Whew!! Let’s put the winter of 2016 behind us. Time to think of warmer temperatures – sunshine – and Spring rains. In the Texas area, that also means preparing for our Spring cow work. Now every cattle operation has a time and action plan that must be executed. Once the breeding-calving dates are established, we [...]
Many associations – colleges – conventions – large ranches offer a school curriculum for successful ranching. But did you ever stop to think that your ranch serves up a school of life every single day? Yep, everything from “life basics” to some pretty advanced “do or die” classes. So I thought maybe we could take [...]
We have a 90 day calving season – the cows are bred to start calving December 1st with the last calf coming the first week of March. As my vet always reminds me – there are 450 “women” in the maternity ward and things won’t always go as planned. Wow – what an understatement!! Today [...]
Fall cow work is all about reviewing each cow’s overall health – preg testing (palpation) – vaccinating for diseases that might be a problem in our area – and administering parasite control. I never look forward to this working because too many tough decisions have to be made. Ranching is a business and your cows [...]
As you may recall, a few weeks ago when we shipped two loads of calves, the market had started its downward slide. At the time, we made a decision to keep back the third load. The strategy was to feed them out – wait for the wheat pasture to open in hopes that we would [...]
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