Remember it is not profit per calf that is important, it is profit per acre. Moderate frame 1000 lb cows always win this contest hands down.
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@jkirkcraw4 жыл бұрын
“So we can feed them more corn.” It’s a real comment that shows how out of touch even the players in the industry have become. Feeding cows corn only makes sense because of government subsidies and intensive industrial agriculture which is strip mining our soils. Corn being sold for less than its cost of production is throwing off the true price of food. The more corn you can shovel into the cows, chickens, hogs, soda, cheese product, etc the more money the food conglomerates make. End result the tax payers subsidize the meat packers and the “food” titans. The farmers lose their shirts and their land. Ahhh. Don’t get me started. I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one with a rant. Keep teaching the good news. Your message is much needed. Thanks.
@dennismayer49364 жыл бұрын
and to top it off Americans less healthy. go figure. $$$$ in politics is destroying our country.
@rawa54574 жыл бұрын
It's great that someone notices corporate communism in the US. Remember that communism has one purpose: to expropriate all of everything. Corporations are such an ultramodern version of the Bolsheviks. Poland was occupied by Soviet communism, today it is occupied by corporate communism. We know it. The effect is always one, slavery.
@gmathis48294 жыл бұрын
@Purebred Shekelberg Cornfed STEERS, you mean? Not all Cattle are "cows".
@johnp95814 жыл бұрын
@Mark OnTheBlueRidge So I have one steer a Holstein Angus, I have in my back yard in Concord California. I got him at eight weeks old, took him off calf replacer and bought 30 bales of oat hay. After the oat hay is gone what should I feed this steer and for how long, how big should I let him get?
@mattthompson98264 жыл бұрын
No You are out of touch. Corn feeding is awesome, and those attacking successful production techniques are immoral hateful and destructive. Shame on you. Shame shame shame shame!
@willshaw35614 жыл бұрын
I'm 35 year old and found this all out the hard way.. This man is spot on!!
@amechelb4 жыл бұрын
I love how heated you got there at the end!! It’s refreshing to hear such truth, especially right now.
@firefightergoggie4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: you never searched for this video.
@therealbigfoot30764 жыл бұрын
That's for sure, but interesting video..
@modernhustle114 жыл бұрын
Yet here I am learning how to raise cattle
@hellonwheels68874 жыл бұрын
AI sent it to you, specifically...
@reddirtfarm77044 жыл бұрын
@@modernhustle11 not a bad thing!
@modernhustle114 жыл бұрын
Courtney Shoemaker I’m not complaining haha
@Tebzintle4 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! You said exactly what i have always been telling my fellow small hold farmers here in South-Africa who been chasing 1200KG bulls and 800KG cows on limited resources and communal lands, i raise Nguni cows mated by a Boran bull which gives exactly what you elaborating here. SO GLAD TO HEAR SOME ONE MAKING SENSE OF SUCH ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOMOMICAL FRIENDLY CONCEPT!!!
@bobanderson66564 жыл бұрын
Do the breeds you now use tolerate that hot climate OK?
@victorygarden556 Жыл бұрын
I’d love to email you and ask about your farm operations. I’ve been looking for Africans to exchange technique with because I have a lot to offer as far as technique goes and would love to hear about your experience.
@mobyhunr4 жыл бұрын
Three things that don't hang themselfs; Aging Beef, PolyBraid, and Jeffrey Epstein
@smithandsonsfarm29784 жыл бұрын
mobyhunr 😂😂
@sunnypatchfarm4 жыл бұрын
Now thats funny .... i dont care who you are
@WalkenDude4 жыл бұрын
That the channel owner liked this post has made me subscribe to his channel.
@burnswarfield63884 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@T1up4me123854 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@ryanjones55924 жыл бұрын
I like the way this guy thinks. The entire structure of agriculture has been hi-jacked in my lifetime. The way food is produced and sold in this country is as backwards as it can be and its designed that way to profit large corporations. Everyone is paying the price, higher cost for lower quality food, eating cheap processed garbage because its more affordable. And....all of that would be gone in 2-3 days if someone wanted it that way. Nobody stores food anymore, groceries rely on multiple shipments a week. If those trucks stop coming their shelves are empty in a couple of days. More and more I wish I had a little bit of land just run a small operation on if only enough to sustain myself and family.
@TheProphetsWhisper4 жыл бұрын
totally agree. The government subsidies are ridiculous and basically mean the end of the true family farm. Sure there's huge farms that are "family farms" but not like in my grandparents or even parent's ages! There is no compassion for the animals because the system is so imbalanced now to only favor huge corporations and their contracts. Tons of chicken farms in arkansas are going under because tyson requires them follow their regulations because their methods are so disturbingly disgusting, and it gets expensive to be required by contract to "upgrade" equipment just so that Tyson gets their bottom line. People talk shit about farmers doing things wrong, but it's the corporations that impose unrealistic demands on the farmer that really kills all of us in the long run.
@ryanjones55924 жыл бұрын
@theprophetswhisper its all by design
@TheProphetsWhisper4 жыл бұрын
@@ryanjones5592 exactly. It's interesting how there's so many burger joints because everything on the menu at a burger place conforms almost too well to the industrialized model of agriculture, and the subsidies trickle down into profits for those business owners. I am not anti profit, but I am against manipulating government and stocks to create utter exploitation of the people and the products available to them. Americans would be much healthier if our industrialized form of AG would be decentralized away from these huge food distributors that hi-jack profits from the farmers.
@kathryngagne58134 жыл бұрын
Check out Grass Roots Co-op. Cody Hopkins does a great talk to Iowa farmers on KZbin. They are putting more money in the farmers pocket. They are also regenerative operations.
@ryanjones55924 жыл бұрын
Katbryn Gagne Thank you! I will look that up.
@StoneyRidgeFarmer Жыл бұрын
Great info Greg....just got our first southpole bull! We're really loving him...can't wait to start breeding down our sizes...all my neighbors think I'm crazy and I love it!
@gregjudyregenerativerancher Жыл бұрын
If your neighbors think your crazy, your on the right path. It’s when they start approving of what your doing that you may be in trouble!!
@garytoles88164 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Greg, for another business model tip that we can take to the bank.
@charleslange76194 жыл бұрын
Had a class in college over 30 years ago. Professor had a program that figured long term payout costs/returns on a herd with the parameters you entered. He was big on those 1500 lb Limousin on Flint Hills of Eastern Kansas. I ran my herd parameters for 1000 lb Angus/Hereford cows in short/mixed grass pasture in central Kansas. My 'little' cows out performed his Limo's and humbled him. I work in a large packing house-don't believe those order buyers wanting bigger calves-some packers are actually moving towards smaller size for many reasons, ease of dressing for one, customer expectations, portion sizes...
@tonyritter49192 жыл бұрын
That's my home area. I believe I've handled your cattle at some point or another.
@Ryan-dr5cr Жыл бұрын
Where at in Kansas? I’m by Salina
@inthewoodsbear66564 жыл бұрын
Your passion for farming and your truth telling is inspiring.
@seller5594 жыл бұрын
Amen! People used to laugh and my short stocky cows. Up until the drought.
@aus713834 жыл бұрын
I like the little rant at the end. It may not be long until you can name your price for food.
@SasquatchBioacoustic4 жыл бұрын
Great talk Greg. I sat at the sale barn yesterday and pondered a few of the things you just covered. The price of maintaining that mama cow is one of the factors I often overlook. It's the calf that has to carry the mama's cost, so a 1500 pound cow eating a ton of hay every winter puts a real drain on the $700 price of the calf it produces in the Spring.
@TS-vr9of4 жыл бұрын
Smaller cows also reach maturity sooner so replacement heifers and bulls have a higher chance of breeding early as well.
@gregjudyregenerativerancher4 жыл бұрын
You nailed it!
@Blackbird-zo1su4 жыл бұрын
Your channel is really important. Not just to those interested in raising cattle in a sustainable way, but you are showing others who have no idea about any of this, and may never have seen a cow in person how cattle can benefit us and our planet, even if they are not meat eaters themselves. Great job!
@missmamtube4 жыл бұрын
Shalom! Thank you so much Mr.Greg for the wealth of information you share with us all. I do appreciate you very much and I share your videos with my son and grandsons. Blessings to you and yours!
@sunnypatchfarm4 жыл бұрын
Thank you mr judy your rotational grazing talks have motivated me to keep my goats moving out on my pastures thank you
@kathryngagne58134 жыл бұрын
Just stumbled across your video. So glad I did. I just subscribed. Looking forward to learning much more about your operation. Best wishes from Amqui Quebec!
@williamj.stilianessis18514 жыл бұрын
Beautiful animals Greg. Love how you explain the process.
@triplefoutdoors63314 жыл бұрын
Your honest opinion and straight forward answers just got you another subscriber! Looking forward to seeing more videos. I never searched for this video, it’s funny how I was just thinking about the open grass land my mother has just a few days ago and bam! Here’s your video!! Lol Thank you
@bearfamilyfarm44344 жыл бұрын
Great chat Greg, sounds like proof of what I've been hearing from Johann Zeitsman! Smaller frame cattle can make WAY more money per acre, and will keep better body condition in winter as well! Thanks for sharing!
@markwebb99114 жыл бұрын
Great video Greg, loved the part about starting to do what's best for us and the land and not do everything just for the packers. I'm striving to raise 950 to 1000 lb cows and I think it's the only way to go for many different reasons.
@alexriddles4924 жыл бұрын
My first job out of high school was in a meat packing plant. One thing I learned is the first and only priority is more profit. The welfare of workers, the sustainability of the industry... they all take a back seat to more profit.
@JayFry80 Жыл бұрын
This was a great video. I truly learned a lot. It doesn’t just make sense, it makes dollars! Thanks for these great videos.
@ryanwebb64784 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Happy thanksgiving!
@COMB0RICO4 жыл бұрын
I really like what you had to say. First time viewer. I don't own any land or cows, but may soon. Subscribed. Thanks from Texas.
@jasoncouch98254 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the advice! I got a nice red Angus x highlander bull that fits description. Picked 2 low line black Angus cows. Glad you confirmed I'm on the right path
@ollievw34503 жыл бұрын
Very interesting perspective. And the light in the video is great as well
@GrizzlyGroundswell4 жыл бұрын
I heard you mention this in a speech you were giving here on KZbin. It really inspired me because I do old spot hogs and the foundation herd was massive, huge awesome docile creatures. The could not maintain their 2nd winter girth on my pastures. They sunk deep into my clay soils and were just too big for my 5 acres. So I started breeding down, chasing an old rusty ginger color that come from the old berkshire that was in the wood pile. It was a closed herd so it was easy to breed down. Today some 6 years later, I have a really good sized pastured hog. Same docile stock, but now more manageable. And just through selection rather than bringing in new genetics or breeds that bring their own problems. So thanks for this observation as it really helped for my homestead.
@emilmoldovan17894 жыл бұрын
Great video again! Happy thanksgiving 🦃!
@tshooter44194 жыл бұрын
Please Greg...never shut up! Lol. Bless you and thank you to you and your team for all you do.
@northamericanyeti2 жыл бұрын
Great video. I'm starting my own herd through my employer. He runs mostly herefords but runs black bulls with his replacement heifers. He and I both like that short round frame. My cows are F1 baldies weighing around that 1100 -1200lbs. I've always had the same mindset and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one. Thanks again for the video.
@cowboyyoga4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Greg ))) Makes sense and headed in that direction!
@roscorude4 жыл бұрын
Put my first animal in freezer after 3 years. People ask my if it's worth it, or better to go to store, worth is in the eye of the beholder. I get to be out everyday in my pasture feeding or moving my future food. Is that sunset in pasture worth it? Is that blizzard in pasture worth it? Is buying grass worth it? Is food as medicine worth it? Is restoring soil worth it? Is digging up an earthworm worth it? Is bringing grandboy out to see Cows worth it? You all get what you worth for. En arche een ho logos..!
@justloggit224 жыл бұрын
Happy thanksgiving Greg. I think it would be hugely helpful to a bulk of your audience to make a video explaining how to get off the ground starting with about 5 cows and working your way up from there as more pasture becomes available and solutions for remote watering. I know you have a grazing school so you may not want to go too much in depth.
@Ukepa2 жыл бұрын
I really love the logic and the delivery... Greg is a true missionary for smart farming
@guadalupejog4 жыл бұрын
Wow, awesome speech. In some countries the brokers are the ones that make the money, and the farmers are the ones that make the hard work.
@marknunez50962 жыл бұрын
Perfectly said at the end.. bravo & Thanks !!
@digginz86034 жыл бұрын
i learn so much from this channel
@Ukepa9 ай бұрын
back again... can't hear this logic enough! I really enjoyed listening to Greg and Teddy Gentry talking the nuts and bolts of ranching
@runningoffinstinct4 жыл бұрын
I guess youtube wants me to get into the cattle business.
@movinon12424 жыл бұрын
You know deep down you wanted to all along, but weren't conscious of the need...
@AncientPharaoh4 жыл бұрын
Ironically, your KZbin name is (Running off instinct).
@mikeobryan83684 жыл бұрын
Real nice talk. My dad always said, you don't want those big cows eating all your grass, keep them small. He liked them about 1,200 pounds. He said a 1,200 pound cow will raise a calf just as big as as any other. I inherited some of his cows and their calves always brought top price at the sale barn. I bought some bigger cows a few years ago that I got a good price on, I can't wait to get rid of them. I never thought about the fact that big cows will tear up your grass more. That's something that really bothers me as we're in clay soil and it's pretty sensitive when wet. Thanks
@Trapezius8oblique3 жыл бұрын
Thank you great advice. I will consider changing my size of my stock now.
@nativeamericanhomestead99484 жыл бұрын
Wow, so glad I came across this video thank you.
@MrSlade624 жыл бұрын
Grew up on a 40acre field farm, not for profit but just to self sustain, lots of hard work and spring shoveling out the barn. We had red Herford cattle, My father disliked horns on his cattle after one popped his walled out of his pants pocket and knocked him a few feet !! Lol , I still remember that moment !! Of coarse I was ran over by a cow or two but it happens. Hurt my pride more than anything . Keep up the great work and your cows look great, very healthy and happy !
@russsherwood59784 жыл бұрын
thank yaGREG ya shore can tell when a farmer is proud hisn cows,, they love love ta talk bout them an its no jist cows its all live stock.. thank ya fer nother great peek at yer beautiful ladies,, thank ya fer the video
@michaeldunagan82682 жыл бұрын
@9:15 "You shouldn't have to have a job in town." 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 EXACTLY RIGHT! I said as much in a comment to a commenter on a KZbin video when she said that her son was aspiring to purchase a dairy farm which for making a living. I begged and pleaded with her not to go let her son financially hang himself by dairy farming; the Jewel Foods store has been selling 2% gallons of milk "2-for-$4.00" for years now. I further told her if articles that I have read where younger people are not drinking milk in the quantities as my generation did and that wholesale prices are reflecting this fact. The mother commenter replied back: "Oh-it will be okay: he will still keep his job driving a milk truck to make ends meet .....🤦🤦🤦 This is called "buying a job". It is the reason I do not haul Intermodal containers any longer: there is no "business income" in the rates. In other words, what I would make in my truck after all expenses and accruals is not materially more than if I was driving someone else's truck! Why beat my truck up for $400/day when I can gross $325)day driving someone else's truck..??!! MADNESS!
@rickkern57854 жыл бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving Greg, I love your views on grass feeding, and soil management. Have you experimented with composting, liquid compost and/or bioChar?
@johnlim1234 жыл бұрын
Loved that part of the second class citizens. Why do farmers have to take the hit in income when stores want to have a sale?? Or the brokers who dont raise a damn thing but earn more money per lbs than the farmer who raised the thing for a few years??
@dennismayer49364 жыл бұрын
let's hope we can educate the public
@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms37544 жыл бұрын
the smaller breeds are more efficient on grazing and when selling beef direct to the consumer they don't care about live weight. they care about fresh well raised beef.
@MM-mj2gw4 жыл бұрын
I just learned so much thank you👍
@FarmBuilder4 жыл бұрын
Amen, Greg!
@krokus69094 жыл бұрын
Greg, I can't say how many times i've watched this video. Can you do a video on how to judge/determine relative weight based on sight only?
@jeffreylung67634 жыл бұрын
Thanks Greg for all the great info! Can you do a video sometime on marketing, and what the best avenue is for selling grass-fed cows....sale barn vs direct marketing ? Thank you
@imoneixusa97424 жыл бұрын
I'm learning about raising cows. I live in the city. I have no intention of ever owning a farm or cows. It's still interested though! Thanks KZbin
@Appleblade3 жыл бұрын
Preach bro! I have to wonder how much this sort of wisdom permeates academia.
@Texas_Squatch4 жыл бұрын
Great Educational Video!
@ForgingFreedomTV4 жыл бұрын
Excellent 👍
@thegoatstore78144 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir!
@LifeofMarty3174 жыл бұрын
As an Irish person I would recommend looking into Dexter cattle for those of you looking for smaller cattle. They are a native Irish breed about 1/2 the size of a conventional cow used by farmers on poorer land traditionally for there efficiency in converting grass to beef. They were once rare but now seeing increased popularity!
@ln5747 Жыл бұрын
Can they be wintered out?
@dbmail5453 жыл бұрын
Very interesting information. Not many people today understand how different the breeds are and how suited they are to a particular situation. I myself never appreciated that domestication brings with it the same sorts of niches as arise from nature.
@douglasmacarthur87754 жыл бұрын
Words of wisdom indeed ! I never fell for the push for those exotic breeds in the 1970's.
@Michael-vp4zt4 жыл бұрын
Good looking advice.
@danielvrana94444 жыл бұрын
Great comments you say how it should be!!!!
@MessyTimes Жыл бұрын
Amen, brother.
@eddietorial22544 жыл бұрын
Greg - Quick question please... When you refer to a 1000 pound cow, when is that weight taken? Considering that body condition may change over the course of a year, is it at calf weaning, at breeding, or otherwise. Thank You and have a great Thanksgiving.
@jonathansullivan30894 жыл бұрын
Yes sir. I run an angus bull and a charolais bull together on my cows, learned along time ago not to keep replacements from the smokies I kept that bred back to the charolais. They get to big. Now I dont even keep many of the smokies as replacements.
@JohnVanRuiten4 жыл бұрын
Dang Greg, you've got one beautiful lookin herd!
@shawnpierschbacher4164 жыл бұрын
Amen, preach it brother!
@joineshayandcattle76292 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@waywardson83604 жыл бұрын
Good ideas!
@carlschnackel30514 жыл бұрын
Where I was raised, most of the ranchers raised Herefords. One of my friends raised Short Horns, because they might get a few cents less per pound at market, but they would weigh about 400 to 500 pounds more. I guess the argument comes from both sides. He also had a Black Angus bull, that was just a pure mass monster -- probably about 2000 pounds. I remember that bull scratching his shoulder against a telephone pole, and the telephone pole was shaking like a willow sapling.
@danielvrana94444 жыл бұрын
Greg your also right no farmer needs a town job!! Smaller cows is the way!!! You should be called Greg the cattle Profit!!! Yes the pun intended money PROFIT it’s not a dirty word!!! I like the red cows yes they take heat better even the white and red cattle. I think there is taste difference on the cattle raised on Grass vs corn lot cows!!! I wished all the cattlemen & cattlewomen would get the cows smaller and take the black out!! It’s the heat that’s coming with global warming it’s only right that you cattlemen get ahead of that curve!!! Enjoy your channel both you farms or on the stage talking about the Greg way!!!!
@grepominer88204 жыл бұрын
It also depends on where you live. In my country (Holland) as a farmer you need to buy production rights to raise cattle and these go per head, not per pound, Same goes for dairy cows and pigs. Combine that with very low margins and farmers are pretty much forced to raise big animals.
@pjnelson58274 жыл бұрын
Do you think the farmer protests over there will change things?
@jbj274064 жыл бұрын
Well, economics aside, that's a gorgeous herd and a very beautiful lay of land, just a really pretty setting.
@hatzlmike14 жыл бұрын
Great stuff.
@kirksawler11994 жыл бұрын
Great video
@Steve-ps6qw4 жыл бұрын
Ha, I agree with EVERYTHING you said!
@Dadnatron3 ай бұрын
I wish I could have talked with my Grandpa about this. He was a rancher for 60 years… old school Colorado cowboy. “Bigger was better”… but I think he would have immediately understood the value in this thinking and grazing this way. We just didn’t know……
@CoffeeCowsNCurls4 жыл бұрын
Hey there. We run Aberdeen /lowline which is the smaller breed for angus. Also we did a video showing your method (giving you credit of course) for pastures. Hope we did you justice
@brianhunt89624 жыл бұрын
In the 70's belt buckle cattle we're the rage. People wanted huge steaks and ranchers quickly bred cattle so big you could stand next to a finished steer and your belt buckle could be seen from the other side. They might take three years to grow but the steaks we're huge!
@jerkyturkey0074 жыл бұрын
You make a lot of sense, the processes are only speaking in their own interests by what they prefer to deal with in their business. They do what they gotta do, and you do what you gotta do. Pretty simple.
@1mtstewart4 жыл бұрын
That's what Allan Savory described in "Holidtic Resource Management almost 40 years ago as a "paradigm". The quickest way to go broke is to allow others to build your paradigm, period!
@stephaniewilson3955 Жыл бұрын
I find it hilarious that people think a smaller bull cannot serve a larger cow. They must lead very sheltered lives.
@berniemiltenberger18144 жыл бұрын
Good video!
@murraywestenskow28964 жыл бұрын
The last minute of his speech - is the most telling. Nature will get it done for him too.
@robertanderson90844 жыл бұрын
As far as little bulls on big cows. When we got our first bull after quitting AI he was a young shorthorn. The first night I went out to the pasture after dark to check on him. He was standing beside a massive holstien X limousin old cow. By the date she calved he bred the biggest cow on the place that first night.
@AndersonCattleCo4 жыл бұрын
I get what you are saying on cow size but where I live , when a guy brings 500calves to town every year and he has 400lb calves everyone wants to buy them the first year for grass cattle in the spring. When they take them to the finishing lot and they are fat at 1000lbs and the packer won't bid pretty soon the buyers make sure they don't buy your calves because there is no way they will get to market weight when they are 18months.
@gregjudyregenerativerancher4 жыл бұрын
Sell them direct as grassfinished beeves or to other grass finished beef outfits. The packers can go bully someone else.
@thawk3214 жыл бұрын
You hit the nail on the head. I really wanted to get on the small cow band wagon but let’s consider this on an extreme side: how efficient is a miniature angus? If I had little grass and needed efficient animals, I’d raise miniature angus for all the same reasons he mentions in this video. But, on a commercial basis, you have nailed it exactly - if you are selling these dinks as feeders or 4/5 weights, you’ll fool the buyers the 1st or 2nd year but if they bought big numbers - they will absolutely avoid these guys the next year. I have found that unless you have some type of ninche operation, buyers want leaner, framey calves that they can put some weight on. Pay attention to marbling epds and other carcass merit numbers and those calves will sustain themselves all the way through. I’ve also found some of my biggest cows keep their flesh even in the harshest conditions. I have both 5 frame and 6 frame cows that will shrink to bones when grass is thin - this is not specific to size at all and I have a few 6 frame belly draggers to prove it
@gregjudyregenerativerancher4 жыл бұрын
@@thawk321 if your making a good full time living with your cow herd then you should not change a single thing. Keep doing what your doing. If a person is struggling to make a profit with his herd then you need to look at changing something. It may be cow size, grazing practices, poor soil, genetics, marketing and the list goes on. Bottom line is don't keep doing the same thing every year and expect a different result.
@thawk3214 жыл бұрын
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher I do run cattle full time (Registered Angus) on roughly 1600 acres of owned and leased pasture. We raise registered herd bulls and production cattle utilyzing AI and ET heavily. Smaller vs bigger cow sizes make a good argument but selecting for smaller animals year over year, especially smaller bull sizes (thus leading to smaller sizes with the terminal animals that end up in the feedlot) will not work across the other facets of that animals life (ie, feedlot & packer) after you sell and make your profit as the producer. The AAA has recently added another Value to their EPD's to help with this dilemma which is $C. I think this value will be leveraged heavily in marketing animals, especially bulls as it balances $B and $M which are representative of our very argument ($B typically = bigger animals but selecting for this year after year leads to increased size to a detriment. $M = efficient cows but selecting here can decrease size over the coarse of a few years thereby creating a dilemma for the the last few entities to impact a calfs life before harvest (which are the feedlot & packer because they can't get the needed growth from that smaller animal) I hope $C brings what it should to the table - one more balancing tool to keep us from trying to single trait select year over year. Anyway - I'm more relating my experience to your video. More-so for people just entering the business. There are a lot of views to consider before jumping into an investment as the cattle. Our business swallows new investors whole if their game plan isn't well thought out (from conception to plate)
@gregjudyregenerativerancher4 жыл бұрын
@@thawk321 thanks for sharing your views Chris. One point that I want to add is that if you base your cattle marketing on selling to feedlots or packers there is not much money left for the cow/calf producer. To excel with your grass, you need to have control of what you sell your animals for. According to Drovers magazine, the average return on a cow/calf operation in 2019 was $67 per head. I want no part of that crowd. How is a cattleman supposed to make a full time living receiving $67 a head profit? This is exactly why I am fed up with the status quo, we can do much better with 100% forage raised animals that are in the more moderate weight class. Monster cattle takes most of your profit raising the calf.
@WillCarter19764 жыл бұрын
Wisdom for the ages right here ladies and gentlemen.
@robertlhoyt97752 жыл бұрын
City OG saying “Thanks for good advice Greg”!
@BacktotheBasics1014 жыл бұрын
All true👍🏻.
@EcosystemDesignConsulting4 жыл бұрын
You should be president, Greg! No kidding!
@EcosystemDesignConsulting4 жыл бұрын
@Mark OnTheBlueRidge Because he is a good man. That is why.
@gerrybrown4 жыл бұрын
You do make an awful lot of sense at times Greg!
@Don.Challenger4 жыл бұрын
And with the state of the agricultural economy of recent, your banker appreciates those many extra cents.
@calebgarey21224 жыл бұрын
How will this breed do in cold winter temps
@healthhavencom4 жыл бұрын
This guy knows what's up.
@bigdaddy7410984 жыл бұрын
Hey Greg, great info as always. What frame score are your cattle? I saw a chart that said a small size 2 mature bull weighs 1400lbs, and the biggest frame score 9 was 2500lbs when mature. Which sounds right to what ive heard over the years here in Australia about 1 tonne bulls etc. But I don't know if that is the norm here or if bigger than a tonne is news worthy as I am about as far from a farmer as you get lol. But I like the sound of your way much better 👍👊 another benifit for a newb like me if I ever get my farm is smaller animals should be a bit easier to handle..... maybe??
@bigdaddy7410984 жыл бұрын
@@brianjonker510 I live a long way from the hot dry dusty outback so I wouldn't know lol. I live on the east coast, I will have to go inland to find affordable land but not that far, still green pastures were I want to be
@cassityart70014 жыл бұрын
Amen! Direct purchase and small reliable processing shops. ❤️🌱
@PvPNokills4 жыл бұрын
Hi Greg, I just found your channel. I saw one of your videos where you unrolled hay for the cows and I see in this video that there are some round bales of silage in the background covered in plastic. Do you feed that the same way with the ATV or have you another method? I'm from the west of ireland and we don't get many opportunities to make hay due to the wet climate so silage is our go to. Thank you and you have a new subscriber :)
@gregjudyregenerativerancher4 жыл бұрын
Those are not silage bales. They are what we call net wrapped bales that act as a roof to keep rain from soaking into them.
@PvPNokills4 жыл бұрын
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thank you for the reply, I need to try and figure out how to incorporate some of your methods into my farming. Especially your wintering systems....In the grazing season (late March - late November) I try to graze an area in 3 days and let it rest for 3 weeks which works well but I sometimes run short at the shoulders of the grazing season (i.e in spring and autumn). Love the red cattle as well.......I'm a ginger too lol
@intrepiddevildog4 жыл бұрын
I love your talks, brilliance is easy to listen to. 👍👍🇺🇸
@bartvanderploeg56024 жыл бұрын
There is a change happening, Dairies are crossing holstiens with Angus on a large scale. Wouldn't it be better to just keep buying them and manage the pasture only trough head count, more in the high growing season and less trough the winter. Dairies can have a very consistent streem of young animals. Might need better fencing.
@michaelfelder26403 жыл бұрын
Greg, what did the migrating bison do for minerals? No lick-blocks manufactured back 1000 years... or did mother nature have something strategically place along the rout? Been watching you about 6 months, now subscribed. Be joking the ranks of Cattleman soon. My word for what I'm planning is Francher (farmer rancher). Keep the videos coming.
@gregjudyregenerativerancher3 жыл бұрын
Back in the Buffalo migration days, there was 20% plus organic matter in the soil. The plants were loaded with balanced minerals. That same land today has less than 1% organic matter in it, plants are severely mineral deficient.
@tonyritter49192 жыл бұрын
I burnt myself out working in salebarns and feedlots for 10 years! Those bigger cattle are rough on hands. Hands dont make enough to get that beat up. I think the growing homesteading g movement and interest in mini/ smaller cattle will be progress but will take time to transition back to that style of farming.