Do WHAT to Bulls? - ( How Ranchers Make Money!)

[@unclebuzz6913]

Back in the mid 70s,my uncle Dale, was the manager of a ranch in North Zulch,Texas The lazy k they raised Hereford they are a very strong and well mannered breed. He showed at Houston's Fatstock show and Rodeo, the animals he showed won Grand Champion and Reserved Grand Champion. I remember Jimmy Dean,performing and it was in the Astrodome. We used to ride a huge old bull as kids,we would wind his tail and he'd walk ,then he'd sit like a dog looking over his cows .. I digress. God Bless you and your LOVED ONES

[@kaosactual1]

Holy Smokes. My wife and two boys used to live in North Zulch. I was a live on ranch hand. I worked full time at Texas A&M. We live off of FM 1372 where the Madisonville Midstream plant was. That ranch is 880 acres. We had a blast living there. Loved the cattle being around and taking care of the ranch for the owner. My boys were super young but still remember. We have some of the best pictures from that place.

[@momclean]

Hello guys, just a quickie, the Hereford breed is an English breed, named after the county of Herefordshire - it's ancestral home. As with the Aberdeen Angus breed ( black ) , they're native to Aberdeen in Scotland..

[@LifeintheWest]

Thank you for the info. 👍

[@momclean]

@@LifeintheWest you're very welcome Trinity, I follow you and your channel..🇬🇧🇪🇦🌻👍♥️

[@KPVFarmer]

That explains why they are always poking at each other.

[@susankinney5765]

I grew up on a small dairy farm in NewJersey. I've always said, growing up on a farm teaches you about life without teaching you about life. If that makes sense. The only way to grow up.

[@Cntsvevrybdy]

Same with raising dogs. 😂😂

[@Cntsvevrybdy]

Same with raising dogs. 😂😂

[@brandonmcdowell8470]

​@@Cntsvevrybdyuv😢inke7 6jjj😅9😂 1:38 Jihuokomo😮so there's in

[@willowtinklenberg3652]

The bulls leaving the chute to the different music had me in stitches...by far my favorite part! Scott

[@LifeintheWest]

I laughed out loud at that as well! 😂

[@montanaboy3777]

Great video there Trinity, love the normal operation of daily activities of a ranch. Really liked the vets and their various job duties they provide during their visits - great coverage with the field microscope - the (Male milker unit) and what all the numbers mean....great information and one hell of a education class!! Hopefully if we can get our country turned around - I'd like to see these videos in our schools systems for teaching. good job by all, God bless.

[@rhonda3837]

Cows go thru so much. We take our beef for granted. They really do go thru allot. God bless them

[@jhosk]

We've found in our area here in Ohio, most vets no longer come out to the farms in the area. We are so blessed we have a wonderful vet, she's even came out at midnight half drunk on her and her husband's anniversary. That tiny lady has the smallest hands I've ever seen. One of our goats had 4 kids that were tangled up inside, the wife did her best and got one out but couldn't reach the others. Due to our vets commitment we do something for our local 4h and FFA kiddos, we allow them to purchase a animal at cost and often under cost, if they can't afford one then we let them work off the cost on the farm. If they don't have facilities to house their animals then we allow them to keep their animal here on the farm. As farmers and ranchers we HAVE to support the next generation of veterinarians, they are such a finite resource.

[@helenkelley8788]

That was a good days work!! Especially knowing you have to sell those off and replace them with bulls that produce youngsters...Thanks Trinity for taking us along...loved hearing about the vets background ..and the vet tech...😊

[@stephaniechavez9422]

that was fascinating trinity. when you showed the 'burger' count it reminded me of a farmer in sweden i was following. he raised highland cattle. i forget the name of this one cow who was mean as mean could be. he kept talking about how he couldn't justify keeping her for breeding. she broke through fences etc. one video he mentioned 'well i guess you notice you don't see [her name] in the field. she did come back to the farm though.' then he placed in front of his camera a platter full of burger meat. yep...that's what happens. loved the procedure and the details. scott is interesting to watch as he handles the cattle. again thanx for the video!

[@Hy-Brasil]

That was Swedish Homestead (Simeon & Alex) love those guys! I discovered their channel twice while floundering for help back in 2018. We'd just been beaten down by a massive hurricane in October... so, naturally my mom decided that was a great time to introduce COWS to the farm. So one minute i was looking for videos on how to properly use a chainsaw and the next i was researching highlanders! Simeon had several videos on the subjects that helped tremendously.

[@stephaniechavez9422]

@@Hy-Brasil i'm still watching them. i cant wait until they finally get to the states. he wants to start teaching new farming ideas he's learned while in europe. that'll be interesting because there are a few youtube channels, i won't name names, that believe they are the gurus of homesteading/farming and it will be interesting. simeon and alex are a lovely christian family.

[@rsa9082]

Trinity. I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your videos. Educational and so interesting. I completely love what your doing for the rangers with your videos. You are telling their stories and sharing just bit of their everyday lives. Thank you I wish more people were interested but then again… often with fame comes attracting the wrong crowd God bless and keep you healthy and safe.

[@jakejunior9664]

Very cool video. My wife and I are in Michigan and we raised 3 Holstein / Jersey mix steers, today is the slaughter day, bitter sweet, I milked them when they were young and grained them twice a day, hay all the time, no grass. The feed cost are outrageous, but a truly amazing experience.

[@MrBowNaxe]

Another great video Trinity! I really like your follow-up vids with folks we've met on the channel. That's a tough pill to swallow (6/20) but like Scott said, it's cheaper in the long run to know now. Glad to see you survived that mama cow the other day! Can't wait to see what's next.

[@donimpractico579]

I'm 14, and after seeing this, I'd really like to be a rancher (or something that deals with animals). Probably around 27-34, I'd start my journey in the west.

[@telecasteroil]

Wow 2000 pounds of power in those black bulls. I'll remember that next I'm in a field in PA....I'm a New Yorker , so this is so educational.

[@LifeintheWest]

Glad you got something out of it. 👍

[@allisonkeevers6076]

Hi, I'm in Australia. We pronounce hereford like the english do too. A property near me has pure bred old style herefords. They have beautiful markings and wide sweeping horns, I love them. I currently have a lovely 2.5yo silver brahman bull running with 30 angus heifers that belong to a friend. Brahmans throw small calves which will be good for these first time mums. I enjoyed your video and will definitely watch more.

[@barbaraberrier8840]

Thanks Trinity for such an educational video. It was very interesting. Have a blessed week.

[@cq7415]

Great, informative video. Your videos are always first class. Scott seemed like he would be a nice man to work with. Thanks for sharing.

[@coryferguson]

4:46 cake box on the back of the truck does wonders. Here in Oklahoma everybody who has a cake box has cows. If it's a farm truck flat bed with no cake box. They probably only have crops, 5 pick up trucks with cake boxes. Or he has only enough to feed by bucket. I never see ranchers up north have a cake box on the back of their truck.

[@fljetgator1833]

Montana IS north and the difference of the north that you may be referencing is that in the northern Midwest and the Northeast they typically don't have beef cattle free-ranging. Most are dairy farms and they don't free-range 24 hours as they come in 2x daily for milking. So they get grain at that time. Just an FYI from us in Florida and Texas 🐊

[@nancyrea3863]

Love your Border. He looks like he is ready to work.

[@LifeintheWest]

Yeah. He is Scott’s and seems like a very good working dog.

[@Rcod2013]

Hi from Australia trinity. I’m a farmer in Australia and have been breeding and judging cattle all my life. Awarded university degree in farm management in 1981. So learnt a fair bit about the breeds there. Both Herefords and Angus are British breeds. The pol Hereford is considered to be derived from crossing the black baldy cow back to the Hereford and keep going to Hereford to keep Hereford traits but cull for horns. The poll gene is dominate so easy to breed into. As far as cross breeding goes the f1 Angus Hereford is around 5% increase in performance while crossing a bos indicus breed (eg Brahmin) over a British breed is around 25% increase. Then a European site over those females will give extra 5 to 10% again.

[@DavontaSparkman]

Been Waiting on this ! Always makes my Sundays Better ! God bless you ! ❤️

[@LifeintheWest]

Thank you Davonte!

[@edwinbickel]

Trinity, very informative reality of ranching and vetting!👍

[@allenbrooks4625]

Watching these videos reminds me of living with my grandfather and seeing the work he did on his much smaller farm and me helping him feed his cows and bulls

[@roniboyd613]

Always interesting, thank you Trinity and Scott❤ Although, next time I chow down on an Angus burger, I'll remember Scott's bulls😕

[@LifeintheWest]

😄. Yep. Probably.

[@chriswatchingponies9877]

Bedankt!

[@dithompson2679]

Fun times on the range, Trinity! Always educational. 😂

[@LifeintheWest]

😁. I wasn’t sure how I was going to show this. 😳

[@dithompson2679]

@@LifeintheWest Straight up honest is nearly always best, I guess. You did great, actually.

[@flyifri]

Very interesting and informative. Thank you all for sharing by participating in the production of this update.! Thumbs Up..!

[@donnaanderson5270]

Love these videos ranching is definitely a gamble. Jen is the best vet ever

[@williamgeorge3154]

Another awesome video Trinity. that was interesting watching the vet checking the bulls That will cost Scott some money to replace them

[@LifeintheWest]

Yes. That gets very expensive! 😳

[@te01guy]

We used to call that probe a “bull primer” back in my ranching days

[@LifeintheWest]

That sounds right! 😂

[@dabuckingbulls]

Keep going! Your content is much appreciated.

[@manfrummt]

Man you could do so many videos on Montana. History. Battles. Ghost towns. The railroad. What are those big tall hay holders - Beaver Slides or something? Started in Montana i think.

[@LifeintheWest]

Yes. There are so many things to video. Yes. They are beaver slides.

[@harmonysprogress]

Great video!!! I learned a ton!! There is a mystique of ranching in Montana where it says it's all glory but your videos show the reality of what ranching is really all about. I've had horses for 30 years and it's amazing how different the two worlds are.. Bridge

[@damiangrouse4564]

Bull “happy endings” determine whether they live or die…I’m glad that’s not the same for us.

[@barrybracegirdle2931]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. A big Hello from PEI Canada 👍

[@LifeintheWest]

Hello Back! Thanks for watching!

[@lindaparshall9276]

We had to coax our bull with feed bucket on horseback only...huge poled Hereford...big baby but never got in field with him.

[@doughasbrouck6091]

Great video. With todays cattle prices Scott will make enough on the ones he sells to pay for several replacements.

[@CPUDOCTHE1]

We used to have Angus that were bred with bulls that were descendants of Montgomerys Marshall 246. They were quite docile.. I miss them.

[@messengercreekexotics]

Great video. Very important to have a fertile bull. If not you not only don’t won’t have a calf but now you have to decide what to do with the cow. And that is not an easy decision because if you keep her assuming you had her the previous year then you are looking at about 3 years of taking care of her before you get any money back. Of course that again depends on getting a live calf the next year. The fun of raising cattle.

[@eliazarshaw2213]

I knew you wouldn't let us down on the third Sunday!!!! Cheers!

[@LifeintheWest]

😄😄. 👍

[@deanoz9307]

Great video! Just had to run the tap a few seconds to get fresh water.

[@johngilbert6036]

I sympathize with the vet I'm Electronic/ IT and I learned a huge amount for my certifications, If I had to redo them it would be a lot of study and practice tests.

[@johnt3728]

Very interesting, thank you Trinity

[@MarkSmith-qk2rl]

I had a brangus one time that kept me on my toes ! He was worth the hassle, he threw some beautiful calves. He hung around 12 years. I bet that was some tough burger !! Wish I had three of him in the Pasteur. I have two of his sons that are the spitting image of Clyde !

[@charlie65725]

Thank you, Trinity

[@LifeintheWest]

No. Thank you for watching.

[@tonywolff3873]

This was an awesome video and so very interesting thank you for these videos that show what happens day to day on a ranch.

[@LifeintheWest]

Absolutely! I am glad to do it!

[@fabriceenjalbert4538]

🇫🇷great video thanks to Scott and you Trinity. God bless

[@LifeintheWest]

God bless you as well!

[@petertishkov5642]

You should be an actor you really good at it.

[@duanemord2774]

Your channel has grown a lot in four months

[@equinluv1646]

I love the chemistry between you two friends!

[@LeftiBassist]

Thanks for another great video!

[@butcherwoman3753]

The Herefords are good beef to work with excellent eating too. Also less expensive than Angus or Beef type. Angus and beef type are usually crazy but sometimes ya get those exceptions. Always a gamble. Speaking from a butcher side.

[@jimdewitt5798]

Thank you. The video on bull testing was very informative.

[@LifeintheWest]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@lisaharper1827]

Gosh, this was so interesting! Thank you.

[@LifeintheWest]

Your are welcome. So glad you found it interesting. 😁

[@francesacoy4730]

Very interesting and wonderful to see this done and filmed.

[@MermaidElizabeth]

10:34 Can someone please tell what the name of the song is plz it sounds lit 🔥

[@maryfrederickson2526]

Here (TX Panhandle ) we cross a lot of Charolais (bull) with Angus. Do you folk do that cross?

[@willowtinklenberg3652]

This is Scott the rancher from the video. We have a neighbor that uses Char bulls actually

[@randygraf2474]

more ladies getting into this business, god bless them!

[@LifeintheWest]

Yes. It’s good to see.

[@dorothysmith6710]

You are so funny and entertaining bless you allways Trinity 🥰🙏

[@coryferguson]

Herefords are the most gentle breed in my opinion. One of the oldest breeds around too. I work on 55,000 acres and they have a registered bull sale of herefords.

[@coryferguson]

11:11 tbh twisting tales do wonders but I don't even wanna stick my arm threw that round tub lol

[@markschumacher7408]

Thanks for the video. You have explained a lot about ranching and beed production.

[@Cntsvevrybdy]

WTF IS GOIN ON ! That Angus was humiliated 😂😂

[@debbiebeans7889]

Where did you get that truck bed with the attachment for moving round bales?

[@Birdog62]

How long do you keep the bulls in with the cows?

[@marcussmith6232]

I see work harness hanging in the barn, do they use draft horses?

[@LifeintheWest]

No, but they used to.

[@jasonostrus9994]

This video reminds me of the time I spent with my grandfather and uncle on the farm

[@lindayaya59]

Thanks for showing this. Love it.

[@willpp9999]

Herefords are named after the county of Hereford in England which is on the border with Wales in the uk .... a great docile beef breed ! Now they are exported all over the world to improve breed top class beef !

[@adventuresinmichiganwlisa9852]

Happy Birthday 🎂 Miss Emma Le

[@tommyetaylor]

My grandpa had a curly face, polled Hereford when I was a kid in Kansas. The only time he was grumpy was during breeding season the rest of the time we could ride him. He was the sweetest bull his name was Jay my grandpa died. We had to get rid of Jay.

[@Trucker1487]

I’m curious how much does it cost if a rancher wants to use another rancher bull for breeding?

[@dakotaboy8533]

The Indian Hammer Vets out of Vaughn MT where both vets and ranchers. I’m not sure the up and comers are built to work as hard as those boys did!

[@pattybryd7228]

This video was very interesting. Thanks!

[@LifeintheWest]

Glad you liked it.

[@manfrummt]

I grew up and live in Montana and know nothing about ranches or cattle. Most people i know the same. Is it mostly a money game or are there other better reasons?

[@MikelJay]

Great info from all. Is your area struggling to attract the next generation of large animal vets? Just curious how widespread the issue is.

[@LifeintheWest]

Not sure how wide spread it is. Large animal vets have much harder and colder jobs than small animals.

[@MikelJay]

And the irregular hours are a deterrent

[@ctt4811]

Getting in the truck pretty well now. Ribs must doing well

[@LifeintheWest]

Oh, yeah!! Moving wayyyyyy better now!

[@ctt4811]

@@LifeintheWest good to hear!

[@Hy-Brasil]

Apparently i never finished watching this vid.... At the end i couldn't help but wonder at the tractor tire water troughs. How on earth? Did he just cram a couple of rubbermade trash cans in the tires??

[@willowtinklenberg3652]

This is Scott the rancher from the video. Worn out tires are common materials for water tanks here. They cut the sidewall out on one side and then you bed them in concrete and bentonite. Works great

[@brentedwards2606]

Just Great! Love yur content m8! Please do some vids on Beefalo

[@jimgreenan8126]

Trinity do they test for Trich?

[@pollyspaner9719]

Great video! I learn so much from them. Thank you and God bless.

[@calebsamuel2214]

Man I’m crushed saw how much it was I just can’t swing that to play a game. Was really excited. To play this because I I’m not a gamer at all

[@LifeintheWest]

That’s not what it will cost to play the game. These are founder cards. The game will cost much less. Most likely like $5-$25 per cow or bull. But when you sell one, the person who buys it actually pays you, not me.

[@tootsownhorn5874]

Murphy's law: anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Cole's law: chopped cabbage.

[@astzfat3319]

Interesting. Thank you. Shaking & moving the camera fast makes me sea sick.

[@mikepoole7043]

Got a ?. Why can't they market the cattle on the Aleutians?

[@Rupert9692]

Awesome video to see how this is done!

[@lawrenceklein3524]

Farm girls, ranch girls, shoot; ALL country girls ROCK! I got me one! 👍

[@petertishkov5642]

Thank you for your work it's awesome.

[@darlynsamson4970]

I knew that they checked females to see if pregnant. Never realized that reviewed males for fertility checked as well, but it certainly smart. No sense keeping a male who cannot perform. Is the expense of buying semen for females cheaper than the costs associated with checking male fertility and expense of raising a male? Great video. Very educational. Thanks Trinity.

[@bryanescott1725]

Hereford cattle originated from herefordshire of West England.

[@Trucker1487]

What’s better grass feed beef or grain feed beef?

[@willowtinklenberg3652]

Grain fed tastes better, grass fed is healthier

[@Ricatonniisasavage8854]

Depends, if the animal is fed GMO Grain, obviously that’s not the healthiest way... but If they’re finished on non GMO Grain with a mostly grass fed life, it’s some of the best tasting meat you’ll ever eat, pretty healthy for ya too.

[@TUCOtheratt]

After watching this I don't feel so bad for 55.😃

[@pattygraul4513]

Great video. Good information.

[@wendysmithey1325]

Thank you. Very informative video.

[@charlenesterken2604]

I use to ride my herford steer ,his name was tornado. Not fast at all

[@charlenesterken2604]

I don't need a gift i just love watching. Thank you

[@joebryan2135]

cubes work much better???

[@LifeintheWest]

Add sugar to anything and it draws better. 😁

[@farmgirl4958]

Thank you! So interesting!!

[@vadimlazurko7979]

I love your life. . Is real true life , life that some people don't iven know about, of existing hard working onest life

[@busterbailey370]

That’s a great video keep them coming please

[@gregholl5011]

Did he say he liked herefords better? The buyers don't though around here. Angus has been so over sold!