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Offline oakranger

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Who has grazing land?
« on: May 04, 2009, 02:04:22 AM »
I know a few and want to see how many more ppl on AH also have cattle.

What breed u have?
What kind of operation? (cow/calf, heifers, stockers)
Year round or seasonal grazing?
How many heads? how many ace rs?
What kind of forage they grazed on? (native grass, cool season)

I asked because i am a rangeland management consultant in Kansas. 
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Re: Who has grazing land?
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2009, 04:15:48 AM »
Live on a farm, although it's not mine.
Stock is Aberdeen Angus and Limousin, both crossed with the Icelandic cow.
Due to the latitude, there is no cattle grazing to speak of from approx November to April.
Operation, - well it's a hobby sized operation really. I have cows to milk for the home and calves, as well as suckler cows and calves. Also buy calves to start on the excess milk. I have bulls when I need to, but also use Artificial insemination for the cows, and sometimes calves are also castrated. Heifers have their first calf here even if I plan selling them, - I get the calf.
Grazing....natural forage, as well as disbanded hayfields which are covered in clover. Harvest is a mixture of cloverfields and the excess products of sod production fields, - meadow grass (Poa) and Raygrass.
BTW, the Icelandic cow is a dairy cow, about the size of a Jersey. Here's an old one :D

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Re: Who has grazing land?
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2009, 04:28:49 AM »
W00t titties!!!
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Re: Who has grazing land?
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2009, 08:39:33 AM »
titties are good, so are them sheep at 12 O' clock.   
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Re: Who has grazing land?
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2009, 10:11:24 AM »
Is that a "cow bra" that she's wearing?  :)
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Re: Who has grazing land?
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2009, 10:18:51 AM »
Cow bra is the word yes.
Them udders so big on a short legged cow invites disaster, since the cow can step on them teats and tear them off when standing up. Not joking!
A secondary function is keeping the teats cleaner from i.e. mud. Mud dries them up so they become sore, and a pain there may bring you a kicking cow when you're milking.
Oddly enough, if you cross a cow like this with Aberdeen Angus, you will probably get a 1st generation that has all the Angus things on top, so it will almost look like a pure Angus cow. Cross two individuals of that generation together, and you get a mixture of individuals. Select and keep crossing for some 8 generations and you can pretty much have your own "line".
I am trying to build a white dual-purpose race. An Angus quarterbred (and Limousin as well) crossed with a special bloodline from the old multi-coloured Icelandic breed will give you white calves. I now have 4 heifers of such a stock.
Anyway, that's not the issue...
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Re: Who has grazing land?
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2009, 11:28:16 AM »
Anyone seen the cartoon about a bunch of barnyard animals that can talk.

One of the main *characters* is a male "cow" with an udder.

Freaks me right out.
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Re: Who has grazing land?
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2009, 11:42:45 AM »
Youtube link please !!!!!!!
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Re: Who has grazing land?
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2009, 12:52:46 PM »
This is the trailer to the movie...it is now a regular cartoon on Nickolodeon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2alaKxvH8E
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Re: Who has grazing land?
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2009, 02:39:37 PM »
that coat looks like a Limousin coat.  Ilike to see the whole cattle.  It look like a 1500-2000 lbs animal but i need refrence to compare it size. 
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Re: Who has grazing land?
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2009, 03:14:00 PM »
Quote from: Angus on May 04, 2009, 04:15:48 AM
Live on a farm, although it's not mine.
Stock is Aberdeen Angus and Limousin, both crossed with the Icelandic cow.
Due to the latitude, there is no cattle grazing to speak of from approx November to April.
Operation, - well it's a hobby sized operation really. I have cows to milk for the home and calves, as well as suckler cows and calves. Also buy calves to start on the excess milk. I have bulls when I need to, but also use Artificial insemination for the cows, and sometimes calves are also castrated. Heifers have their first calf here even if I plan selling them, - I get the calf.
Grazing....natural forage, as well as disbanded hayfields which are covered in clover. Harvest is a mixture of cloverfields and the excess products of sod production fields, - meadow grass (Poa) and Raygrass.
BTW, the Icelandic cow is a dairy cow, about the size of a Jersey. Here's an old one :D
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Holy Cow, That's utterly ridiculous! :O  Dang nice Cow bra bro. Playtex?   :lol

I was thinking about moving to North Dakota and buying some grazing land. But if I have to buy bras, girddles etc I don't think so. I have a real beef with that! :)
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Re: Who has grazing land?
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2009, 03:48:52 PM »
The "bra" is not needed with beef cows. LOL, I'd like to see you trying to get one on  :rofl
Anyway, old cows...it's a mammal. So is a human. How old is your lady?  :t
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Re: Who has grazing land?
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2009, 04:53:10 PM »
Quote from: Getback on May 04, 2009, 03:14:00 PM
Holy Cow, That's utterly ridiculous! :O  Dang nice Cow bra bro. Playtex?   :lol

I was thinking about moving to North Dakota and buying some grazing land. But if I have to buy bras, girddles etc I don't think so. I have a real beef with that! :)

If you are getting grazing land i am sure the cattle you will have are angus (red or black).  You should look into buffal too.  Great market for them too. 
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