Cattles by nature are vegetarians. Their teeth are designed to eat green. Their digestive system process all the goodness of the green and this is how meat has lots of nutrients. Can you see the cattle enjoying their sweet tasting the green? Need a good, round healthy diet? Start by being a vegetarian, and savour a delicious grass-fed beef burger. Thank you, Greg Judy, for this beautiful video.
Greg would probably recommend something that works well in your environment. The belted gallow comes to mind, but just because I hear it originates in Scotland. But I think they are a pretty large framed animal.
belted galloway are more a hill cow i dont think theyre large framed at all most of the native breeds are good larger continental breeds are usually bigger and give more problems
In the USA, the Galloways are large framed. Except the mini belted Galloways that were marketed for hobby farmers. In the US, bigger is better! Especially in the beef world,where huge cattle have been actively promoted since the 1970s.
In the land of grass, there has to be a native breed that is suited to your climate, a breed that was developed without the use of grain. Or you can choose one from England, if you can find bloodlines that have not been 'upsized' and adapted to high grain diets. If all else fails, the Lowline Angus, developed in NZ fro 100% Aberdeen Angus stock, should work great.
If bulls and steers are always much larger than cows, then how do you consistently get the cow to be around 1,000 pounds? Are you culling the males? Or in this breed are the males around the same size? In rotational grazing, Mr. Judy and others consistently say that you want them to be less than 1,000 pounds, but I don't understand how you do that if half are steers?I thank everyone in advance for their help.
When they say "cow" they just mean the female cows, excluding the steers and bulls that would pull the average weight up. It all comes down to how you pick your breeding stock. Sure, if you focus only on calf size then you'll select for larger and larger cows, but if you focus on smaller heifers from small cows by sires known for maternal traits rather than terminal carcass traits you should stay small.
But im aslsdow lookin into fleckvieh cattle wich is a dairy breed of simental now yes they are a bigger cow (1400lb) but she will feed 3 calves and a freind of mine does yave cows who will tripple suck calves but again a bugger animal
In theory thats a great idea, one cow feeding 3-4 calves, but not many cows will feed a calf that isn't hers... Thats why most grazers prefer a smaller cow, smaller cows eat less so we can have more head, more cows equals more calves. A lot of the graziers here in WI cross breed Swedish red, Fleckveih, jersey, montebillieard and holstein and the outcome is a cow that lasts a long time that milks well
Cattles by nature are vegetarians. Their teeth are designed to eat green. Their digestive system process all the goodness of the green and this is how meat has lots of nutrients. Can you see the cattle enjoying their sweet tasting the green? Need a good, round healthy diet? Start by being a vegetarian, and savour a delicious grass-fed beef burger. Thank you, Greg Judy, for this beautiful video.
I’m Montagnard indigenous I love cow , love to have one here in North Carolina for my pet .
Is it me, or that pasture is grazed really low?
Samuel Desjardins exactly what I thought when I watched this
Hi Greg i live in ireland and we dont have south pole cattle here what would u recomend insted of them
Greg would probably recommend something that works well in your environment. The belted gallow comes to mind, but just because I hear it originates in Scotland. But I think they are a pretty large framed animal.
belted galloway are more a hill cow i dont think theyre large framed at all most of the native breeds are good larger continental breeds are usually bigger and give more problems
In the USA, the Galloways are large framed. Except the mini belted Galloways that were marketed for hobby farmers. In the US, bigger is better! Especially in the beef world,where huge cattle have been actively promoted since the 1970s.
In the land of grass, there has to be a native breed that is suited to your climate, a breed that was developed without the use of grain. Or you can choose one from England, if you can find bloodlines that have not been 'upsized' and adapted to high grain diets. If all else fails, the Lowline Angus, developed in NZ fro 100% Aberdeen Angus stock, should work great.
@@Jefferdaughter to be honest theres only 4 breeds of native cattle all of witch are rare and slow growing
If bulls and steers are always much larger than cows, then how do you consistently get the cow to be around 1,000 pounds? Are you culling the males? Or in this breed are the males around the same size? In rotational grazing, Mr. Judy and others consistently say that you want them to be less than 1,000 pounds, but I don't understand how you do that if half are steers?I thank everyone in advance for their help.
When they say "cow" they just mean the female cows, excluding the steers and bulls that would pull the average weight up. It all comes down to how you pick your breeding stock. Sure, if you focus only on calf size then you'll select for larger and larger cows, but if you focus on smaller heifers from small cows by sires known for maternal traits rather than terminal carcass traits you should stay small.
Not to mention, a bigger framed cow eats more, but still only feeds one calf!
Im looking into red poll wich would be ur 1000 lb cow (500kg) and are capiable of feeding 2 calves and they still throw a beef calf
But im aslsdow lookin into fleckvieh cattle wich is a dairy breed of simental now yes they are a bigger cow (1400lb) but she will feed 3 calves and a freind of mine does yave cows who will tripple suck calves but again a bugger animal
In theory thats a great idea, one cow feeding 3-4 calves, but not many cows will feed a calf that isn't hers... Thats why most grazers prefer a smaller cow, smaller cows eat less so we can have more head, more cows equals more calves. A lot of the graziers here in WI cross breed Swedish red, Fleckveih, jersey, montebillieard and holstein and the outcome is a cow that lasts a long time that milks well
LVF & Northern Wisconsin Farming what breed of cattle do u run
eoin keane Black Angus, simmental crosses. I breed with smaller framed bulls
These herd is not relaying on these grass you feed them other things .
It is very clear from their bodies .
Greg has fat cows on grass
And so should you