It’s good to hear you and Isaac discussing the cows. Hearing the little details that catch your attention is very helpful for me. Thanks for the video! Cows look great.
Greg, as a citizen in Missouri, I wanted to bring your attention to House Bill 1169. It says food has to be labeled more rigorously. There is talk about them using mRNA vaccines on cattle and swine. Take a look at it and contact your congressmen in your state.
Vague, uninformative, useless. "There is talk"!? Seems to imply it's in the bill. Is it? ( Almost certainly not). Please try offering facts instead of trying to tell us what to do.
It will be hard to do, will require to have digital tags on all your stock from birth, trackable from a central database. What will the fines be for not having chipped animals? Would big corporate operations just pay the fines to shoehorn 'dirty' livestock? Lot of details to iron out to make sure this doesn't harm small operations that may not even have a headgate.
@@ricksanchez7459 quite hard to believe they'll try not to harm small farmers; much more likely ( to me ) such a bill, will be designed to harm us and benefit corporations and their owners.
Corporate food interests are what drives down the nutritional value of food in this country (and subsequently the health of the people). Good luck with your state gov't doing the right thing to protect it's PREMIUM PRODUCTS growers and not empowering the industrial meat products makers over them/you. Perhaps they should be reminded of the ecological impact of industrial farming on the ecology of your fair state versus the restorative process of grass managers with herds and flocks.
Greg, this year could you or Isaac (on his channel) go in depth whenever you do something about pest control? It would be good to learn everything you're doing, when you're doing it, and your assessments of their impacts in keeping flies and other pests in check. In the past you've used parasitic wasps in their pats, put up sticky fly boards, all sorts of tricks. It would be helpful to see what makes a difference, what you're still doing and how often you go about it. Thanks for your consideration.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Isaac's YR is: www.youtube.com/@isaactappenden5596 ( @isaactappenden5596 ) Granted, he rarely posts on it, so I would say its an "inactive" channel.... But I was hoping he might post more
Keep in mind Greg talks a lot about pest control in previous videos. Over the years he’s taught me that you need the right genetics. In summers I can have cattle that are being tortured and others untouched. South Polls have the right genetics. And of course frequent moves help too
Nice to see the green grass. Looking forward to it here. Nice to hear you are visiting Alberta. I'm on the east side of the prairies so going to Edmonton is about the same distance as Missouri.
yes sir that is a wonderful site new baby calves started this years calf crop 2 7 23 we have been enjoying watching the cows graze along with the geese on the green grass and the baby calves laided in the sunshine just waiting for 5 20 23 to turn our 1st south poll bull out for next years calf crop have blessed day chuck ledbetter east central oklahoma
Thanks for the video! It’s great seeing green grass. Some of our grass is about that height too. It’s going get really warm here next week. We might hit the 80s for the high so mushrooms should be popping up especially all the rain we got. I’m glad you get to travel everywhere to spread your grazing style around the world. I was talking to one of my coworkers about calving and he said when his animals are born around 80# he gets a little nervous because he likes the 65# calves a whole lot better. He is not sure why he had a bigger calf either because he had the same bull and cow last year the calf wasn’t that big. I like the smaller ones too because I don’t want to worry about pulling them. Mine calves should be born around the end of June or first week of July. I’m hoping next year to have them born around May since April can still be a little cold and rain.
Absolutely Great video!! Been a while since we have had a phenomenal grazing video on GREEN Grass with babies. Just a gorgeous calf. I note how long the calves' hair is. Do you see much variation in hair length based on temperatures and weather at birth. How does Mother Nature deal with that? Man is the grass coming!! How many acres do you think you cleared this past year? Spring Flush is nearly on you there in Missouri. Have another great year!!
We got our first calf on the 5th. Momma is Red Angus/South Poll, bred to a registered SP bull. I was sure hoping for a heifer to expand our herd, but alas, it was a bull. The rest of our SP crosses will be coming in May. I'm sure excited to see what our leased bull throws!
I'm sorry but I missed the part where you said how to keep them from getting loose manure? I saw you added 1/2 bail of hay but I didn't see any of them eating it?
Half way through this meadow talk, I had a vision of a cartoon, perhaps by Gary Larson, where the cows say to one another, "Here comes Greg, jawin' again about how purdy we are."
Greg, how many pounds per acre do you average when you figure your cattle and sheep spread across all of your farms? Thank you for all of your videos, I learn a lot!
He most certainly has LGD's with his St Croix hair sheep. Look at his past videos, he's spoken on them many times. He's also got a unique feeder that follows with his herd, that allows the dogs to eat kibbles but keeps the sheep out.
That’s why we ear tag them on the second day, so we can match the calf back to its mother. It would be a wreck if we didn’t identify the calf and mom, especially on cattle drives.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher listening to the what your tag number was on that calf, I didn’t hear you mention what part referenced the momma cow. Just just the year and what number in birthing order the calf was
Beautiful little nugget, I watch a Rancher in Wyoming he's lost 5 calfs so far and has a very small herd. Giant cows Giant bulls ,no grass. Tons of debt I don't see it ending well.
Greg, can you detail the backend side of your tracking system. I see a majority of the cows are double tagged but only numbered on one. And I heard in one video you said such and such calf was the 9th of the year based on it's number. Is there a way to number the calf to the mother's number? I've always let the vet tag ours but he doesn't do large animals anymore so I'm trying to learn a better / efficient method.
A 50 - 60 lb. calf = easy calving which = easy on the calf and easy on the cow. A smaller, thrifty, fast gaining calf is what you want and is the norm in nature. Just look at bison and buffalo calves compared to their mothers.
Thanks for the video. I've got calves that just dropped and they don't seem to pay any attention to the polybraid. I have perimeter fencing so I'm not worried about them getting away or out on the road, but I would rather have them stay in the paddocks. Do you have a way you keep the little bitty calves in?
We use 1 quart of Crossbow herbicide to 5 gallons of red diesel fuel. Mix it up in a five gallon bucket. Paint stump cambian bark area thoroughly within 3 hours of cutting tree. Be liberal with your painting action!
@@tenniswood8375 I had wondered as well. Thanks for the update. She had as good a production life as a cow could have, and better than 99.998% of the rest I'd venture. Red cows on green grass--could be a new t-shirt or hat design.
It’s good to hear you and Isaac discussing the cows. Hearing the little details that catch your attention is very helpful for me. Thanks for the video! Cows look great.
Welcome back to Alberta. Sounds like you are coming up to my part of the world.
Hope to meet you up there. We are looking forward to our trip up there!
Greg, as a citizen in Missouri, I wanted to bring your attention to House Bill 1169. It says food has to be labeled more rigorously. There is talk about them using mRNA vaccines on cattle and swine. Take a look at it and contact your congressmen in your state.
Vague, uninformative, useless. "There is talk"!? Seems to imply it's in the bill. Is it? ( Almost certainly not). Please try offering facts instead of trying to tell us what to do.
It will be hard to do, will require to have digital tags on all your stock from birth, trackable from a central database. What will the fines be for not having chipped animals? Would big corporate operations just pay the fines to shoehorn 'dirty' livestock? Lot of details to iron out to make sure this doesn't harm small operations that may not even have a headgate.
@@ricksanchez7459 quite hard to believe they'll try not to harm small farmers; much more likely ( to me ) such a bill, will be designed to harm us and benefit corporations and their owners.
Corporate food interests are what drives down the nutritional value of food in this country (and subsequently the health of the people). Good luck with your state gov't doing the right thing to protect it's PREMIUM PRODUCTS growers and not empowering the industrial meat products makers over them/you. Perhaps they should be reminded of the ecological impact of industrial farming on the ecology of your fair state versus the restorative process of grass managers with herds and flocks.
Lookin at green grass 600 miles due south. Here in Canada 3ft of snow in bush and -7 this morning.
Burrrr, hope it warms up for you soon.
Greg you guys have it rough ! You get to enjoy beautiful weather watching well conditioned cattle eat growing grass AND you get paid for it!!
Elton don’t tell anybody our secret, everybody will want to start grazing😀😀
Happy Spring! Lovely calf, and she turned to look straight at you. Enjoyed your video.
🇨🇦 BC, near Whistler here. Been following your channel for a few years. Not a homesteader yet, but hope to be one someday.
Gorgeous calf. Such a beautiful color too. We might not eat color but sure is pretty to look at.
Indeed, we don't eat color. But in the interest of using everything, hair on hides like that fetch a pretty penny with leatherworkers!
Yup 2012 drought here and Michigan was really bad. Also 1988 was worse here.
Those cows look super happy 😊
Congratulations on a healthy start to the '03 calving season.
Thank you as always! I have one heifer that is the wrong side of loose and I want to be sure all is well.
Greg, this year could you or Isaac (on his channel) go in depth whenever you do something about pest control? It would be good to learn everything you're doing, when you're doing it, and your assessments of their impacts in keeping flies and other pests in check.
In the past you've used parasitic wasps in their pats, put up sticky fly boards, all sorts of tricks. It would be helpful to see what makes a difference, what you're still doing and how often you go about it.
Thanks for your consideration.
Isaac does not have a TH-cam channel.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Isaac's YR is: www.youtube.com/@isaactappenden5596 ( @isaactappenden5596 )
Granted, he rarely posts on it, so I would say its an "inactive" channel....
But I was hoping he might post more
Keep in mind Greg talks a lot about pest control in previous videos. Over the years he’s taught me that you need the right genetics. In summers I can have cattle that are being tortured and others untouched. South Polls have the right genetics. And of course frequent moves help too
Well said Chris!
Thank you Teacher!
At 4:56-5:02 it looks like cow tailheads are too high and hooks are too low, would that be a sign of poor calving ease?
Nice to see the green grass. Looking forward to it here. Nice to hear you are visiting Alberta. I'm on the east side of the prairies so going to Edmonton is about the same distance as Missouri.
Canada is a huge land mass!!
Look forward to attending one (or two 😊) of your pasture walks in Alberta 👏. So exciting!
yes sir that is a wonderful site new baby calves started this years calf crop 2 7 23 we have been enjoying watching the cows graze along with the geese on the green grass and the baby calves laided in the sunshine just waiting for 5 20 23 to turn our 1st south poll bull out for next years calf crop have blessed day chuck ledbetter east central oklahoma
As a Canadian I hope you enjoy your trip! Even someday consider a tour to the eastern parts near Toronto too! Thanks for your videos.
I did a conference close to Toronto like 7 years ago. Beautiful area, we really enjoyed ourselves.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher great to hear! Thanks again.
Great to hear you are heading to Alberta! Hope to see you here.
Yep, giving 9 one day grazing workshops up that way. Hope to meet you at one of them!
Thanks for the video! It’s great seeing green grass. Some of our grass is about that height too. It’s going get really warm here next week. We might hit the 80s for the high so mushrooms should be popping up especially all the rain we got. I’m glad you get to travel everywhere to spread your grazing style around the world. I was talking to one of my coworkers about calving and he said when his animals are born around 80# he gets a little nervous because he likes the 65# calves a whole lot better. He is not sure why he had a bigger calf either because he had the same bull and cow last year the calf wasn’t that big. I like the smaller ones too because I don’t want to worry about pulling them. Mine calves should be born around the end of June or first week of July. I’m hoping next year to have them born around May since April can still be a little cold and rain.
Hope to see and hear you if you come to Ontario
Yeah, I'll try to come to your pasture walk in Canada, can't wait to see where you will be going as Ill make the time.
Absolutely Great video!! Been a while since we have had a phenomenal grazing video on GREEN Grass with babies. Just a gorgeous calf. I note how long the calves' hair is. Do you see much variation in hair length based on temperatures and weather at birth. How does Mother Nature deal with that? Man is the grass coming!! How many acres do you think you cleared this past year? Spring Flush is nearly on you there in Missouri. Have another great year!!
God bless…..
our fescue snd cool plants here are about 6-12 inches.
We had 85 then next day 30-40’s
Sometimes we get the 4 seasons all in a day
Colorado, by some chance? Mother Nature says "hold my beer and watch this shit" around here!
Just starting to green up here in Michigan, happy grazing Greg!
We got our first calf on the 5th. Momma is Red Angus/South Poll, bred to a registered SP bull. I was sure hoping for a heifer to expand our herd, but alas, it was a bull. The rest of our SP crosses will be coming in May. I'm sure excited to see what our leased bull throws!
By winter 25-26, I hope to have way for you to deal with no rain. Need to test it first.
Really enjoy and look forward to your videos. Enjoy the Easter weekend. 💐🐇
I'm sorry but I missed the part where you said how to keep them from getting loose manure? I saw you added 1/2 bail of hay but I didn't see any of them eating it?
How do you keep coyotes from killing the baby calves?
We have no problems yet with coyotes killing our calves. The large cattle mob is pretty intimidating to a 60 lb coyote.
Half way through this meadow talk, I had a vision of a cartoon, perhaps by Gary Larson, where the cows say to one another, "Here comes Greg, jawin' again about how purdy we are."
Greg, how many pounds per acre do you average when you figure your cattle and sheep spread across all of your farms? Thank you for all of your videos, I learn a lot!
We are stocked at 1.8 acres per animal unit. One animal unit is equal to 1000 lbs.
Does your stocking rate of 1.8 acres per animal unit imply a year around rate? Thank you.@@gregjudyregenerativerancher
Yes, that is for a full year.
Beautiful view
I have question
Do you have guard dogs with the cows ????
And if so do you have them eat the placenta ??? And do you do same with sheep.
He most certainly has LGD's with his St Croix hair sheep. Look at his past videos, he's spoken on them many times. He's also got a unique feeder that follows with his herd, that allows the dogs to eat kibbles but keeps the sheep out.
Cows typically eat their placenta
Still to much snow where I am to start grazing
Spring is coming!!!
Just curious but how to do u keep track of what cow the calf is born to? Or do u even do that?
That’s why we ear tag them on the second day, so we can match the calf back to its mother. It would be a wreck if we didn’t identify the calf and mom, especially on cattle drives.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher listening to the what your tag number was on that calf, I didn’t hear you mention what part referenced the momma cow. Just just the year and what number in birthing order the calf was
Everyone of us in the farm keeps a calving chart booklet to record births. We also have it on our computer
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher gotcha. Thx!
Did I miss the part where you answered the question in your video title?
I believe he referenced keeping some hay by them to add roughage and firm the manure up while the grass is in the green, watery stage
The cows are getting a little dry matter of last falls winter stockpile with each bite of grass
This dry matter dilutes the super green high protein grass to where the cows don’t have the super runny manure
Beautiful little nugget, I watch a Rancher in Wyoming he's lost 5 calfs so far and has a very small herd. Giant cows Giant bulls ,no grass. Tons of debt I don't see it ending well.
That’s a shame, hope he can change his thinking around before it’s to late.
Greg, can you detail the backend side of your tracking system. I see a majority of the cows are double tagged but only numbered on one. And I heard in one video you said such and such calf was the 9th of the year based on it's number. Is there a way to number the calf to the mother's number? I've always let the vet tag ours but he doesn't do large animals anymore so I'm trying to learn a better / efficient method.
Does anyone know if Canada is still requiring proof of covid jabs before crossing the border?
In volume what do you think an average cow consumes a day in grass? Could you do a video comparing a good cow to a cull cow ignoring temperament?
Greg has covered that several times. Not sure if there's been any specific videos on it, but he's spoken several times on the traits he looks for.
I will do a specific video on that topic. Thanks for the suggestion!
A cow will average 3% of her body weight in forage consumption per day.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thank you.
Ahh spring, renewal of life!!
I ranch south of high prairie Alberta Id live for you to come check it out
Do you have tornado insurance on your herd?
No we do not
Ooo I’m Edmonton area!! Where will you be and how do I found out where it is?
I will be coming out with a video detailing all the various pasture walk workshops that I’m giving.
Question Greg, do you keep a dairy cow and chickens for personal use?
We get our pastures pork, milk, raw butter, eggs and pastured chickens from a young family that does a great job with those enterprises.
What's the tag number after 399?
3100, 3101, etc
A 50 - 60 lb. calf = easy calving which = easy on the calf and easy on the cow. A smaller, thrifty, fast gaining calf is what you want and is the norm in nature. Just look at bison and buffalo calves compared to their mothers.
Thanks for the video. I've got calves that just dropped and they don't seem to pay any attention to the polybraid. I have perimeter fencing so I'm not worried about them getting away or out on the road, but I would rather have them stay in the paddocks. Do you have a way you keep the little bitty calves in?
Don’t worry about them, they will grow out of that habit in a couple weeks.
That momma was eating grass like there was no tomorrow!
Grand Prairie?
Yes that is it.
Just lovely 😍
Hey Greg, when you cut a tree what do you put on the stump to keep it from coming back up?
Thank you!
-Colby and Jayne
We use 1 quart of Crossbow herbicide to 5 gallons of red diesel fuel. Mix it up in a five gallon bucket. Paint stump cambian bark area thoroughly within 3 hours of cutting tree. Be liberal with your painting action!
Greg: Does a 2 day old calf that eats grass ruminate? I'm a city boy.
The roughage that a calf eats helps get his digestive tract working.
Looks good Greg. How many acres are you giving the mob per day right now?
4 acres in the morning and 4 acres in the evening. 262 head.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher OK thanks. We, in Southern Missouri, are currently doing very similar with our mob.
Greg, maybe I missed this but I haven’t heard a reference to Grandma Cow. Is she still in the herd and carrying another calf?
Grandma cow left last year.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thanks. She had one heckuva run.
@@tenniswood8375 I had wondered as well. Thanks for the update. She had as good a production life as a cow could have, and better than 99.998% of the rest I'd venture. Red cows on green grass--could be a new t-shirt or hat design.
Grande Prairie.
This is the Garden of Eden.
For my cows with diarrhea, I use Imoooodium.
I do not know why some farmers here and in the USA calve in winter. It is more profitable and fun to work with nature and not against it.
Grande Praire I suspect
Greg as your UNOFFICIAL accountant you are NOT taking any vacation days in Canada and it is ALL work therefore all expenses are a tax right off 😜😂😂👍🏼
Thanks Tatertoddy!! You are correct✌️
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"Red cows on green grass". Amen.
I hope Canada isn't still requiring the jab 💉
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