Cow with calf to thinI think ?

[greybeard]

Well, I don't know about "knowledgeable"..and I don't consider myself a 'cattleman' either. I'm just someone that has cows, been around 'em most of my life, and probably always will have them. A good year is one I don't lose any $ on 'em--a great one is one I make a little. Most years are just good years. I know much more about forages than I do about cattle and their ailments--never had much problem with 'em as long as I kept the pastures in pretty good shape, vaccinated and practiced good parasite control. Cattle are just mowin machines and amazingly efficient at what they do--and they really rarely have problems compared to other livestock. I've heard lots of people over the years say it, and I believe it and try to practice it:
We're grass farmers first--livestock owners second.

 

[foot]

Great stuff We have only been with these Mini Zebu for five years now and have found them easy to maintian with the exception of this on great little cow. She does throw beautiful calves with ease and is really easy to handle. Before the Zebu we had meat goats and I tell you they were alot of work every day. We love the cattle. We dont have a ton of land so the mini's worked well for us. We would love to learn more about pasture management in this area. We seeded with Bahia last year and felt we had pretty good pasture this year. We were getting ready to lime the pastures and usually sow some rye a little later to give them all some green year round. Any tips will be appreciated. We are new to the south and learning everyday. and GreyBeard tell us about the Chinese Tallow. We have one on the front of our property. Dont know where it came from it was just there one day. It is not very big and is a very pretty tree but alot of people say it is really bad news. Why?? Oh here Is a picture of the little calf that I said I would post

 

[greybeard]

Nice looking calf and does look healthy.

As far as tallow trees----I've diluted and deflected this thread from the original subject too much already. I'll try to get time tomorrow to start a new thread in the proper section and we can discuss invasives and how to (try) to control them, tho from my experience in the past, there isn't much appetite here at BYH for talking about herbicides. We'll give it another shot tho.