judy Regenerative Rancher yes, but I'm curious if there are any weather conditions or seasons of the year where you would recommend waiting until another day to cut the tree?
The bulls come out March 1st and are put back in the cow herd July 1st. In 23 years all we have seen is herd improvement. Thicker made bodies, no more giraffe legged cows, much more adapted to our farm environment. If you think about our deer herds, who keeps the dominant buck from breeding his daughters? Nobody. It has happened for 1000’s of years and the deer population is doing just fine.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher hello Greg, thank's for your work. do you remove bulls from the herd from March to July to let the cows rest? I'm going to create a farm and ask myself the question of leaving them together all the time because in wild herds, the female must make sure to refuse to mate the time to rest after having had her calf, right? sorry it's a google translation because I speak french....
