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@@cobococreek1224 thanks for comment - agreed on all points! We just put a pretty big pond in last week. Gonna do video soon.

@@Haakonson55 hello ! I think the short answer would be it depends. When I had a purebred red poll bull here two years ago I had a few calves around the 60lb mark. I would suggest if you go the red poll route to find a smaller framed bull that produces smaller calves. There can be quite the difference within each breed.

@@IanMacInnis-z3h thank you Ian!

@@paulkaufmann8130 good question, couple reasons would be 1) I don’t have the time and (2) the organic matter that’s it the mature grass will end up in the soil one way or another whether it’s chopped by a mower or trampled by hooves or pushed down by snow. I noticed that mature grass like that helps hold air in the snow pack and acts like an insulated blanket during the winter. Reduces winter kill and gets the grass growing earlier in spring. I’m not against using the bush hog but I would prefer to do it closer to the end of June. Theres alot of slow growing late season forages that are growing right now that would be impacted at this stage.

@@ryanforbes3021 yes that steer has really filled out since they went out on grass.

@@raysilver2b I’ve heard several similar stories.

@@georgecarlin2656 yes you are correct in those observations. Am I managing this to its full potential, no. I’m watching Greg Judy’s updates on his channel, his crew is moving their mob of cattle 3 times a day and doing a much better job of keeping the grass in a vegetative state. I had between 30-80 cows here grazing over the past five years. I wasn’t happy with the residual left over the past few years and I noticed the spring flush had declined the past two years so I’ve decided to change things up for a season.

@@tomtompkins5856 interesting that’s what I found as well. Typically this pasture gets grazed in early June on the first pass, 8 weeks later this year. Lots of goldenrod but I’m not gonna worry too much.

@@nicholasmacinnis1486 did you get a red poll bull?

@@tomtompkins5856 no I didn’t. I’ve decided to keep one of my own bulls ( half red poll, half Hereford). He’s really turned into a solid animal and he’s out of my best cow, so gonna bred those genetics back into herd.

@@nicholasmacinnis1486 I like the look of the red poll hereford crosses you have.

@@tomtompkins5856 I’m quite happy with them. I’d like to get a couple more Herefords to breed to my bull,

@@user-oz2bc6cz7b slowly build the herd and make a profit

@@druwright factor your processing costs into your sales price.

@@alvinjharris5230 thank you!

@@landlustacres7475 good question , I wouldn’t say necessarily because they aren’t large animals compared to a lot of other breeds. If I was running a larger herd of pure red polls I would just keep an eye out for the cows that are taking 4+ cycles to breed back.

@@landlustacres7475 I heard someone say once in regards to hunting dog breeds and I think it applies well to cattle… there’s as much difference within breeds as there is between different breeds. I plan on getting a red poll bull at some point in next year or two, I really like them for my type of operation.

@@nicholasmacinnis1486I used a red poll bull for the first time last year (the calves were fantastic this spring), I really like the breed but the possibility of increased milk production gives me pause. Also I found some of the bulls I looked at to be a bit leggy for my liking, not enough to put me off but enough that I made sure to choose the shortest legged one.

@@nicholasmacinnis14864 cycles to breed back might get her culled in my herd.

@@landlustacres7475 good thinking, I had bought two heifers initially and one never thickened out, she was quite leggy so I butchered instead of breeding. Tasted good but looked like it had too much dairy influence for my liking.

@@fenboatesbishop9901 thanks Fen!

@@user-kv2pt4lu9y exactly

@@user-kv2pt4lu9y absolutely

Thank you for watching! I will keep updating on the sheep for sure

Yes they do ! You need to manage them in a way so that you don’t over graze their preferred species ( forbs).. few strategies available to get there. I’ll discuss in another video.

It’s quite the sight to see, watching animals eat vegetation that most folks would consider junk. Where abouts are you? New Brunswick maybe?

@@nicholasmacinnis1486we are just north of Dawson Creek BC, so we’re a ways away. But we also run a herd of mixed cows with a heavy red poll influence and use a pure bred red poll bull.

@@landlustacres7475 oh nice .. I like the red polls a lot for this type of management. Good tasting beef too off the steers

Not sure TBH. Best to check with locals.

Thank you … just for clarification, total grazing is essentially the total removal of forage ( several times a year) followed by a year of rest? Similar to what that Hobbs fella on instagram promotes? Ironically I did that somewhat by accident and I did see tremendous improvements

Yup!

I just went back through a few videos and couldn’t find it… there’s an awful lot of them to sift through lol. It was definitely in the past 3 months, he was at the leased farm he has with the barn near the road if it’s any help.. the context of the video is this - someone with 18 head on 25 acres called looking for a bull. I’m guessing what most guys would consider a FT income would be closer to $50k

@@nicholasmacinnis1486 yeah he never really talks details about the economics of it. He always says, “well it varies depending on location”. I think we all understand it varies but it would be nice to hear actual real world scenarios. Maybe you can do a video as you grow?

@@jhost0311 when I have some time later in the summer I’m going to put together a couple recorded presentations on this subject. Not to put words in his mouth, but I expect that Greg’s definition of “making a living off the land” would be a farm that produces between $50k and $70k…. Essentially you’re looking at farm revenue north of $150k per year to get there.

Yeah makes sense. What’s your avg profit per cow? Like $1500-$2000?

@@jhost0311 that seems high. Depends on the animal, if I’m buying 700lb steers and raising them for 12 months and then butchering / direct selling I think the profit is closer to $750 per head.

Thank you!

Thank you! Sorry to hear about the drought…. We went through one in 2022, needless to say I learned some tough lessons on stocking rates

Hmm not sure I mentioned anything on color.

@@nicholasmacinnis1486 Listen to minute mark at 4:50.

@@patrickruiz7963 oh .. I actually said “ culling “

@@nicholasmacinnis1486 Ah - now that makes sense. I agree with you. What are your thoughts on the breed Charolais?

@@patrickruiz7963 I’ve custom grazed alot of them over the years. A little big for my liking but there are a lot of nice ones out there. Depends on what you’re hoping to do and your local markets.

Thanks for watching!

Hey Dominic , not selling at the market this year. We’re doing a 12 week CSA this year instead … 9 month old baby on our hands so had to cut out a couple things lol

@@nicholasmacinnis1486 fair enough!

Thanks Dominic !

Yes we are on the drier side as well.. had about 40mm of rain two weeks ago which helped, before that the rivers were at July/ August levels.

@@nicholasmacinnis1486 thats more rain than we've had lately. We've had close to half an inch over 3 showers in the last couple of weeks

Yup that’s very true. I’ve custom grazed a few cattle over the years that were on the aggressive side. Not fun!

I have been a member in the past, there wasn’t an active group in my province ( Nova Scotia) until this year. I’ll join again as a member for sure.

For nova Scotia climatology region

Yes Alderson high increase nitrogen, they tend to finally die off around 40 plus years to give way to another tree species

Damn autocorrect Alders ... high ....

Good question, I think there’s a lot of variables that you need factor into that equation. Depends on what you’d like to do with the property, 5-10 acres is probably enough for someone looking to improve forest ecology / economic value in terms of producing your own firewood for example.

Thank you butch !

Well we just went through the toughest three weeks of weather I’ve went through in five years of raising cattle. -19 temps on a few occasions and high winds, plus 3 feet of snow in a three day blizzard. I have some wind breaks set up near a mature spruce tree windbreak. The cattle really never seemed to be uncomfortable, kind of remarkable really. One of the keys is to have lots of hay to feed them. I’m going to make a video very soon on dealing with blizzards.

@@nicholasmacinnis1486 thank you!

Hi Karl - my email is macinnis.nicholas@gmail.com

@@nicholasmacinnis1486 thanks Nic

Thank you for the comment!

Thanks for comment - these are predominantly Red Poll cattle. A British breed originating around 1800 I believe, developed from Red Devons and a couple other breeds.

I have a mix of British breeds, Herefords, Beef Shorthorns, Red Devon and Red Poll cattle. My preference would probably be the Red Poll. A lot of my cows were sired by red poll bull. I’ve got a few videos up on the channel about them.

Epigenetics … exactly. I underestimated its importance when I started. You must be starting to see some big changes in your herd and flock now George versus a few years ago

@@nicholasmacinnis1486 it is apparent in all the ewe lambs, larger and more hardy than our original ewes we purchased.

@@georgeheller2281 crazy isn’t it. The last two years my lamb crop has been far superior to the earlier ones. I also culled a lot.

Thanks Dom! You guys dodged the bullet on this one lol

Yes that was nice of them to feature one of my photos on the cover.