Mistakes to Avoid with Grass-Fed Cattle Beef
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2024
- A walk through the herd, looking at how we finish beef.
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Thanks for the video Russ. You have the best grazing videos on UA-cam. I appreciate the real world applicable information.
I really appreciate that! Thank You!!
My first visit to your channel. It’s plain to see you are a gentleman and a knowledgable or considered one at that. Enjoyed this discussion of mistakes to avoid with grass finishing. Subscribed from SW corner of Michigan. Thank you.
Thanks for stopping by!!!!
The cows look really good. Thank you for the explanation of what finishing is, how it is done, and how to tell when an animal is finished.
Thank You!
Your herd and pastures are looking good. Good to see Walker again. The beard is looking good. Be safe out there, farmer rod
Thanks, you too!
Hi Russ Im a new subscriber and new to cattle farming….good looking cows…what breed are these? Thank you!
Thanks for subscribing! My cows are mostly Purebred Black Angus bred. They are bred to not need a hole bunch of inputs. The are a carefree group of animals.
Nice to see some animals that are actually fat on grass before being harvested. 95% of so called grass finished animals aren't.
Such a difference between managed grass finish and here animal survive on this terrible pasture for the summer and then I will put up or buy the cheapest lowest quality feed I can.
That's one of the big problems grass finished beef has everyone finishes differently. In the grain finishing world they have grades of beef. I think there should be grades for grass finishing. Thanks for watching!
@RussWilson , so many are grassFED; few are grass FINISHED. Glad to see content again. I know you're busy.
I've never seen anyone setup a paddock from a utv, pretty cool! I use an atv but have considered a utv for winter. I'm a bit reluctant to teach my herd to go under the poly wire but I see lots of people doing it. I personally think it teaches the trouble makes how to move on their own not to mention the calves. lol
I think your herd looks good.
Question. We offer Redmonds mineral salt and this year we added Redmonds conditioner. In previous years pinkeye has been a battle but this year not a single case of it. I've read if the cows PH is correct flies will not be a concerns when it comes to pinkeye. Do you think the conditioner is keep the PH at the right place to avoid pinkeye?
We switched to hubard blue print series mineral. Not cheap but side by side they went to that mineral before the other stuff.
We sell direct, quality inputs make for quality outcome.
Apple cider vinegar can help with PH and gut health.
I have heard grazing too much legume can contribute to pinkeye as they get too much nitrogen in blood. Not sure what the conditioner does we have used it also occasionally we always use the Redmond salt. I use Agri dynamics minerals from PA have clay in it which I believe is similar to the conditioner plus the have a complete mineral mix with the clay. I have had pinkeye in a previous year but none this year
I was a little worried letting them go under the fence. Been doing it for over a year we love it speeds things up a lot.You would think so but it does. The redmond conditioner is mostly bentonite clay which ties up toxicons and reduces acid in the rumen lowering the ph. I do think ph has something to do with some pinkeye out breaks. Which could be considered a stress event = low immune repose allows for sickness. THanks for watching!! Hope that value is working well.
I checked out the Hubbard blueprint minerals it has about double the micros as redmound. So that should help with deficiencies. To my knowledge it is not available in my area. Thanks for watching!
It's a Hubbard product. But the cool part was we started using it and then we use the lick tubs in the winter. We had some really good luck with it the system that made beautiful animals. When we tried to feed some of the old mineral back the cows said no
Small world there's a Hubbard representative that came to our Cattlemen's meeting and he explained why the blueprint series works so well. If I listen to him without using the product I'd be like oh boy here comes another sales pitch. But after using the product and then hearing him talk about it you're like oh that makes sense
Morning
Good Morning Todd!!!
The greater variety of forage species, the greater the bioavailable nutrients the animals intake. Also the animal will be more nutrient dense for the human who eats the animal.
Nailed it! 👊Thanks for watching!!
When a ewe is fat when I wean her lambs, I suspect that she hasn't been working hard enough. I don't subscribe to the concept a couple of you tube grazing gurus promote that animals should be fat year around.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! It's always great to hear different viewpoints others livestock management.
I agree ENTIRELY! They talk about following nature, but then pick and choose what they follow. Animal condition SHOULD vary across the year.
Russ, are you arguing that no animal that gets hoof rot or pink-eye is good as breeding stock?
Thank you for your question and for supporting the channel! I’ve learned over the years not to engage in arguments online, as it’s hard to resolve anything that way. But to address your question: As a breeder, it’s crucial to cull the herd effectively to ensure that only 100% sound animals remain. I do cull for conditions like pinkeye and foot rot. For example, I've culled two cow lines due to pinkeye and one due to hoof rot. This strict culling process has resulted in a strong, healthy group of animals, and I haven’t had any vet bills in the last ten years. I hope this answers your question!
@@RussWilson Thank you. My interest isn’t in arguing. I don’t have an edified opinion. Too new. Yet earnest about the good of our animals and who we offer them to.
We raise breeding stock. This is our sixth year. Until this year we’ve never had either hoof-rot or pink-eye. Still haven’t seen a vet.
Today we’ve got hoof and eye issues. The hoof-rot is all over. Nine cases. Neighbours have a lot of it too. In our herd, each genetic line is unrelated. Neither the hoof-rot nor the pink-eye seems to follow family connections.
If that is the case of no family ties. Maybe environmental problems? A few years ago we kept a dink calf that was not worth anything to sale. So we figured we would just feed it out. That little bugger got pinkeye and gave it to half of the herd. So it's not always 100% genetic. But we still don't sell those animals for breeding stock. Our last case of footrot was when we had the herd in on cement for most of the winter. That also was the last time the vet was in as well. I feel for you both foot rot and pink eye can be very frustrating! The good thing it is very treatable.