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I hope others will step forward and support our hospitals; every dollar counts to ensure that our neighborhood has the health care it wants and deserves,” said Dhillon in a release. Ideally, clear vehicles would be out there for all livestock movements; however, that is at present an unrealistic proposition within the cattle trade. Using clear trucks is of biggest significance for transporting extremely prone animals.

Eagle operates truck service centres and fuelling stations in addition to retail gas stations with fast-food eating places in Southwestern Ontario. In Ontario, the neighborhood must fund 100% of the gear inside the hospitals, and even a portion of any building costs. BVD Group pledges $10 million to Osler Foundation to help health care... Osler famous the donation was timely, since it is navigating a transformation of healthcare in Brampton, which has lengthy been underserved because of having just one hospital. The Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness is as a end result of of turn into Brampton’s second hospital.

Its pressing care centre will transfer to 24/7 operations later this 12 months, which is a part of the transition to a second full emergency department in Brampton. Removing this materials from vehicles and trailers earlier than they are used to move cattle and before these autos are brought onto other BVD Group premises reduces the risk of spreading disease. Graze replacement heifers on pasture before mature cows, so that the heifers usually are not uncovered to persistent organisms shed by non-clinical animals that could be current amongst the older cows.

The info supplied right here could suggest practices that can assist producers to manage these animals and their attendant dangers. Apply strict biosecurity practices to animals and tools taken offsite for present or rodeo purposes. These animals ought to be segregated from the herd for the season and monitored / managed to attenuate illness transmission.

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Certainly "buyer beware" should remain a needed element of each transaction, nevertheless recognized well being issues must be disclosed from seller to buyer, and sellers ought to avoid "passing them on" as this perpetuates and sometimes amplifies an issue. This ought to be taken into consideration on all new purchases, and other animals coming into contact with yours. [newline]Birds, for instance in feedlots, are unlikely to be averted or managed to any great extent and, while their position is unknown, they may be a factor in the spread of some diseases. Ideally this health-related info can be written down for the model new proprietor. A Shipping Record could be useful on this regard, and an example is proven in Schedule 6. Some programs provide web-based instruments to share health-related data that will even be useful to the model new owner. Finally, offering this information as a standard practice can impact buying choices and defend buyer / seller relationships, that are essential in any business.

Finding the best company for your small business will take a bit of time and high quality analysis. Ensure you discover a reliable bill factoring associate that works particularly for your small business wants. "As Brampton's well being care system enters a historic interval of growth and enlargement, it is so encouraging to see this sort of assist for our mission to build a greater well being BVD Group factoring company system for our city," said Hon. Prabmeet Sarkaria, President of the Treasury Board and MPP for Brampton South. "Thank you to Mr. Dhillon, the Dhillon household, and the BVD Group for this outstanding instance of Ontario Spirit. Our community will profit from your generosity for years to come." “This unimaginable reward from the Dhillon family and BVD Group is a recreation changer for our communities,” said Dr. Frank Martino, Interim President and CEO, William Osler Health System.

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The Best, Tastiest and Healthiest Beef You'll Ever Eat

Grass fed beef is not only the best tasting but also the healthiest. It's a great source of protein and it contains all essential fatty acids. You can find this type of beef in most grocery stores and farmers' markets these days, so there really is no excuse to eat anything else! In this blog post, we will talk about how grass fed beef has more omega-3s than any other meat you could eat, as well as how it has fewer unhealthy fats than grain-fed counterparts.

Grass fed beef has more omega 3 fatty acids than any other meat. Not only does grassfed beef contain these essential fats, but it also contains fewer unhealthy fats which are found in grain-fed cows.

As you read through the blog post together with your spouse or friend, pause together after each sentence below so that both of you may silently consider how what was just said could apply to your relationship: The benefits don't stop there when it comes to grass fed buffalo skirt steak.

The beef industry has come a long way since the days of cattle being raised in feedlots. One modern trend that is quickly gaining steam is grass fed buffalo skirt steak; this article will discuss what it means to be “grass fed” along with some ways you can incorporate it into your diet. -Grass Feeding vs Grain feeding- Grassfed cows are allowed to roam free on pasture land for their entire life cycle instead of going through the confined animal feeding operation (CAFO) system which typically consists of a series of small pens inside large sheds where food is distributed by conveyer belt.

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Horsch Sprinter 18NT and interview with Philip Coggan

Horsch Sprinter, unbeatable efficiency

A 53,000-acre Queensland farm has again chosen Horsch Sprinter seeders overall competition.

Coggan Farms is a family-owned fifth generation farming operation at Meandarra on Queensland’s Western Downs.

The farm’s undulating terrain has mostly brigalow belah soils, firm to hard-setting with a clay loam surface and medium to heavy clay subsoils. Plant available water capacity ranges from 100-200mm.

Production includes Angus and Speckle Park beef breeders, Dorper-Meatmaster cross sheep, a Meatmaster stud, a feedlot, grazing, and irrigated and dryland cropping.

30,000 acres are given over to forage sorghum, lablab, grain sorghum and irrigated corn in the summer, with barley, wheat, chickpeas, triticale and vetch in winter. Approximately 50 percent of crop produced is used as fodder on-farm.

Philip Coggan, Manager and part-owner, said he traded up on a 12-metre Horsch Sprinter and took delivery of two new Horsch Sprinter 18NT seeders in March 2021.

“The 12-metre Sprinter had done 18,000 acres for us. It was the simplest seeder we’ve ever used and worked very well, but we didn’t go into our next buying decision with eyes closed.

“My son Tom and I researched the latest seeding technologies from various brands. We knew what was available and Sprinters were the best choice,” he said.

The Horsch Sprinter NT has narrow fold design, rotational folding seed towers, a floating drawbar hitch, excellent ground following ability with instant terrain response, simplified integrated hydraulics and one-metre underframe vertical clearance.

Precision alignment of the packing system to the openers provides optimal seed to soil contact. Individual depth control on each tine guarantees accuracy.

For Philip Coggan, the quality of the engineering and the thought behind the deceptively simple, very strong design have produced standout advantages.

“Sprinters are mounted with rubber torsion. With no pins and bushings on the tines, you’ve got no wear. Basically, you can run these machines for years without having to spend any money on them,” he said.

“The Sprinter follows the ground very well and with the narrow point and leading coulter, we get minimal soil disturbance for a tine planter.

“It’s very manoeuvrable in the paddocks and folds up well for road transport and shed storage.

“It’s simple to calibrate and setting the coulter depth is very quick. “It’s great to be able to set tine down pressure from the cab with the touch of a button. We can have five different soil types across one paddock and we can easily increase pressure on the run.

“We sowed into 6-tonne per hectare barley stubble travelling at about 8.5kmph and got uniform, quick emergence. The Sprinter does a great job even in soft ground, which is another reason I love them,” he said.

The Coggans chose 17,000-litre aircarts and set them up with single shoot 10,000-litre liquid fertiliser systems, which means the whole 17,000-litre cart is full of seed.

“It takes us less than 10 minutes to fill the seed cart,” Philip said, “and we can go for more than 15 hours before we need to refill. It’s unbelievable efficiency.”

“The Sprinter’s so easy, safe and efficient to use. You just turn the monitor on and away it goes, doing everything you want it to do,” Philip said.

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I Am the Kind of Person Who Finds Herself on a Stranger’s Farm in the Middle of the Night

The first time I was exposed to farming issues was when a friend showed me some films of cows being slaughtered. We were teenagers, and it was just gross-out shit, like those “Faces of Death” videos. He wasn’t a vegetarian — no one was vegetarian — and he wasn’t trying to make me one. It was for a laugh. 

We had drumsticks for dinner that night, and I couldn’t eat mine. When I held the bone in my hand, it didn’t feel like chicken, but a chicken. I always knew I was eating an individual, I suppose, but it never hit me before. My dad asked me what was wrong, and I told him about the video. At that point in my life, I took whatever he said to be the truth, and I was sure he could explain everything. But the best he could come up with was something like “It’s unpleasant stuff.” If he’d left it there, I probably wouldn’t be talking to you now. But then he made a joke about it. The same joke everyone makes. I’ve heard it a million times since. He pretended he was a crying animal. It was revealing to me, and infuriating. I decided then and there never to become someone who told jokes when explanations were impossible. 

I wanted to know if that video was exceptional. I suppose I wanted a way out of having to change my life. So I wrote letters to all of the big farm corporations, asking for tours. Honestly, it never crossed my mind that they would say no or not respond. When that didn’t work, I started driving around and asking any farmers I saw if I could look in their sheds. They all had reasons for saying no. Given what they’re doing, I don’t blame them for not wanting anyone to see. But given their secrecy about something so important, who could blame me for feeling that I needed to do things my own way?

 The first farm I entered at night was an egg facility, maybe a million hens. They were packed into cages that were stacked several rows high. My eyes and lungs burned for days after. It was less violent and gory than what I’d seen in the video, but it affected me even more strongly. That really changed me, when I realized that an excruciating life is worse than an excruciating death. 

The farm was so bad that I assumed it, too, had to be exceptional. I guess I couldn’t believe that people would let that kind of thing happen on so large a scale. So I got myself into another farm, a turkey farm. By chance I’d come just a few days before slaughter, so the turkeys were full grown and jammed body to body. You couldn’t see the floor through them. They were totally crazy: flapping, squawking, going after each other. There were dead birds everywhere, and half-dead birds. It was sad. I didn’t put them there, but I felt ashamed just to be a person. I told myself it had to be exceptional. So I entered another farm. And another. And another. 

Maybe on some deep level, I kept doing this because I didn’t want to believe that the things I’d seen were representative. But everyone who cares to know about this stuff knows that factory farms are nearly all there is. Most people aren’t able to see these farms with their own eyes, but they can see them through mine. I’ve videotaped conditions at chicken and egg factories, turkey factories, a couple of hog farms (those are basically impossible to get into now), rabbit farms, drylot dairies and feedlots, livestock auctions, and in transport trucks. I’ve worked in a few slaughterhouses. Occasionally the footage will make its way onto the evening news or into the newspaper. A few times it’s been used in animal cruelty court cases. 

These factory farmers calculate how close to death they can keep the animals without killing them. That’s the business model. How quickly can they be made to grow, how tightly can they be packed, how much or little can they eat, how sick can they get without dying. 

This isn’t animal experimentation, where you can imagine some proportionate good at the other end of the suffering. This is what we feel like eating. Tell me something: Why is taste, the crudest of our senses, exempted from the ethical rules that govern our other senses? If you stop and think about it, it’s crazy. Why doesn’t a horny person have as strong a claim to raping an animal as a hungry one does to killing and eating it? It’s easy to dismiss that question but hard to respond to it. And how would you judge an artist who mutilated animals in a gallery because it was visually arresting? How riveting would the sound of a tortured animal need to be to make you want to hear it that badly? Try to imagine any end other than taste for which it would be justifiable to do what we do to farmed animals. 

If I misuse a corporation’s logo, I could potentially be put in jail; if a corporation abuses a billion birds, the law will protect not the birds, but the corporation’s right to do what it wants. That is what it looks like when you deny animals rights. It’s crazy that the idea of animal rights seems crazy to anyone. We live in a world in which it’s conventional to treat an animal like a hunk of wood and extreme to treat an animal like an animal. 

Before child labor laws, there were businesses that treated their ten-year-old employees well. Society didn’t ban child labor because it’s impossible to imagine children working in a good environment, but because when you give that much power to businesses over powerless individuals, it’s corrupting. When we walk around thinking we have a greater right to eat an animal than the animal has a right to live without suffering, it’s corrupting. I’m not speculating. This is our reality. Look at what factory farming is. Look at what we as a society have done to animals as soon as we had the technological power. Look at what we actually do in the name of “animal welfare” and “humaneness,” then decide if you still believe in eating meat.

-Anonymous Animal Rights Activist, Writing in Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

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How to Create a Cattle Pasture for Optimum Flavor and Fat Cover in Grass-fed Beef

With Spencer Smith – Creating the right blend of forages and grasses in a pasture to finish (fatten for slaughter) cattle is not as simple as turning the cattle out to grass. It requires timing the “finishing season” for maximum flavor and health benefits. Everything the animal eats will impact the flavor of the meat. The plants the animal eats will impact flavor differently depending on the age of the plant. Is it a young, new grass? Is it old and lignified? Once this delicate balance of plant type and age is figured out, and can consistently produce high-quality beef, word will spread about the flavor of the grass-fed beef.

Grass-fed beef and grass finished are sometimes used interchangeably as terms to describe cattle who only ate grass their whole lives. To finish cattle means to grow them to a certain age and fat cover to be ready to slaughter. A grass-finished product means that the animal ate only grass their whole lives. Grass-fed generally means this too, but some companies are advertising grass-fed beef when really the animal was fed grass most of their lives but supplemented with corn or other high-concentrate feeds at the end of their life. When purchasing grass-fed beef, it is important to ask about the finishing process to understand the health benefits, environmental impact and other factors that are important to most consumers.

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Dr. Jason Rowntree, an Associate Professor of Animal Science at Michigan State University and a Savory Global Network Hub leader, explains that the most critical factor in finishing grass-fed beef for flavor and health is getting enough fat cover on the animal leading up to slaughter.

“Energy intake during the last 60 days of finishing and adequate subcutaneous fat at slaughter are two important factors. First, we want to see steers gaining a minimum of two pounds per day (even better three pounds average daily gain) in the last 60 days of finishing. This ensures an increasing plane of weight gain and hopefully a more marbled carcass. Our steers average around 1250 pounds with a 650-pound carcass.”

Grass-finished beef should be finished. This is a rib steak out of a beef we harvested this fall and the flavor is fantastic due to adequate fat cover and intramuscular fat, also called marbling. Photo by Spencer Smith

The health benefits of grass-fed beef are in the fat. In a truly grass-finished animal, the fat is a super food. This is due to the proper ratio of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids and other vital fatty acids present in grass-fed beef fat.  In a conventionally finished, or high-energy concentrate finished animal (fed grain or corn), it is full of pro-inflammatory fatty acids. It is very high in omega-6 fatty acids. The ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids is unbalanced in grain-finished beef.

Why Some Grass-Fed Beef Tastes “Gamey”

Common complaints of grass-finished beef are that it has a gamey flavor, is tough and dry. Just as important as selecting the best cattle breeds for grass-fed beef for the local environment, also select for the best grass to finish cattle. Time the grazing so that optimum fat and flavor can be part of the beef product. The benefit of finishing on pasture applies to other species. Monogastric animals, such as hogs, produce a superior tasting flavor when the hogs are pastured. Raising pigs on pasture can create a superior flavor in the meat. The focus of this post is finishing ruminants, such as cattle, on pasture.

“My opinion is that a majority of the off flavors found in grass-fed beef is a result of not having a minimum of 3/10ths of an inch of fat at the last rib on the carcass as they go from slaughter into chill. Having carcasses the are too trim leads to cooler shrink and cold shortening. The carcasses do not have enough fat to protect against drying out. Likewise, if the carcass is chilled too quickly, muscle fibers seize up causing toughness among other issues,” said Dr. Rowntree.

“Ensure the cattle are smooth looking at slaughter, have adequate fat deposited in the brisket, cod and tail head and are properly handled, slaughtered and chilled,” he said.

“Gameyness” of the beef can be prevented. It is caused by the age of the plants the animal eats. A forage ration that is too young and lush (higher in protein and lower in total carbohydrates) or that is too old and declining in “total digestible nutrients” or TDN’s will create gaminess in grass finished beef.

The flavor of grass-fed beef is influenced by how it cooks. Joe and Teri Bertotti own and operate Hole-In-One Ranch with their family in Janesville, California. They produce grass-fed beef and lamb for customers in Northern California and Nevada.

“People generally don’t recognize that grass fed beef needs to be cooked a certain way. “Low and slow” is out motto. Grain-fed beef can be seared and cooked at a moderately high temperature and the meat turns out fine.  With grass fed, that technique almost always results in a meal that is unsatisfactory.  We realized early on that if we want to reach more customers, we need to be sure the customers we have are enjoying our product and that starts with them knowing or learning how to best prepare it,” Joe Bertotti said.

The Age of Plants Influences the Flavor of Beef

Fattening on cattle pastures takes the same principle as grain finishers in the feedlots: more carbohydrates/energy in the cattle’s diet allows them to put on enough fat to actually finish. Protein builds muscle and frame, while carbs increase fat deposits.  This principle is the same when finishing on cattle pastures. When finishing on forage, make sure that the animals get enough energy (carbs) compared to protein.

Chad Lemke, Production Manager for Grassfed Livestock Alliance, director of the Savory Global Network Hub called Grassfed Sustainability Group, and a grass-fed beef producer in Central Texas, said, that grass-finished cattle need a diverse diet. Age of the animal matters too. It matters a lot.

“Animals must have sufficient age in order to produce a well-marbled carcass with adequate back fat.  Most bad grass-fed beef eating experiences are due to the fact that an animal is not truly finished. As with the human diet, animals must have high quality, nutritious and a diverse offering of forage including grasses, legumes, and forbs,” Lemke said.

The genetics of cattle influence their ability to gain enough fat to finish on grass.

“One of the biggest mistakes producers make is believing that any animal can be forage finished on any forage in the cattle pasture,” Lemke said.

The time to start fattening genetically appropriate cattle is when forages are starting to move more carbs/energy up into the leaves rather than growing more leaf. When grasses are lush, dark green and growing fast, the plant is higher in protein. A cattle pasture with high-protein plants will add frame and muscle on calves, but it will not get them to a finished body condition. This is a common problem for grass finishers as they will allow their cattle to re-graze plants as the plants re-grow leaves. Instead, get a cattle pasture that is at maximum forage growth, but prior to “heading out,” which means the plants are creating a seed head.  This timing will ensure the proper balance for a fat-packing diet. By concentrating on TDNs and the best time for grazing,  the cattle pasture will maximize the fat on the calves’ back.

This grass-fed steer is gaining well on pasture. When harvested, he will supply us with a nutrient-dense, well-marbled, delicious product for our customers. Photo by Spencer Smith

“Not having enough high-quality forage to ensure a two-pound average daily gain going into slaughter is a common mistake. The cattle are not appreciating in weight gain, and at proper carcass maturity, do not have enough marbling to ensure a quality tasting product,” said Dr. Rowntree.

Another way that producers can manage for the best tasting product is selecting what forage mixes the cattle will have access to during the last few weeks of their life.  Different climates and environments support different native grasses in the cattle pasture, thus finishing times vary throughout the country and the world. Some climates require providing structures such as cattle sheds. Design cattle production cycles: calving times, weaning times, finishing times to complement the grass production cycle. Some ranchers plant a pasture of annual plants for finishing cattle.  This is effective because annual crops such as wheat, rye, and oats can be planted early in the year. They provide ample energy to the grazing animal as soon as the fourth leaf is mature.  Later in the year, if cattle are finishing in the height of summer, consider planting warm season annuals such as grazing corn, sorghum, sudangrass or legumes that will maintain throughout the summer heat.  Another option is feeding stockpiled feed such as high-quality hay or haylage.  

Monitor how well the stock is metabolizing feed.  This can be checked (not scientifically) by learning to read manure in the cattle pasture.  Cattle eating a balanced ration that their stomach biology is adapted to will produce manure that is moist and well-digested. Look for round patties with hollowed out centers. If they manure is loose and runny, then the cattle are getting too much protein in their diet. This can be corrected with supplementing high-energy hay. If the manure is blocky and hard, carbohydrates in the diet are too high. Adjust the diet by supplementing with high-protein feed, such as alfalfa hay. Manure indicates how cattle are gaining and if they are utilizing all forage. Manure texture can also indicate beef flavor. If it is runny (protein is too high) the beef will tend to be gamier in flavor. If it is too hard and clumpy, cattle are losing condition and the harvested meat from these animals will tend to be tougher. Learning how livestock is utilizing the feed provided in cattle pastures helps maximize fat and flavor in grass-fed and finished beef.

Are you considering raising grass-fed and finished beef? What is the main reason you want to produce this product?

Abbey and Spencer Smith own and operate the Jefferson Center for Holistic Management, a Savory Global Network Hub serving Northern California and Nevada. As a Savory Institute Field Professional, Spencer works with land managers, ranchers and farmers in the hub region and beyond. Abbey also serves as the Savory Global Network Coordinator for the Savory Institute. They live in Fort Bidwell, California. The Springs Ranch, the demonstration site for the Jefferson Center, is holistically managed and enjoyed by three generations of Smiths: Steve and Pati Smith, Abbey and Spencer Smith and the main boss of the whole operation, Maezy Smith. Learn more at jeffersonhub.com and savory.global/network.

Originally published in Countryside July/August 2017 and regularly vetted for accuracy.

How to Create a Cattle Pasture for Optimum Flavor and Fat Cover in Grass-fed Beef was originally posted by All About Chickens

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I hope others will step forward and support our hospitals; every dollar counts to ensure that our neighborhood has the health care it wants and deserves,” said Dhillon in a release. Ideally, clear vehicles would be out there for all livestock movements; however, that is at present an unrealistic proposition within the cattle trade. Using clear trucks is of biggest significance for transporting extremely prone animals.

Eagle operates truck service centres and fuelling stations in addition to retail gas stations with fast-food eating places in Southwestern Ontario. In Ontario, the neighborhood must fund 100% of the gear inside the hospitals, and even a portion of any building costs. BVD Group pledges $10 million to Osler Foundation to help health care... Osler famous the donation was timely, since it is navigating a transformation of healthcare in Brampton, which has lengthy been underserved because of having just one hospital. The Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness is as a end result of of turn into Brampton’s second hospital.

Its pressing care centre will transfer to 24/7 operations later this 12 months, which is a part of the transition to a second full emergency department in Brampton. Removing this materials from vehicles and trailers earlier than they are used to move cattle and before these autos are brought onto other BVD Group premises reduces the risk of spreading disease. Graze replacement heifers on pasture before mature cows, so that the heifers usually are not uncovered to persistent organisms shed by non-clinical animals that could be current amongst the older cows.

The info supplied right here could suggest practices that can assist producers to manage these animals and their attendant dangers. Apply strict biosecurity practices to animals and tools taken offsite for present or rodeo purposes. These animals ought to be segregated from the herd for the season and monitored / managed to attenuate illness transmission.

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Certainly "buyer beware" should remain a needed element of each transaction, nevertheless recognized well being issues must be disclosed from seller to buyer, and sellers ought to avoid "passing them on" as this perpetuates and sometimes amplifies an issue. This ought to be taken into consideration on all new purchases, and other animals coming into contact with yours. [newline]Birds, for instance in feedlots, are unlikely to be averted or managed to any great extent and, while their position is unknown, they may be a factor in the spread of some diseases. Ideally this health-related info can be written down for the model new proprietor. A Shipping Record could be useful on this regard, and an example is proven in Schedule 6. Some programs provide web-based instruments to share health-related data that will even be useful to the model new owner. Finally, offering this information as a standard practice can impact buying choices and defend buyer / seller relationships, that are essential in any business.

Finding the best company for your small business will take a bit of time and high quality analysis. Ensure you discover a reliable bill factoring associate that works particularly for your small business wants. "As Brampton's well being care system enters a historic interval of growth and enlargement, it is so encouraging to see this sort of assist for our mission to build a greater well being BVD Group factoring company system for our city," said Hon. Prabmeet Sarkaria, President of the Treasury Board and MPP for Brampton South. "Thank you to Mr. Dhillon, the Dhillon household, and the BVD Group for this outstanding instance of Ontario Spirit. Our community will profit from your generosity for years to come." “This unimaginable reward from the Dhillon family and BVD Group is a recreation changer for our communities,” said Dr. Frank Martino, Interim President and CEO, William Osler Health System.

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Supplementary Feeding for Sheep - Learn More

Have a look at this article to learn about supplementary feeding for sheep. Pasture is the best choice for feeding sheep, and the quality of the pasture is a decisive factor in ensuring the health and well-being of the animals. 

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Learn About Supplementary Feeding for Sheep - Entegra

Do you want to know about the best fodder for the sheep? If yes, then read this blog to get details. It talks about the ideal fodder that should be fed and supplementary feeding for sheep which is essential because of a lot of reasons.

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Cattle Shed Design for a Small Herd

The lure of the wide open range and the romance of ranching may entice you to search cattle breeds and cattle shed design ideas. You live on the east coast or some other busy area of the world. You don’t have a thousand acres. But can you still build some sort of cattle shed design and appropriate fencing for cattle on a smaller parcel? If you start with the right type of infrastructure, you can raise a small herd of beef cattle on small acreage.

Cattle farming for beginners is all about starting out from scratch and building the correct facility. Cattle shed design is an important part of the improvements. DIY fence installation will also consume a large portion of time and budget. Building your own fencing and shelters will save you considerable funds if you have learned the skills needed. If you purchase an existing farm operation, it may be possible to reuse the existing fencing and buildings for cattle.

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How to Start a Cattle Farm

Before you start looking at cattle shed designs, take a look at your property. Find at a minimum, two large areas of ground that can be fenced. The two or more areas don’t have to be completely cleared of trees but having enough clear space for the cows to eat and move around is preferable.  

How Many Head of Cattle Can I Keep?

This answer can vary wildly. If you have a good healthy pasture, full of edible grass and forage, each animal may need only 2 acres. But in many areas, the drought conditions have greatly increased the amount of acreage needed to sustain one cow. Placing a call to the local extension agent would be a good place to get guidance on the number of cattle to start. Another source of information would be a local cattle grower. Making friends with a possible farming mentor is an invaluable move when considering how to start a cattle farm.

Take into consideration the quality of growth in the pastures. Is it consumable grasses or weeds that cattle avoid? Of course, grasses and legumes are excellent but burdock, milkweed, goldenrod, and thistle should be avoided. When the toxic plants are few, the cattle probably won’t consume enough of them to cause a problem  But, where the toxic plants are all there is or they take over the grasses, the potential for toxicity is high.

On small holdings with just a couple of pastures for rotating, make sure to have enough hay to use during the winter months. It’s a good idea to have plenty of hay on hand even if the pastures are available all year long.  

In addition to good pasture and hay, it is necessary to have fresh water and salt licks available. Feeding grain during the time when pasture is limited will help keep the cows in good condition.  

Another possibly more costly option for smaller space cattle raising is partially or fully feeding hay and grain. Supplementing the grazing land with hay and grain feed allows you to keep more cattle on a smaller pasture setting. Care should still be taken to not overcrowd the area. Crowding leads to stress similar to that in a commercial feedlot setting and is very hard on the land. There is a somewhat fine line when deciding how many cows you can comfortably keep.

DIY Fence Installation

Fencing will be the next step in building your cattle farm. Done right the first time means that you won’t be spending every weekend mending fences and mending relationships with your neighbors! Cows that are fed well and are content are not likely to try and escape. After the heifers and steers grow up, they may try to test the fence line if there isn’t enough to eat.  

Types of Fencing for Cattle Farming

High tensile steel wire fencing is the best fence system for cattle for many reasons. The high tension steel can be electrified to deter fence grazing and pushing. Four strands of the high tension steel wire is often used in cattle farming. The steel wire does not rust or suffer damage as easily as wooden board fencing and is used frequently in cattle raising operations

Board fencing can be successfully used if kept in good repair. Many homesteaders use board fencing for DIY fence installation. Electric line can be run at a couple of heights inside the board fencing to keep the cows from pushing on the fence and posts. Pressure treated posts can be used for longer life and oak fence boards are the usual choice for pasture fencing.

Netting, cattle panels and other lightweight fencing is not appropriate for marking grazing areas. The electrified netting may deter some cows but they can also hook a horn or foot in the netting easily. For small holding pens, the cattle panels might be an acceptable cattle barrier. Using a round pen would be best for short-term holding areas or quarantine.  

Cattle Shed Design and Shelter

Most cattle shed designs are structures often referred to as a run-in shed. In warmer areas, a simple pole shed might also be used. The run-in sheds are typically three sided with a sloping roof toward the back of the shed. Positioning the cattle shed so that the prevailing winds will hit the back side of the shed increases the protection offered by the shelter.

The cattle shed design you choose should offer shelter from the wind and rain and have enough open ventilation that it does not trap heat during the summer months. The run-in shed should offer protection from storms and also from the heat of the sun.  

Cattle shed designs are offered in metal pole barns, wooden sheds, and open barns. The size of the interior space needs to take into account the size and weight of cattle, the space needed for them to lie down and ruminate, and move around each other without banging into the sides of the shed too much. Cattle are hard on your infrastructure! For our small herd of five cows, we built a pole barn from timbers and boards that remain open on all sides. It backs up to a hill which offers a natural windbreak. The roof is sheet metal and it is tall to keep the cattle cool during the hot days and yet covered when heavy storms occur. I think it is important to note that not all cows feel the need to go into shelter areas at all. We would put food under the shelter and the cows would sometimes still stand in the field, eating what was there while snow piled up around them. Sometimes a small grove of trees is enough shelter for the cattle. Whether the cattle need shelter in your area or not, I still feel it is best to provide some sort of shed or protection from the weather. You may not be able to make them use it but if the cows feel it is necessary, they will seek shelter.

Waste Management

This is a big deal on a smaller homestead. If spreading manure in the fallow fields to add nutrients is not an option, what are you going to do with all that manure? If you let it sit in the field, the cows will eventually have nowhere to graze. It is pretty amazing how fast the stuff piles up. Having a manure management plan in place will avoid this becoming a nightmare situation. If you are raising a few head of cattle on two fenced pastures, partially cleaning one while the other is being used might be an option. Just remember that you need to keep up with it because the cows are each producing fifty pounds of manure a day. Leaving the manure in the field will help fertilize the grazing land, but in the meantime, the cows won’t eat where they have deposited a pile of manure. This is definitely something to think about if you are raising a few head of cattle on a homestead instead of a large ranch.

It is very possible to start from scratch, learn cattle shed design, DIY fence installation and make water available. As with any livestock raising decision, have the facility set up first, before the cows come home. The hard work that goes into raising beef cattle on a small farm is very rewarding. Knowing that the meat you serve on your family’s table was raised humanely, fed wholesome fresh pasture, quality hay and had room to move around while growing is good for the soul.

Do you have a favorite cattle shed design or do your cows prefer to stay outdoors?

Cattle Shed Design for a Small Herd was originally posted by All About Chickens

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Hair Sheep Breeds – The Right Choice for You?

Hair sheep breeds are growing in popularity as consumers look for economical ways to raise homestead meat animals. Hair breeds have many positive traits that make them an ideal animal for small farms, homesteads, and of course, larger commercial farms. If you have space to corral a few sheep, you can fill the freezer with a healthy alternative to beef and chicken.

History tells us our present-day sheep are derived from the wild Mouflon sheep, among others, that grew coarse hair with a downy undercoat. (Icelandic sheep grow a double coat.) As wild sheep were domesticated, breeding for increased wool came into practice.

Ten percent of sheep breeds are hair breeds but ninety percent of these, are found in tropical areas. Hair sheep breeds such as the Barbados Blackbelly and St.Croix are largely found in these tropical areas of the world. Since these breeds are so adaptable, when found in colder climates, the hair sheep adapt by growing a thicker undercoat.

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Why Own Hair Sheep

There are three main reasons to raise hair sheep.

Lack of wool.

Resistance to disease and parasites.

A high rate of reproduction.

No wool to deal with makes perfect economic sense. When you’re raising sheep for meat, the wool is a by-product. You have to pay to have it sheared once a year. When the price of raw wool fleece is below the cost of shearing the animal, this is not cost effective. Hair sheep breeds simply shed their hair covering and fleecy undercoat when the weather warms.

Since today’s hair sheep breeds are developed from hardy ancestors, they are considered easy keepers because they have a natural resistance to disease and parasites. They also do well eating the vegetation that other species reject. Feed conversion is good since these sheep fatten easily on less than ideal pasture and forage. Feeding these breeds too much grain can result in an overabundance of internal fat.

Katahdin lamb on Faerie Springs Farm.

  In many cases, farmers are adding hair sheep to pastures with cattle to maximize efficiency and for parasite control. Sheep and cattle have different grazing needs and preferences, and the sheep will clean up the growth that doesn’t appeal to the cows.

Unlike meat goats, hair sheep are resistant to many of the parasites shed by cattle. They require less worming medications as a general rule. Quite a few meat producers are finding better success with the hair breeds of meat sheep than with meat goats.

An interesting study was done that showed the parasite resistance was higher in the purebred hair sheep over the crossbred shedding sheep. No difference was noted between the purebred breeds of hair sheep. The Katahdins in the study had a consistently less barber pole worm infestation rate compared to the Dorper and Dorset crosses. In addition, there is almost no incidence of flystrike with hair sheep breeds.

The reproductive rate of true hair sheep is excellent. Twinning is common and triplets and quadruplets are not rare. The hair sheep breeds lamb easily in the pasture and the lambs gain weight rapidly and develop to maturity quickly. A caution when breeding is to choose the right size ram for the ewe. Some hair breed rams are long-bodied which can create a lengthy birthing scenario for the ewe. Choosing breeding stock with this in mind can avoid this problem.

Some breeders have been working on crosses between traditional wool meat breeds and hair sheep breeds. The Dorper is a good example of this interbreeding. The Dorper grows more wool but self-sheds annually. Some are calling these shedding sheep.

A Growing Commodity

Sales of sheep meat and sheep breeding stock are on the rise in the United States and Canada. There is a growing market demand for high-quality, naturally-fed lamb. While hair breeds comprise a small percentage of the number of sheep in North America, this is changing as sustainability becomes a bigger issue for landowners. They are best raised on pasture and finishing these breeds on feedlots can lead to less desirable meat products as the ethnic market prefers a leaner lamb.

Fine Quality Leather from Hair Sheep Breeds

Another good product from hair sheep is leather. The leather from hair sheep grain is finer than the leather from wool breeds and brings in a larger amount of money.

Breeds of True Hair Sheep

Barbados Blackbelly

Arguments exist concerning the exact origin of the Barbados Blackbelly — evidence is shown for both Africa or Barbados.  Four Barbados Blackbelly sheep arrived in the United States in 1904. Future importations to university breeding flocks led to the development of the American Blackbelly sheep breed. This ancient breed has thrived in warm climates, continued to produce twins and good carcass weights.

St.Croix

The St. Croix breed is descended from the original West African hair sheep although some believe they are a cross breed of Criollo and Wiltshire White sheep. With a high rate of multiple births and a gentle temperament, this is a good choice for people looking to start a hair sheep business, particularly in warm climates.

Blackhead Persian

Very tolerant of the humid hot conditions in the Carribean and Somolia, Blackhead Persians have a white body and black head. They also have a fat rump, short legs, and a compact body. The lambing rate is not as high as other hair breeds.

More Recent Cross Bred Hair Sheep

Katahdin

The Katahdin breed was developed in the United States by Michael Piel. Beginning in the mid-1950s, Piel imported three St.Croix sheep. They were called Africans at the time. He experimented with breeding them to meat breeds, finally reaching a point, in the 1970s, where he named the breed, Katahdins after a nearby mountain in his home state of Maine. Unfortunately, Mr. Piel did not live long enough to see his breed reach having a registry and breed standards. Katahdins are medium size, hardy, low-maintenance, and have a high-quality carcass weight.

Katahdin

Dorper

The Dorper is a mutton breed of hair sheep developed in the 1930s. The breed was created by crossing Dorset and Blackheaded Persian sheep. The Dorper has a high rate of lambing and is tolerant of the arid conditions it was developed for in South Africa.

Royal White (Dorper x St.Croix)

St. Croix Sheep have been used to develop other breeds such as the Royal White. Crossing with the Dorper led to this larger hair breed. Royal Whites are more recent in the hair sheep scene and development is still ongoing.

Hair Sheep Future Outlook

As hair sheep breeds become more popular, it will be important for breeders to ensure the future integrity of the breeds. Carefully breeding only the best stock will ensure that the extreme hardiness and good mothering ability remain. Often, when a new breed or type is rising in popularity, careful breeding can fall to the wayside in the haste to have stock to sell. Culling the genetic faults and only keeping the best rams for breeding will ensure a good future for any new hair sheep breeds.

Hair Sheep Breeds – The Right Choice for You? was originally posted by All About Chickens

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Cattle Shed Design for a Small Herd

The lure of the wide open range and the romance of ranching may entice you to search cattle breeds and cattle shed design ideas. You live on the east coast or some other busy area of the world. You don’t have a thousand acres. But can you still build some sort of cattle shed design and appropriate fencing for cattle on a smaller parcel? If you start with the right type of infrastructure, you can raise a small herd of beef cattle on small acreage.

Cattle farming for beginners is all about starting out from scratch and building the correct facility. Cattle shed design is an important part of the improvements. DIY fence installation will also consume a large portion of time and budget. Building your own fencing and shelters will save you considerable funds if you have learned the skills needed. If you purchase an existing farm operation, it may be possible to reuse the existing fencing and buildings for cattle.

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How to Start a Cattle Farm

Before you start looking at cattle shed designs, take a look at your property. Find at a minimum, two large areas of ground that can be fenced. The two or more areas don’t have to be completely cleared of trees but having enough clear space for the cows to eat and move around is preferable.  

How Many Head of Cattle Can I Keep?

This answer can vary wildly. If you have a good healthy pasture, full of edible grass and forage, each animal may need only 2 acres. But in many areas, the drought conditions have greatly increased the amount of acreage needed to sustain one cow. Placing a call to the local extension agent would be a good place to get guidance on the number of cattle to start. Another source of information would be a local cattle grower. Making friends with a possible farming mentor is an invaluable move when considering how to start a cattle farm.

Take into consideration the quality of growth in the pastures. Is it consumable grasses or weeds that cattle avoid? Of course, grasses and legumes are excellent but burdock, milkweed, goldenrod, and thistle should be avoided. When the toxic plants are few, the cattle probably won’t consume enough of them to cause a problem  But, where the toxic plants are all there is or they take over the grasses, the potential for toxicity is high.

On small holdings with just a couple of pastures for rotating, make sure to have enough hay to use during the winter months. It’s a good idea to have plenty of hay on hand even if the pastures are available all year long.  

In addition to good pasture and hay, it is necessary to have fresh water and salt licks available. Feeding grain during the time when pasture is limited will help keep the cows in good condition.  

Another possibly more costly option for smaller space cattle raising is partially or fully feeding hay and grain. Supplementing the grazing land with hay and grain feed allows you to keep more cattle on a smaller pasture setting. Care should still be taken to not overcrowd the area. Crowding leads to stress similar to that in a commercial feedlot setting and is very hard on the land. There is a somewhat fine line when deciding how many cows you can comfortably keep.

DIY Fence Installation

Fencing will be the next step in building your cattle farm. Done right the first time means that you won’t be spending every weekend mending fences and mending relationships with your neighbors! Cows that are fed well and are content are not likely to try and escape. After the heifers and steers grow up, they may try to test the fence line if there isn’t enough to eat.  

Types of Fencing for Cattle Farming

High tensile steel wire fencing is the best fence system for cattle for many reasons. The high tension steel can be electrified to deter fence grazing and pushing. Four strands of the high tension steel wire is often used in cattle farming. The steel wire does not rust or suffer damage as easily as wooden board fencing and is used frequently in cattle raising operations

Board fencing can be successfully used if kept in good repair. Many homesteaders use board fencing for DIY fence installation. Electric line can be run at a couple of heights inside the board fencing to keep the cows from pushing on the fence and posts. Pressure treated posts can be used for longer life and oak fence boards are the usual choice for pasture fencing.

Netting, cattle panels and other lightweight fencing is not appropriate for marking grazing areas. The electrified netting may deter some cows but they can also hook a horn or foot in the netting easily. For small holding pens, the cattle panels might be an acceptable cattle barrier. Using a round pen would be best for short-term holding areas or quarantine.  

Cattle Shed Design and Shelter

Most cattle shed designs are structures often referred to as a run-in shed. In warmer areas, a simple pole shed might also be used. The run-in sheds are typically three sided with a sloping roof toward the back of the shed. Positioning the cattle shed so that the prevailing winds will hit the back side of the shed increases the protection offered by the shelter.

The cattle shed design you choose should offer shelter from the wind and rain and have enough open ventilation that it does not trap heat during the summer months. The run-in shed should offer protection from storms and also from the heat of the sun.  

Cattle shed designs are offered in metal pole barns, wooden sheds, and open barns. The size of the interior space needs to take into account the size and weight of cattle, the space needed for them to lie down and ruminate, and move around each other without banging into the sides of the shed too much. Cattle are hard on your infrastructure! For our small herd of five cows, we built a pole barn from timbers and boards that remain open on all sides. It backs up to a hill which offers a natural windbreak. The roof is sheet metal and it is tall to keep the cattle cool during the hot days and yet covered when heavy storms occur. I think it is important to note that not all cows feel the need to go into shelter areas at all. We would put food under the shelter and the cows would sometimes still stand in the field, eating what was there while snow piled up around them. Sometimes a small grove of trees is enough shelter for the cattle. Whether the cattle need shelter in your area or not, I still feel it is best to provide some sort of shed or protection from the weather. You may not be able to make them use it but if the cows feel it is necessary, they will seek shelter.

Waste Management

This is a big deal on a smaller homestead. If spreading manure in the fallow fields to add nutrients is not an option, what are you going to do with all that manure? If you let it sit in the field, the cows will eventually have nowhere to graze. It is pretty amazing how fast the stuff piles up. Having a manure management plan in place will avoid this becoming a nightmare situation. If you are raising a few head of cattle on two fenced pastures, partially cleaning one while the other is being used might be an option. Just remember that you need to keep up with it because the cows are each producing fifty pounds of manure a day. Leaving the manure in the field will help fertilize the grazing land, but in the meantime, the cows won’t eat where they have deposited a pile of manure. This is definitely something to think about if you are raising a few head of cattle on a homestead instead of a large ranch.

It is very possible to start from scratch, learn cattle shed design, DIY fence installation and make water available. As with any livestock raising decision, have the facility set up first, before the cows come home. The hard work that goes into raising beef cattle on a small farm is very rewarding. Knowing that the meat you serve on your family’s table was raised humanely, fed wholesome fresh pasture, quality hay and had room to move around while growing is good for the soul.

Do you have a favorite cattle shed design or do your cows prefer to stay outdoors?

Cattle Shed Design for a Small Herd was originally posted by All About Chickens