Great video! Funny and informative. I was scared to start grazing cows but you definitely helped alleviate a lot of that fear. Make the cows do their jobs. Good stuff. Also it seems the ND grazers have some stuff to teach is southerners ( Nebraskans! Lol)
Just one important thing Gary, you can’t starve profits in the cattle. They must get their nutrition, if you Wyntergrace you must be conscious of their nutrition intake and body condition at all times. 👍🏼
I am so glad to see this video! We also feed hay only when the snows deep. When dont have winter water when the creek freezes, they are fat and happy licking snow!
Beautiful cows brother. I believe the Good Lord placed in all animals the wisdom and knowledge to take care of themselves, we see it in nature all the time. What happens is man gets involved, such as playing with genetics for profit, and things just get messed up. Luv your comments about handouts. so very very true. The Bible tells us that a man who doesn't work doesn't eat. Pretty simple. Great job.
Ron Biggar It’s not a foolish question at all, it is a cut in Mark when the animal is quite young that makes a flap in the skin, the reason it is done is if your cows or cow gets in with someone else’s cows they are very easy to identify from quite a distance. It is a very old way of Identification. Thanks for your comments have you subscribed? If so let me know happy trails. Luke
Suburban, I'm glad to hear you're still around, thank you Marc for your support. I really do appreciate hearing the views of the folks watching. I'm glad you like the name. Thanks again Luke
I like that comment about the checks. Just like going to a national park. They say dont feed the bears because they become dependant on humans for food. Same for humans with the checks i presume, waiting for another handout.
Quiver, If you pay close attention to this video you might find something of interest in it. th-cam.com/video/DNT9ycKL8Bo/w-d-xo.html Thank you for your support.
Hi Luke, I used to run my cows in SE Montana on prairie grass in the winter without water as soon as there was enough snow on the ground for them to lick up. The only precaution I took was to feed none to only a limited amount of hay as it is so dry < 10% moisture and I was concerned they would plug up if it turned really cold and the moisture in the snow may not cover their moisture needs. In order to not have to feed hay when the snow got deep, I built a V shaped snow plow out of large planks and pulled it behind my team of horses or a tractor and it pushed the snow to the side and exposed the grass for the cows. I could plow enough in an hour to last them several days. Terry Johnson
Terry, That's a idea, never heard of people plowing snow for their cows,it would work. some friends of mine that winter graze here in North Dakota, only had to Feed some hay in 1997 and 2008, and only for a couple weeks. I always love to talk to people that are doing what people say cannot be done.
Yes that answers my question, I also try to winter graze and it seem to me that my lighter cows 850-1000 pounds fully mature seem to handle it a lot better than my 1200+ plus cows I have some in milk during the winter though but it seems like the smaller framed cows hold their bcs a lot better than the others when they are in milk. And winter grazing.
Jcy, Hands-down the smaller cattle do better. I observe the same thing. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment it means a lot. If you have ideas for other videos in the future please let me know. Thank you Luke
I have been looking at different ways of getting through the winter in South Ms. We don't have the minerals in the land that Texas and the northern states do. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
+Alan Davis Just start slow, I jumped right into winter grazing. In about drove me crazy. But what I realize my cows were doing well and I was stressing,, I begin to settle down about it.😂 Some great books are, no not to go broke ranching, kick that hay habit, ranching full-time on three hours a Day, all three 3 great starter books. Sure glad to have you onboard with the show. Stay in touch. Happy trails Luke
Awesome. Do you know or ever heard of Joel Salatin in Virginia? He’s writes about exactly what you are talking about. Working with nature instead of against it etc. thanks again
Thanks for watching Gabe, do you need my subscribers that are reading this, check out his channel you'll like him, good Christian man, and full of life. Luke
Hans I'll post a link to one of my videos that should give you an a good idea of how wifey cake.th-cam.com/video/DNT9ycKL8Bo/w-d-xo.html we use natural windbreak on that pasture. Thank you for your support it means the world to my family and I. Luke
Luke, what's about the average weight for your mature cows? What types of weening weights are you getting at 6-7 months? Or do you ween at a different time? Thanks
Jcy1117 I aim for a 1000 pound to 1100 pound cow, it's what I breed for, every bull 0n our operation comes from a cow a 1000lb to 1100 lb/with a three frame score. Very thick small high producing w/ low inputs. May 15 calving October I typically ween steers, generally speaking 500 pounds.if I yield over 500 pounds the cow generally Will call herself quickly, due to too much milk. this group of cows are young. Most of them are bred heifers.I hope that answers your question, if not I'll try to be more detailed. Thanks for watching hope the videos help. Luke
I'm in VT and don't know anyone who has been able to graze beyond December except for a few rare cases into January in the northern northeast. I can't figure out if this is because of stockpiled feed breaking down quicker in a wetter environment, too many animals per acre or just wrong mindset. I'd like to visit an operation that does to get some tips. Do you have any thoughts or acquaintances that do? Thanks for your videos.
+Marc I would look up a fellow by the name of Henry Meyer from flasher North Dakota. He's got a pretty good handle on it. Nother person you could look up is Gabe Brown from Mandana North Dakota. Gabe is extremely intelligent. He has more wisdom under his fingernails than I do with my complete make up of winter grazing knowledge. The man is purely genius. Well are very friendly and helpful. As you practice more and more it kind of comes to you. Being around like-minded people helps as well. Happy trails Luke
Thanks for the video Luke. I had been doing research on snow vs nose pump and couldnt bring myself to drop the dollars required to install a nose pump. Your point proved it - deer do it, elk do it so why not cattle. I'm based in canada - north of Toronto, so it gets pretty cold up here too. What do you do for shelter? I see that your pasture looks pretty open and from what I hear, cattle cannot handle wet and wind - they need something to bunker down in (tree line etc). Also - how much land are you grazing and how often do your cattle graze a certain area over the winter? Do you have enough land so they are only there once in the winter? Or do they come back to the same portion of stock pile more than once during the winter? Thank you for the video. Loved the scripture reference too. Cordell
Cordell, I'm glad you found it interesting, there's a lot to it I'm trying to make a series on winter grazing. If you can get a hold of holistic management in your area it would be good. If not there are classes in North Dakota here that you would be welcome to come. A lot of Canadians come. If cattle are winter grazing they do well off snow. I've heard tell if you feed them hey and expect them to eat snow they don't do well? I don't know on that. I was in Honduras for eight days so I was not able to get back to you right away sorry. I will send you a link to one of my videos that explains what I do for cake, I try to use natural terrain for Wind block. It does help them. Having the right type of genetic in your heard really does help for winter grazing. I cannot stress it enough I've had big cow do well as well, but my small thousand pound cows shine. Thanks again for watching if you have any questions please ask. Luke
did you just plan and start,or work later and later in winter grazing over a couple years? are you grazing any crop residue or all grass land. Do you have any knowledge of people getting 300 plus days in high moister area's. thanks for the video. Ezra
Ezra, Thank you for your support and leaving a comment.I will try to answer your questions. I closed my eyes held my breath and jumped in. : ) at first it drove me crazy, lots of snow lots of cold,that first year. Cows did great. It was harder on me than them. Primarily grass, I do some crop residue, crop residue works great as well. Some would argue even better. Where do you run cattle? If you send me your email address I will email you my phone number. If you would like to talk.
If you are ever interested in meat goats Suzanne Gasparatto is the best source I know of. She has supposedly great genetics, Texmaster or something. Just search her name and you'll see her Tennessee Meat Goats site. (I use her discussion group for my pet goat's health.) For Texas Long Horns, I'd check out Michael Bunker, the best selling author, and a brother in Christ. He's like a Mennotite-type Christian. I'm not sure of all the doctrine he subscribes to. I know he preaches out of the Bible, and is not some cult. He is also very good source of the old way of agriculture. I think he's right down your alley. I have legal sources, too, may God forbid you should ever need them: logosradionetwork.com. They're sorta Christian. Kinda light on the word, but many of the shows the people are deeply into the word. I've prayed for the great state of North Dakota and the fine work the people have been doing in getting wickedness out of the state. To my best knowledge of God's word, the judgement for the blood of those 51 million plus babies is coming upon America. Dave Daubenmire is the most active brother in Christ I know of that is dealing with that most critical problem of aborticide. The name of his group of Salt and Light Brigade. They just got back from Tennessee protesting sodomite marriage, being that it is illegal according to TN Constitution. You can join his email listing and pray for his work.
Great video! Funny and informative. I was scared to start grazing cows but you definitely helped alleviate a lot of that fear. Make the cows do their jobs. Good stuff. Also it seems the ND grazers have some stuff to teach is southerners ( Nebraskans! Lol)
Just one important thing Gary, you can’t starve profits in the cattle. They must get their nutrition, if you Wyntergrace you must be conscious of their nutrition intake and body condition at all times. 👍🏼
I am so glad to see this video! We also feed hay only when the snows deep. When dont have winter water when the creek freezes, they are fat and happy licking snow!
I agree with what you say about the cattle having to work for their food.
+Henrich Wiebe
No animal should starve, but we all should work for a living.
Beautiful cows brother. I believe the Good Lord placed in all animals the wisdom and knowledge to take care of themselves, we see it in nature all the time. What happens is man gets involved, such as playing with genetics for profit, and things just get messed up. Luv your comments about handouts. so very very true. The Bible tells us that a man who doesn't work doesn't eat. Pretty simple. Great job.
Might be a foolish question but what are the dangly bits hanging off some of their necks. Never knew a cow to have wattles lol.
Ron Biggar
It’s not a foolish question at all, it is a cut in Mark when the animal is quite young that makes a flap in the skin, the reason it is done is if your cows or cow gets in with someone else’s cows they are very easy to identify from quite a distance. It is a very old way of Identification. Thanks for your comments have you subscribed? If so let me know happy trails. Luke
nice to hear from you and I like the new name. allways like the videos and common sense. your friend ,marc from west falls ny
Suburban,
I'm glad to hear you're still around, thank you Marc for your support. I really do appreciate hearing the views of the folks watching. I'm glad you like the name.
Thanks again
Luke
I like that comment about the checks. Just like going to a national park. They say dont feed the bears because they become dependant on humans for food. Same for humans with the checks i presume, waiting for another handout.
Big Shue
Truth 😬
Hi great video. Just was wondering what the balls of hair and flesh are about under some of the cows jaw.
You said that you ship beef anywhere correct?
Also I was laughing when you were talking about cattle and free checks, haha, it really is true man.
T-quiver,
Sad but true, how things been on your end?
Luke
Quiver,
If you pay close attention to this video you might find something of interest in it.
th-cam.com/video/DNT9ycKL8Bo/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for your support.
Hi Luke, I used to run my cows in SE Montana on prairie grass in the winter without water as soon as there was enough snow on the ground for them to lick up. The only precaution I took was to feed none to only a limited amount of hay as it is so dry < 10% moisture and I was concerned they would plug up if it turned really cold and the moisture in the snow may not cover their moisture needs. In order to not have to feed hay when the snow got deep, I built a V shaped snow plow out of large planks and pulled it behind my team of horses or a tractor and it pushed the snow to the side and exposed the grass for the cows. I could plow enough in an hour to last them several days.
Terry Johnson
Terry,
That's a idea, never heard of people plowing snow for their cows,it would work. some friends of mine that winter graze here in North Dakota, only had to Feed some hay in 1997 and 2008, and only for a couple weeks.
I always love to talk to people that are doing what people say cannot be done.
Terry, thanks for your comments and support, I do very much appreciate it . Thank you
Luke
Yes that answers my question, I also try to winter graze and it seem to me that my lighter cows 850-1000 pounds fully mature seem to handle it a lot better than my 1200+ plus cows I have some in milk during the winter though but it seems like the smaller framed cows hold their bcs a lot better than the others when they are in milk. And winter grazing.
Jcy,
Hands-down the smaller cattle do better. I observe the same thing. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment it means a lot. If you have ideas for other videos in the future please let me know. Thank you
Luke
I have been looking at different ways of getting through the winter in South Ms. We don't have the minerals in the land that Texas and the northern states do. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
+Alan Davis
Just start slow, I jumped right into winter grazing. In about drove me crazy. But what I realize my cows were doing well and I was stressing,, I begin to settle down about it.😂
Some great books are, no not to go broke ranching, kick that hay habit, ranching full-time on three hours a Day, all three 3 great starter books.
Sure glad to have you onboard with the show. Stay in touch.
Happy trails
Luke
Awesome. Do you know or ever heard of Joel Salatin in Virginia? He’s writes about exactly what you are talking about. Working with nature instead of against it etc. thanks again
He is one of my biggest mentors, love that man. I needed to do a video of my greatest books.
God bless
Thats cool, Never thought of that. how animals survive in the wild when water if frozen
Thanks for watching Gabe, do you need my subscribers that are reading this, check out his channel you'll like him, good Christian man, and full of life.
Luke
Hi Luke how do you feed out the cake and do you use any wind brakes or are they just using the hills for that. Thanks good video.
Hans
I'll post a link to one of my videos that should give you an a good idea of how wifey cake.th-cam.com/video/DNT9ycKL8Bo/w-d-xo.html
we use natural windbreak on that pasture.
Thank you for your support it means the world to my family and I.
Luke
Luke, what's about the average weight for your mature cows? What types of weening weights are you getting at 6-7 months? Or do you ween at a different time? Thanks
Jcy1117
I aim for a 1000 pound to 1100 pound cow, it's what I breed for, every bull 0n our operation comes from a cow a 1000lb to 1100 lb/with a three frame score. Very thick small high producing w/ low inputs.
May 15 calving October I typically ween steers, generally speaking 500 pounds.if I yield over 500 pounds the cow generally Will call herself quickly, due to too much milk. this group of cows are young. Most of them are bred heifers.I hope that answers your question, if not I'll try to be more detailed. Thanks for watching hope the videos help.
Luke
I'm in VT and don't know anyone who has been able to graze beyond December except for a few rare cases into January in the northern northeast. I can't figure out if this is because of stockpiled feed breaking down quicker in a wetter environment, too many animals per acre or just wrong mindset. I'd like to visit an operation that does to get some tips. Do you have any thoughts or acquaintances that do? Thanks for your videos.
+Marc
I would look up a fellow by the name of Henry Meyer from flasher North Dakota. He's got a pretty good handle on it. Nother person you could look up is Gabe Brown from Mandana North Dakota. Gabe is extremely intelligent. He has more wisdom under his fingernails than I do with my complete make up of winter grazing knowledge. The man is purely genius.
Well are very friendly and helpful. As you practice more and more it kind of comes to you. Being around like-minded people helps as well.
Happy trails
Luke
Thanks for the video Luke. I had been doing research on snow vs nose pump and couldnt bring myself to drop the dollars required to install a nose pump. Your point proved it - deer do it, elk do it so why not cattle. I'm based in canada - north of Toronto, so it gets pretty cold up here too. What do you do for shelter? I see that your pasture looks pretty open and from what I hear, cattle cannot handle wet and wind - they need something to bunker down in (tree line etc).
Also - how much land are you grazing and how often do your cattle graze a certain area over the winter? Do you have enough land so they are only there once in the winter? Or do they come back to the same portion of stock pile more than once during the winter?
Thank you for the video. Loved the scripture reference too.
Cordell
Cordell,
I'm glad you found it interesting, there's a lot to it I'm trying to make a series on winter grazing. If you can get a hold of holistic management in your area it would be good. If not there are classes in North Dakota here that you would be welcome to come. A lot of Canadians come. If cattle are winter grazing they do well off snow. I've heard tell if you feed them hey and expect them to eat snow they don't do well? I don't know on that. I was in Honduras for eight days so I was not able to get back to you right away sorry. I will send you a link to one of my videos that explains what I do for cake, I try to use natural terrain for Wind block. It does help them. Having the right type of genetic in your heard really does help for winter grazing. I cannot stress it enough I've had big cow do well as well, but my small thousand pound cows shine. Thanks again for watching if you have any questions please ask.
Luke
did you just plan and start,or work later and later in winter grazing over a couple years? are you grazing any crop residue or all grass land. Do you have any knowledge of people getting 300 plus days in high moister area's. thanks for the video. Ezra
Ezra,
Thank you for your support and leaving a comment.I will try to answer your questions.
I closed my eyes held my breath and jumped in. : ) at first it drove me crazy, lots of snow lots of cold,that first year. Cows did great. It was harder on me than them.
Primarily grass, I do some crop residue, crop residue works great as well. Some would argue even better.
Where do you run cattle?
If you send me your email address I will email you my phone number. If you would like to talk.
+Back to the Basics 101 ezra.spruce.glen@gmail.com
Thank you
Curious about the hanging sack under the chin?
It’s called a waddle or a dewlap, it’s for identification of cattle.
It’s a cut in mark.
Happy trails
Luke
If you are ever interested in meat goats Suzanne Gasparatto is the best source I know of. She has supposedly great genetics, Texmaster or something. Just search her name and you'll see her Tennessee Meat Goats site. (I use her discussion group for my pet goat's health.)
For Texas Long Horns, I'd check out Michael Bunker, the best selling author, and a brother in Christ. He's like a Mennotite-type Christian. I'm not sure of all the doctrine he subscribes to. I know he preaches out of the Bible, and is not some cult. He is also very good source of the old way of agriculture. I think he's right down your alley.
I have legal sources, too, may God forbid you should ever need them: logosradionetwork.com. They're sorta Christian. Kinda light on the word, but many of the shows the people are deeply into the word.
I've prayed for the great state of North Dakota and the fine work the people have been doing in getting wickedness out of the state. To my best knowledge of God's word, the judgement for the blood of those 51 million plus babies is coming upon America.
Dave Daubenmire is the most active brother in Christ I know of that is dealing with that most critical problem of aborticide. The name of his group of Salt and Light Brigade. They just got back from Tennessee protesting sodomite marriage, being that it is illegal according to TN Constitution. You can join his email listing and pray for his work.
You have a pet goat?
Back to the Basics 101 Yes.