Avoiding the fall cold…boostering calves
Before weaning we want to ensure the calves immune system is up to snuff. Weaning is stressful for calves, not because they need the milk. At this point they are […]
Monthly Archives: September 2016
Predators on the Prairie
Badger-Coyote Relationship
Excluding or including grazing?
“Environments may be classified on a continuum from non-brittle to very brittle according to how well humidity is distributed throughout the year and how quickly dead vegetation breaks down. At […]
Lazy days… on summer pasture
While everything else has been going on around the ranch, someone has been diligently checking cattle on summer pasture. While they are pretty low maintenance at this time of […]
Culling cows: Why and When
It is that time of year on Grant Ranch, where we sort off the cull cows for sale. Culling is the process of marketing older, unproductive and open cows. Older […]
Counting, Counting, Counting
About this time of year, some pesky bookkeeper starts asking how much grain is in the bin? How many cows? How many calves? How many bales? Financial Counting It is […]
