Our post today focuses on selecting a bull or bulls for your breeding program. Please click here to read our previous post on deciding your breeding season. Please click here to read our introductory post for our Cattle Breeding blog series. We had written this post BEFORE our calving season started. With four calves on the ground, we feel that we need to add a few … [Read more...] about Cattle Breeding: Selecting Your Bull(s)
Deciding Your Breeding Season
We are starting off our Cattle Breeding blog series with a discussion on deciding your breeding season. Please click here to see our introductory post to our Cattle Breeding series. Developing a successful breeding program takes many years and careful thought and consideration into the genetics you want in your herd. Deciding the timeline for your breeding season is … [Read more...] about Deciding Your Breeding Season
Cattle Breeding Series – An Introduction
As I am typing this post, I can see 10 very pregnant red Angus heifers, munching on hay and resting in the springtime sun. It is a beautiful sight. Winter has been long and hard on these girls (and us, too!). But, we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Temperatures have been climbing into the 40's and 50's this week and for us, that is a … [Read more...] about Cattle Breeding Series – An Introduction
Winter Hay Bale Grazing: Part 4 of 4
We round out our blog series on winter hay bale grazing with lessons learned and thoughts for next winter. See the links below for earlier parts in the series: Winter Hay Bale Grazing Part 1 of 4 Winter Hay Bale Grazing Part 2 of 4 Winter Hay Bale Grazing Part 3 of 4 Lessons Learned This was our first winter implementing hay bale grazing. We were pleasantly surprised at … [Read more...] about Winter Hay Bale Grazing: Part 4 of 4
Winter Hay Bale Grazing: Part 3 of 4
This is the third in a four part series we put together based on our first winter of bale grazing. In today's post, we outline supplies needed for hay bale grazing. Click here to read Hay Bale Grazing Part 1. Click here to read Hay Bale Grazing Part 2. Recommended List of Supplies for Hay Bale Grazing Round hay bales - The amount and quality of hay bales … [Read more...] about Winter Hay Bale Grazing: Part 3 of 4