Purchasing A Registered South Poll Bull | Regenerative Ranching

[@captken71]

Good money for a great bull ! He’s solid as rock.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

I think he will do really well and be exactly what I need for keeping the South Poll genetics on an upward trend!

[@garywoods148]

Good looking Bull, Perfect example of a South Poll.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thanks Gary, he should do the job!

[@ericbradley4204]

That's a great looking bull Cliff. I'm excited to watch what he will do for your herd.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thanks Eric! Should be fun!

[@randybutler4772]

Very nice choice. No dehorning the calves by this sire. Thank you for sharing.🐂

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

He’s been outstanding! Thanks, Randy!

[@T_Humphries]

Congrats on the new addition Mr. Cliff

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thank you!

[@HeritageFarmsTexas]

Nice looking bull.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

He’s been a dandy so far!

[@JCsBees]

Awesome looking bull! Pharo has a great thing going! We got us a PCC bull a few years ago and it's been a game changer.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

I agree. He’s helping a lot of folks program!

[@davemi00]

Nice addition Honnas. Thanks for bringing us along. Enjoyed the auction.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thank you sir!

[@SasquatchBioacoustic]

Great looking bull. A real stud. Thanks for taking us along to the auction.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thanks for coming along!

[@fincaesmeralda6565]

Congrats on your new purchase cliff. He looks solid!

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thank you! I’m really pleased.

[@arrowjmfarms]

Nice bull! I’ve been drooling over those PCC bulls here recently. I’m hoping I can get in on the fall sale.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

I’m really impressed with them as well!

[@berkmachinc]

I just ran across your channel, great job. I bid against you on this bull! I did go home with another solid bull, everything I was looking for. I went to the Bull Work Day earlier in the Spring down in Cameron, TX and viewed them all and watched them get evaluated. I vowed that I'd go home with one at the West. I was pretty excited to see the sale was only 15 miles from our ranch. Our plans are to turn our commercial mix into straight South Poll over the coming years. Good luck with your bull!

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Hi Charles! That’s awesome, that’s my plan as well! I’m really pleased with this bull! Sorry I outbid you but I was pretty determined! We need to get together sometime. I enjoy learning from others. Thanks for reaching out!

[@allenmeinhold7038]

Perfection! Butch Ashland Ohio

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Once again, thanks Butch!

[@robinwhitlatch4497]

Beautiful Bull and his temperament looks to be fantastic!! Congratulations!! Will be very interested to see how much he reduces the size of offspring out of the black cows if they are covered with him.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Me too! He may have a hard time breeding those tall ones. We will see!

[@markrunion1769]

@@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher I thought the same thing on a 14 month old bull from Greg Judy that is shorter than yours. The guy that hauled him to me asked if I had seen the bull before I purchased. I told him no, I had not. He said you need to come around here and look at him before we unload because if you are planning to turn him into the cows now, I don't think he is ready. Boy was he wrong. I have a few cows as tall as yours and he got every single one them and I couldn't be happier.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

@@markrunion1769 awesome! Thanks for passing that on to me!

[@tritchie6272]

When you have us to look at the cattle closer,I can see why you want to move toward a smaller more moderate sized cattle. To me the smaller/moderate sized cattle looks to have better body condition. Although the giant one looks pretty good to me,the smaller looks even better/fatter I think.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

I agree.

[@encorepermian]

Cliff great video amigo. I am over in Scurry County and am looking to irrigate and do the same thing you are doing, MIG. I am hoping to get some South Pole Cows at Greg Judy’s this summer. I am breading back to an Akashi Bull.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

I had never heard of Akashi. Looked it up. Looks a lot like South Poll. Good luck with your program. You are headed the right way!!

[@JESUS-js9oe]

Congratulations Cliff great bull grass genetics 👍

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Really looking forward to what he will produce! Thank you!

[@marcdipaolo5142]

Very educational (and interesting). Thank you!!

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thanks Marc!!

[@stevecapps6332]

How tall is he at the top of his shoulders? Good looking bull.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

I don’t know but will try and remember to measure him when I get a chance.

[@brandonandkeiafink204]

Awesome bull. How do your calves do with the South bull crossed on those Longhorn cows? I have been considering putting a South Poll bull on Corriente cows but haven't seen if anybody else has done that before.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

They do awesome. I sold a guy a south poll and he put them on about 75 head of corriente cows. Calves are really good. Grow out well.

[@brandonandkeiafink204]

@@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher That is great to hear! I suspect they would be an ideal cross to grass finish on marginal ground in a rotational grazing system.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Agreed!

[@RedCowsGreenFields]

Hate it when a bull doesn’t have “all the right parts” 😉. Good luck with him. Nice bull.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

😂😂😂

[@EHSTexas]

Really nice bull.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thank you sir! I have great hopes for him!

[@MarcosOliveira-fw9gv]

New subscriber from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thanks for subscribing and watching!

[@dbard123]

Looking good!

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thank you!

[@BuckeyeFan-ty4vr]

Has the south poll people got into embryo game yet ? Been thinking of going that route.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Not to my knowledge but I really don’t know!

[@shaneraponi3393]

Great looking bull. I’m from upstate ny wondering how I’m going to get some of these great south polls here. Love the channel, you have yourself a new subscriber!

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Wish you well! Thanks for watching!!

[@stevensmith6476]

nice bull just wondering if he can breed that big cow ?

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

To be determined. Plan to get rid of the big cows over next several years but we will see.

[@nedhill1242]

That’s a beautiful animal Cliff. Congratulations! I had to chuckle when you said West, Texas. Not just because there’s an entire region of Texas known as West Texas, but here in South Carolina there is a town called North. That confuses people that aren’t from South Carolina because they know there is North Carolina and South Carolina. But don’t realize there is a town in South Carolina named North.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

That’s why I made the point that “it is the town of West, Texas, just North of Waco”, cause I knew that would really be confusing 😂😊

[@nedhill1242]

@@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher I think also every state has a town named Greenville. Lol When you were teaching at Texas A&M did you know Matt Carriker?

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

@@nedhill1242 I was there from 1989-2009. Not sure if I knew him or not. Doesn’t stand out in my memory.

[@claytonsmoking]

9:50 and then the green grass did not come till mid August. Thank the lord its finally raining

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thankfully!

[@RA-zl6iw]

I ask this question as a person who is learning….. Is A-I ing cows less desirable than running a bull full time? I’m specifically asking as a person with limited acreage wanting to start a small herd of south polls. Thanks for any info you can pass along

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

AI isn’t less desirable as the end result (a calf) is still the same and you are feeding one less mouth (the bull). The issue is it takes time to check heat and determine when it’s time to AI the cow. That’s the drawback for me….limited extra time. Easier for me to let the bull do the work.

[@RA-zl6iw]

Thank you for the reply!

[@MrH4YAH]

Look up mrna and what it affects in the offspring and how much is removed during semen collection -- new tech that finds cows in heat, prepares the semen, catches the female and inseminates multiples everyday.( BULL)

[@charmainevandiford6622]

I watched a young guy that bred his Angus Heifers. And they produced some pretty black slick Calves. They kinda had the size of the Southpole but kept the black and they had the slick oily looking coat like a South Pole. I think you are heading in the right direction. I always wondered if the South Pole is so good on grass imagine if you gave them some grain or cake. Just a thought cause I think if you don’t give them any grain they don’t taste right to me. I tried it and I prefer grain finished.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Good points. Interestingly, we are in Australia currently and they sell their grass fed steers at 2.5 years of age. Very limited grain fed cattle here.

[@tritchie6272]

From my understanding the whole purpose of the South Poll is to do good and finish on grass. From what I've watched of Greg Judy he likes them because they are very low input.

[@charmainevandiford6622]

@@tritchie6272 I just watched a guy cross them with what he had. It’s is very costly to go find them and buy them and then get rid of what you have. He got a bull and put him to work and I even think he eventually did sell the cross and go full South Pole.

[@tritchie6272]

@@charmainevandiford6622 Which seems like a completely different subject than buying a South Poll, only to give that South Poll grain.

[@charmainevandiford6622]

@@tritchie6272 We tried the grass fed beef and maybe just the couple of times we tried it but it wasn’t as good to my family as the grain raised. That was the thought. We gave it a couple of tries and it just wasn’t as good. Most ranchers feed cows grass cause it’s the cheapest way but the ones they keep for themselves as butcher steers get finished with grain. Maybe the South Pole is different.

[@284Winchester]

So 2 years later how did the bull/his calves turn out to be ?

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

They are awesome! Very pleased!!

[@rileywshay]

Heck of a bull! 👍

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thanks Riley!

[@jeremyvoight7360]

Very Nice Bull! I just bought a commercial bull that has some Duff genetics and 1/4 Aberdeen off of a neighbor. He is probably a little smaller than your PCC bull. My wife calls him Stubby. I hope I made a good decision with him to down size our cow herd.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

You did!

[@finbarrdinneen3430]

Congratulations on getting a great looking bull, I hope he works well for you and gives you many nice calves

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

I am very pleased so far. Thank you!

[@brettpayton6286]

Awesome addition. Would you please explain the difference between your new purchase an Greg's that you sold?? I'm just curious. Some of them blacks wow, hes got a long way to climb to get to their height for breeding. Great job

[@TheKajunkat]

I'm curious too. He said that the two he sold were commercial bulls and his two new bulls are registered. I seem to remember one of his long term goals was to produce registered south polls as seed stock for other ranchers. That's just a guess though. Hopefully he will respond.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Greg’s bull was not registered which means that I can’t register any of the calves that he sires. The new bull is a registered South Poll which means he is fully pedigreed where every ancestor is registered in the herdbook and shows the typical characteristics of the breed.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

You are 100% correct!

[@desmomotodesmomoto2033]

Solid bull.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

I think so as well. Thanks!

[@acerhillfarm4245]

Now that Pharo cattle company is selling south poll bulls, the prices are gonna sky rocket…so much for smaller farmers affording them.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Possibly, we will see.

[@nandisaand5287]

So how do you register his calves if you have multiple bulls? I imagine DNA tests are expensive.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Good question. We send in hair or a small piece of the ear (ear notch) for DNA testing.

[@georgeheller2281]

Nice looking bull. Why did you decide to go registered?

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

I hope to provide South Poll seed stock to other producers.

[@georgeheller2281]

@@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher right on, I'm looking to do the same thing, but I have a commercial south poll. He's a stud for sure. I'm up in central MN

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Good for you! Keep on keeping on!

[@franciscovasquez4555]

How many heifers are you movining from paddock too paddock daily in you region for ranching, and are you running your bulls year round with them also? I'm very interested in the reginatave ranching system.i enjoy your information that you share. Thanks

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Currently, with the grass just starting to grow, I’m moving the entire herd into 35 acre pastures and leaving them in those pastures for only 4 days. My goal (until the grass hits a growth spurt) is to just graze the top of the grass and leave enough so that there is still enough leaf left to be a good solar panel which allows for fast regrowth. I will move them pasture to pasture until the grass is tall enough to sustain concentrated grazing so I can do smaller areas intensively. There are about 55 adult cattle and 20 or so calves.

[@kylebrumfield3515]

Congratulations, he is a great looking dude. I hope he produces as good as he looks. Was that cow you compared him too 1,100 lbs or so?

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Thanks, Kyle! No, that cow is probably more like 1300+.

[@TheKajunkat]

I would have guessed around 1400 but hard to tell in video. It's amazing how similar looking these cows look to ours.

[@johnscarboroughregenerativ7240]

I am looking for a South Pole Bull. Do you know anyone selling one currently?

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

I have a registered13 month old South Poll that I bought from Sassafras Valley Ranch (Bruce Shanks), that I will sell. I bought 2 of them (one isn’t here yet) but then I bought the PCC bull so I’m heavy on bull power.

[@johnscarboroughregenerativ7240]

Could I get your email address

[@triciahill216]

Cliff - You mentioned that Kit Pharo and the breeder retained some semen rights. Would you kindly explain what that means? Thank you.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Apologies for the delay. That means they can collect the bull and either use the semen on their cows or sell the semen to other producers. They would pay to take the bull to a place where they can collect and freeze.

[@shaynelammas9413]

Well if you buy another bull buy a Red Angus or another South Poll bull. Better heat tolerance than a black Angus tho really

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

Agree with that!

[@shaynelammas9413]

I would move all your South Poll Heifers and your South Poll bulls and keep them all together. And Sell all your other Cows . Then you will have the money too buy more South Poll heifers from the the 2 farmers your brought your South Poll bull from . When they have heifers forSale really.

[@cliffhonnasregenerativerancher]

I’m working through my options. Thanks for watching!!