CLICK HERE to receive an email when a new post is available on Cow Cow Ranch. Could all cattle in the US be completely grass fed? This has been a case for great debate. The pro-feedlot bunch says no; the grass fed bunch says yes. The American beef industry is complicated. There are so many different models, so many different… Read more »
Map leases – driving Map leases and specs Cox’s – upper field is pasture. Lower half of the top section is “below the Rat Shack” and the piece to the east is “behind the houses.” Middle and lower sections are hay fields and then fall pasture. “The Orchard” is the upper part of the middle section, with “the field above… Read more »
Mondays always seem to snowball me. I think I have everything scheduled and perfect and then WHAM, everything falls apart and by the end of the day I don’t know what I got done and I’m completely exhausted. Honestly, if it weren’t for date stamps on pictures and videos, I would be mostly lost as to what I did. Well,… Read more »
June 9, 2016 Started the day with the norm: irrigation. Finished up on Gayle’s, it won’t need water for another week or so. Have to let it dry out a bit. There is such thing as too much water. The last pipe to irrigate on Gayle’s doesn’t have much control or finesse to it: Water bubbles out of the bottom… Read more »
Irrigating has helped me drop like 25 or 30 pounds just this Spring. There is a ridiculous amount of walking involved, and shovel work. Nothing gets you in shape like hiking up and down a field, shoveling for 30 minutes, and don’t forget the aerobics in between. Up, down, up down, close gate, stand up, adjust gate, stand up. Step… Read more »
I’m a rancher, not a farmer. I fully admit it. Animals come easy for me. I love animals. Plants not so much. I love plants, don’t get me wrong, but the biology behind plants (and soil) is not something that I had found interesting enough to really educate myself on–not a passion, so I really have to make myself learn… Read more »
