How To Feed Beef Cattle Without the Feed Store (1.5 Acres Per Steer)

[@krystalspringer]

Many similar videos are distracting and poorly executed. With the people 'talking at' you, using music, including over their voice, putting their face/body all over it because they think thats what people are there for(rolls eyes) and/or just leaving out the practicality of what you need to do. I love that there isn't any of that nonsense here. Just quality information. You're efforts are so valuable to those looking to learn or relearn. I hope this effort brings you extra prosperity because you deserve it. You are my gold standard for how this should be done and I can actually take good notes lol! Good work and thank you.

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Haha thank you so much! I’ve got a list of topics that others haven’t covered well or at all so I’m going through and making those as fast as I can. 😁

[@annebiedenstein395]

I just wanted to say I absolutely love these videos. They are the perfect balance of “just the facts” and personal experience while also providing information on different practices so that the viewers can make an informed decision based on their personal needs. It is so rare in this culture of “my way is best/if you don’t do it my way, you’re wrong” content. Thank you for providing real tools for your viewers.

[@colbystrawder4589]

Could you do a video on keeping horses without the feed store? In a situation with no feed stores, horses will be the easiest way to somewhat keep society going.

[@guardiandevil3]

One thing you might be interested in looking into is silage. It was a technique I learned about from WW2 England. Definitely ties into feeding animals without the feed store.

[@JamCamel]

Honestly, your videos could all be five hours each and I'd still watch it in its entirety. Really interesting about the history - I had no idea we used to fatten them to such a stage. It sounds a bit insane (and risky?), but I guess they had they reasons. Would love to learn more about this!

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Ha that’s so cool, thank youuu 😁 I’ve got some crazy looking black and white photos of 6 inches of fat around each cut of steak. I’ll have to share that in the video.

[@thedancingcarnivore]

This has got to be one of the most helpful farm channels on KZbin! 🙌

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Wow, thank you so much!! ❤️❤️❤️ comments like this gives me so much motivation. 🥹

[@shannonrice1543]

Also I love the historical things and life stuff you put in your videos. The barn and the photo of your grandparents was the chef kiss. So please keep sharing all that too.

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Awesome! Thank you! I wasn’t sure if other people would care or not but I am just obsessed with that barn. ❤️❤️❤️

[@shannonrice1543]

@@CedarHillsHomestead I would be too it’s beautiful. 😍 You are so lucky to have that family history to go with the property. Loving this channel lady you are doing a great job.

[@victorialg1270]

Please plan on a fodder tree video for homestead animals. Also 2nd request is homesteader starter animals and or veggies/fruit. You are a real blessing for those seeking food independence.

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Oooh yes, I’ll see what I can learn about that to share 😊🥰

[@aprilnicolae9359]

This is so incredibly helpful! Youre becoming my favorite channel! And YES im very interested in how farms and ranches historically fed their lovestock. Would love more videos in that!

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Ahhhh thank you so much, what a compliment 🥰🥰🥰 I’ll add that video to the to do list ❤️

[@pamanderson1417]

Wow, thanks for another great video! Your content is among the best I have seen for learning this kind of information in a way that makes sense to me. Yes, I would love to learn more about how beef cattle were historically fed.

[@DatIIV]

Really love oyur informative ocntent, as another commenter mentioned fodder trees would be a great video topic, I know my rabbits get almost half their diet from Plum leaves during the spring and summer

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

That is so fascinating, I’ll have to learn about that and add that to the video to do list 🥰

[@reallifeautismsports]

Yes, very interested in the history of beef cattle nommy noms.

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Yay!!! I’ll do it 🥰🥰

[@steffybael1245]

GREAT VIDEO!!! PLEASE DO MORE !!

[@OffGridCrazy]

Would defiantly watch and enjoy your video on how we used to feed beef if you make it.

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

I’ll add it to the list then, thank you so much 😁❤️

[@cynthiag3065]

This was great information. Thank you so much for sharing.😊

[@cryptosheets3162]

Oh & Highland/Dexter is used for being hardy - out all or most of the year. The other is for regenerative/very wet land. Being lighter they dont dig up the land/grass as much.

[@rnsanders7834]

Watched a second time. Thank you so much for sharing your time and knowledge!! What a wealth of information!! So helpful!

[@cryptosheets3162]

When piggies? Oink oink! Love the channel : P

[@Ace-if8fp]

Please could you do this for quail to

[@TheDustBunnyMaiden]

Yes historical feeding facts please!

[@beardookeashley3946]

I love this! I can't wait for the pigs video!!!!!!!

[@Iamam313]

I would love to see more of these videos, like for ducks, pig and other animals

[@ZM1306]

Yes! Thank you!

[@theeerarestjewel]

HAHA good timing I've gotten my 4th cow, my goal is 10 by end of year

[@hazemramadan7369]

cool cool cool please make a video for sheep and duck and turkey

[@buddersthepuunk]

I literally just mads a comment on thegoat on for a cow one need to add this to your chicken video as a link

[@shermdog6969]

I wish we had grass, hell weeds would be good. We live in the desert and have to feed year round. And when 2 strand bales are running $18 during the summer and $22 in the winter it gets $$$$. Its impossible to get round bales in my location.

[@No-sc9wm]

Why the fuck do people insist on living on dead land it just baffles me it even happened

[@krystalspringer]

@@No-sc9wm Cost. Maybe try empathizing with them, instead of judging and being confused. Maybe the cost of trying to build a dream there is already high, now imagine that the cost to leave is higher and unattainable while also trying to live. They are making the best of it. Much like anyone whose starting place is lower then I'm guessing yours may have been. Since you put so little thought into it. Those born into privilege are the most ignorant to what it's like dealing with economic adversity.

[@Marilou-g5t]

Check out Alejandro Carrillo, Las Damas Ranch, he farms in the Mexican desert. His method can guide you to build soil on your property to grow more forages. Understanding Ag is the group with whom he works to teach others to graze more economically.

[@No-sc9wm]

@@krystalspringer no if someone insists on living on dead land they can suffer for it 🤷 (there isnt a nation on this planet that can make me live on dead land)

[@steffybael1245]

@@krystalspringer THE DESERT DWELLERS are mostly old folks that do not stand cold weather! the land in desert is cheep. i bought 1 acre in south east south dakota for $5,000. lived there 100% off grid in a camper for 3 full years! im 65 year old man married to 35 year old steffy, and we have a child that turns 6 in a couple of weeks. wife is from tropical island (Philippines) , she has no real problem with the cold here, i cant take the heat in the south (im an arkansas hillbilly) or Philippines. my 1 acre had an old house and garage that was un livable, lots of trees and grass. im going to sell it next spring or this fall. it smells like cow shit as there is a cattle feedlot just 500 foot from the property, its in a dead town. corn and beans everywhere and the damn herbicides. now there is a hemp processing plant in town, so big round bales of HEMP all over town. i only bought the place to use as a staging location to get things ready for the move to our 20 acres in montana. burned the maple flooring in the old house the first winter for heat. house is still standing today and we still collect rainwater for our plants and trees. had to give up our land in montana as i got sick with A STAPH A INFECTION i caught from getting injections at a hospital (but i can NOT prove exactly where i got the infection, if i could do that, i would be a MILLIONAIRE) I HAD OVER 1 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF HOSPITAL BILLS THAT WERE NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE! i had a heart surgeon operate on my chest 2 times in 9 months, and nothing wrong with my heart, INFECTION IN MY STERNUM !! IM A CRIPPLED UP OLD MAN NOW! so i myself think buying desert land is INSANE!! desert land is NOT that cheep!!! anyone buying land can buy for $5,000 an acre in any state. myself, i HATE LIVING AROUND PEOPLE!!! so im buying VERY REMOTE LAND, I DONT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT LIVING CLOSE TO TOWN! SCREW convenience! my Montana land was 20 acres for $34,000 owner finance. was the perfect location i was dreaming of, i only owed $6,000 on it and i was NOT behind on any payments, BUT BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO BE FILING BANKRUPTCY , i told the guy to foreclose on me, because i did NOT want his investment to be tied up during the bankruptcy!! NO BUILDING PERMITS REQUIRED ETC....

[@theeerarestjewel]

Could you make the historical way we raised cows,

[@SkidMarkSmeller]

Can you do one of these videos for humans? Like what people would need at different life stages if we grew all our own food and animals (baby, toddler, kid, adult, old person). It’d be a hard video to make but could get a lot of views! Could be titled “how to get all your nutrition for free” or something like that ❤️

[@OffgridApartment]

Historic beef feeding please.

[@Marilou-g5t]

Before industrial ag, cattle and otger ruminants grazed, foraged, and browsed. Cattle: 70% grazing grasses; 15% foraging broadleaves; 15% browsing shrubs, woody stems, and trees. Sheep: 50% grazeling; 30% foraging; 20% browsing. Goats: 30% graze; 10% forage; 60% browse.

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

I’ll do it! Thank you! ☺️

[@Marilou-g5t]

@@CedarHillsHomestead industrial ag was influenced by chemical fertilizers. Farmer's share of the food dollar changed drastically since big ag took over. See 100,000 Beating Hearts, with a cartoon on how nitrogen fertilizer was sold to farmers. Also see graph on a Steve Kenyon regen youtube video. It shows farmer incomes and big ag incomes on the same graph.

[@shannonrice1543]

Is there anyway to get the best of both worlds? To breed and feed a dairy cow and have a calf that would be good meat consumption? I am sure that’s too much to ask but may further the channel in the future. Selective breeding and trait matching.

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

Yes you absolutely can! Just try to find a bull who is similar in size to the cow so it’s not too taxing to breed and birth that calf. Those mixed calves are great for raising as beef.

[@theeerarestjewel]

I wish you had links for me to donate

[@HolyFamilyHomesteadWV]

Okay, how does this change for a dairy cow?

[@CedarHillsHomestead]

They need more protein as adults to keep up with the milk supply; usually they get good quality alfalfa 😁

[@hannahgilson8606]

I need quail, sheep, rabbits...dogs?

[@ahmedabdelwahab6962]

Very useful information. Thank you for the efforts 🫡👍