Grass Pictures

[randiliana]

With cows added in of course. This is the best our grass has looked in a long time. These pics are near Mortlach, Sk (close to Moose Jaw) but our grass here at home looks pretty similar. We are, from what I understand, one of the wettest areas in the province. That is pretty unusual for us, we are usually in the driest area......

Cows 'n calves lazing in the grass.




The shade trees.....


Bull's not too busy today


Some of the heifer calves




This one might be my favorite, that is her mama in the background of the above photo.


Or, maybe this one is my favorite

[randiliana]

Some steers
Old cows can still have darn good calves, this one's mama is 11 years old.


And, so can young cows, this one's mama is a 2 year old

[Trisha in WA]

Beautiful cows AND grass! I think that 109 is my fave! Very cute!
Thanks for posting your pictures.
Trisha

[frazzlehead]

Woohoo! Guess you won't need access to the gov't land they've made available... glad to see your grass is doing so well and feeding up those nice calves!

Bit dry in our area, but not too terrible so far. still crossing fingers for a good hay crop.

[ksfarmer]

Nice cattle. That hereford bull looks like a good one. Are all your bulls hereford?

[agmantoo]

randiliana
I enjoyed the pics and am glad the season is going great for you. I have a couple of questions. With the amount of range you obviously have do you fertilize your pastures? Is there a reason for the variety of cattle breeds that you have? The frame size on your cattle appear much larger that what I produce. With having to feed hay for an extended duration would not small cattle be more efficient? I realize we live in different worlds when it comes to cattle production and I would just like to know more about yours and possibly learn something that may help me in my venture. Thanks

[Jackie]

HA! When I opened the pictures I thought "Gee! That sure looks like Saskatchewan and just about every cattle herd around here."

I really need to learn which posters are my 'neighbors'.

[randiliana]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Frazzlehead, nope, we are good for grass. Don't need any govt grass, in fact, I hadn't heard about that.

ksfarmer, he is the only hereford bull we have right now. The others are all Angus with one Angus/Simm bull.

Agmantoo, we do not fertilize the pastures, short of spreading any manure from the corrals on the land we have near home. The pasture in the pic only gets the natural fertilizer that the cows make.

We are running Angus (red and black), Hereford and Shortorn crossed cows. One of the main reasons is of course, heteosis from the cross breeding. The other is to keep both me and DH happy. The shorthorns keep me happy, and the hereford/angus keep DH happy.

The frame size of our cattle is between 5 and 6, our average cow weighs in the neighbourhood of 1200-1250 lbs, and they top out at about 1350 lbs, so I don't think they are too terribly big. Smaller cows may be more efficient but, they generally don't raise the type of calf that the market is looking for. All the steer calves go to market in the fall, and I find that 600+ lb calves are more what the buyers are looking for. A 1000 lb cow has a hard time raising a 650 lb calf as a general rule.

[Bret]

Purple Ribon cattle and pasture. Good work.

[frazzlehead]

Here's the article I was referring to:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewa...land-open.html

"Saskatchewan moved Friday to alleviate concerns of cattle ranchers facing dry conditions by opening up some 100,000 acres of wildlife land to livestock grazing.

"Opening these lands to cattle producers will give them much-needed access to pasture land for their livestock," Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud said in a release.

The lands are owned by the province and are used to promote wildlife habitats."

Happy to see you are not needing it, but also glad it's there for those who do.

[randiliana]

Thanks Bret.

frazzlehead, thanks for the link. The comments are quite interesting to read. It amazes me how people who have no knowledge of the situation think that they know everything...

[topside1]

What a spread, thanks for your time and awesome photos...I visited your town's homepage, neat place...Topside