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Here’s the latest on Richard and Tina’s online and in-person schools coming up! Online Proper Livestock Marketing; January 13-March 13 [registration closes on January 10!] In person Marketing and Stockmanship school; February 27-March 1; Bolivar, Missouri [early-bird special pricing until January 27] In person Marketing and Stockmanship school; March 29-April
As this topic often comes up in questions and Facebook posts about stockmanship, I thought it was time to share some more information about the Bud Box. The Bud Box is a philosophy rather than a set of dimensions. People usually don’t have any problems getting animals to “break back”
Kit Pharo of Pharo Cattle Company consulted with my daughter and son-in-law (Tina and Richard) to write a very good one-page article about stockmanship. It’s very difficult to summarize something this big, but they did a great job. Read the full newsletter here.
Question: I am in need of some direction. I am in northwest Colorado and we recently have had a pack of wolves move in to the area. We run mother cows and grass cattle. The grass contract cattle we receive come primarily out of feedlots. I have been informing myself about
Question: Hi Eunice- I have a question that came up from a rancher wondering about stockmanship and wolves. I encourage him to re-kindle the herd instinct etc. but a question came up about calving in wolf country. Its fairly normal for a cow to move away from the herd to
I have been working intensively with a group of 4 cows, doing ovum pick up. The cows are in a larger group of about 25. Every time I work with them, I have to gather and sort. I then put my 4 cows through the chute, and perform prep/procedures that
I bought the 18-hour Stockmanship video several years ago and it has made all the difference in my operation. . . The ability it gave me to operate with less overhead was probably the difference between success and failure. Just wanted you to know how much it helped me. Thanks
North Central Oklahoma. Looking for person(s) to fill ranch position! Job will be mainly working with/ straightening out high risk freshly weaned calves and caring for them. Good stockmanship and horsemanship and/or desire to learn is required! Prefer willing Attitude and motivation over experience. Occasionally help ranch crew with other
Question: Bud mentioned on several occasions the animal’s desire to circle. Does this occur mainly when the animal is confined or feels unable to escape or would it occur in wide open spaces as well ? Answer: An animal will circle anything it feels uneasy about. In this way, it
Dear Eunice … He is ten months now, has lived in the calf barn all his life [previously Jake told me that he and the kids often played with the pup and he was well socialized] but I never let him get away on me to chase them, he sniffed
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