Out of the box cattle and grass management using IMG (Instinctive Migratory Grazing) to practice regenerative grazing without adding fences and using fewer water points.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Using Cattle Instinct To Turn Them
One of the things we often forget when handling cattle is that we can use their instincts to our benefit. One of these instincts is for cattle to go around us. When sorting cattle out of a pen, or getting them to go to other cattle in the pasture most of us tend to go to the front of the cow to force them to turn. As this short video shows, this is not necessary. Using their instinct to go around us lets them turn and go without the stress of us getting in their face.
Being a Texas cattle rancher myself, I believe you got about 1/3 of your assumptions from LaLa land. The Long Horn cow drinks every bit as much as any other cow in the same body condition and weight, if on dry land, the stocking rate will so close, again as per body condition. And remember the Long Horn cow just ain't got enough meat on it on dry land to be anything other than a living bovine on that land, if you’re talking about high dry land. Ain't trying to tell you your business but I'd suggest you look more to the old days of Texas and the SoWest as that is reality. They imported what is called today Miniature Hereford Cattle to Texas from Great Brittan to put meat on that Long Horn: see a movie about it: "The Rare Breed" a 1966 American western film starring James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara depicting this point. Falster Farm is doing a similar project with the University of the Philippines. Well I need to go look over a young Herd Sire. Wish you luck, and know that I’d be happy to consult with your efforts.
Falster Farms Investment Program. I can only partially agree with your statement on longhorns. They just are not the same beast they used to be. As Jim Leachman used to say "There is as much genetic diversity within a herd as between herds." Some of the longhorns of today have a lot more meat than the originals.
Falster Farms Investment Program. I can only partially agree with your statement on longhorns. They just are not the same beast they used to be. As Jim Leachman used to say "There is as much genetic diversity within a herd as between herds." Some of the longhorns of today have a lot more meat than the originals.
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ReplyDeleteBeing a Texas cattle rancher myself, I believe you got about 1/3 of your assumptions from LaLa land. The Long Horn cow drinks every bit as much as any other cow in the same body condition and weight, if on dry land, the stocking rate will so close, again as per body condition. And remember the Long Horn cow just ain't got enough meat on it on dry land to be anything other than a living bovine on that land, if you’re talking about high dry land.
ReplyDeleteAin't trying to tell you your business but I'd suggest you look more to the old days of Texas and the SoWest as that is reality. They imported what is called today Miniature Hereford Cattle to Texas from Great Brittan to put meat on that Long Horn: see a movie about it: "The Rare Breed" a 1966 American western film starring James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara depicting this point.
Falster Farm is doing a similar project with the University of the Philippines. Well I need to go look over a young Herd Sire. Wish you luck, and know that I’d be happy to consult with your efforts.
Falster Farms Investment Program. I can only partially agree with your statement on longhorns. They just are not the same beast they used to be. As Jim Leachman used to say "There is as much genetic diversity within a herd as between herds." Some of the longhorns of today have a lot more meat than the originals.
DeleteFalster Farms Investment Program. I can only partially agree with your statement on longhorns. They just are not the same beast they used to be. As Jim Leachman used to say "There is as much genetic diversity within a herd as between herds." Some of the longhorns of today have a lot more meat than the originals.
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