Mike CHS
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The steer had a bunch of corn so I can't claim pasture raised.
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Thanks for all your input/info/expertise SBC. Truly appreciated! Hope you're feeling well.
Sure you can Mike... pasture raised and grain/corn finished
Sounds like an ideal way to go to me... most growth put on by pasture then a little marbling added at the end for flavor enhancement. yum! Speaking of which, have you had a chance to grill up any of those rib eyes yet? You reported on the porterhouses... 
I can only imagine how good they must be...
GG I didn't have them fecal checked when I brought them home
I figured I'd wait a bit (couple of weeks) till after Dot had her kid, then time just flew past. I've got it scheduled ongoing from this point on. Next fecal will be next week. I'm going to do some calling around and see if I can find a vet who does actual EPGs. I need to have some sort of "baseline" for them so I can tell what's actually happening. I think I'm going to hold off on feeder pigs for a bit...
Trimmed hooves last night as we had rain most of yesterday afternoon. Ground is still wet from that and dew... back pasture needs mowing... again
Just got through cutting down some small sweet gum trees for the goats. They'd already had their morning grain and now they're out there, happy as goats with fresh produce After just 20 minutes outside (milking/feeding/lumber jacking) I came in soaked in sweat. Only 20% slight chance of poss rain/T-storms today but the humidity has to be in the 85%+ range right now and it's clouding up. Looked at the weather radar and there's an E/W line of strong T-storms on the east 1/2 of the LA/AR border stretching into MS... Nothing showing over/near me (yet?).
Sure you can Mike... pasture raised and grain/corn finished
Sounds like an ideal way to go to me... most growth put on by pasture then a little marbling added at the end for flavor enhancement. yum! Speaking of which, have you had a chance to grill up any of those rib eyes yet? You reported on the porterhouses... I can only imagine how good they must be...GG I didn't have them fecal checked when I brought them home
I figured I'd wait a bit (couple of weeks) till after Dot had her kid, then time just flew past. I've got it scheduled ongoing from this point on. Next fecal will be next week. I'm going to do some calling around and see if I can find a vet who does actual EPGs. I need to have some sort of "baseline" for them so I can tell what's actually happening. I think I'm going to hold off on feeder pigs for a bit...Trimmed hooves last night as we had rain most of yesterday afternoon. Ground is still wet from that and dew... back pasture needs mowing... again
Just got through cutting down some small sweet gum trees for the goats. They'd already had their morning grain and now they're out there, happy as goats with fresh produce After just 20 minutes outside (milking/feeding/lumber jacking) I came in soaked in sweat. Only 20% slight chance of poss rain/T-storms today but the humidity has to be in the 85%+ range right now and it's clouding up. Looked at the weather radar and there's an E/W line of strong T-storms on the east 1/2 of the LA/AR border stretching into MS... Nothing showing over/near me (yet?).
OneFineAcre
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But far less tasty
The two steers in my yard have been grain finished
greybeard
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Almost all US beef is 'pasture' or grass raised.
Then, finished on grain or some other feed.
I've had some beef that was "100% certified grass raised and grass finished".
I didn't care much for it, especially that yellow fat.
Mike CHS
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We have had several of the beef cuts and they have all been awesome. I slow cooked some of the beef ribs yesterday along with some pork ribs and the company we had left full and then some. I cooked up a bunch of meatballs for freezer meals and even the ground beef is awesome.
goatgurl
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well @Latestarter seems like you've got it under control now and that's what's important. just a shame about all that milk wasted. oh well, another life's lesson. they never end.
@Mike CHS in all the years I've raised beef for my personal use I raise them on grass with a scoop of feed now and then to keep them friendly and that was it. butchered them late summer/early fall at about 18 months of age and the meat has always been really good and tender. as @greybeard said most store bought beef is finished in a feed lot. ahh no thanks.
@Mike CHS in all the years I've raised beef for my personal use I raise them on grass with a scoop of feed now and then to keep them friendly and that was it. butchered them late summer/early fall at about 18 months of age and the meat has always been really good and tender. as @greybeard said most store bought beef is finished in a feed lot. ahh no thanks.
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So we had some rather flashy T-storms light off here around 2am this morning that lasted about an hour an 1/2. Then they fired back up around 7ish and hung around for another couple of hours. Managed to get Dot milked out just as a round of rain started. So they got their grain inside the hoop house this morning (They get fed after milking). The day turned out pretty hot and sunny as well as humid. After CC got her 2pm feeding, I staked Dot and Bang out on some fresh greens. April didn't want to leave the pen. So they both got several hours out eating fresh pasture salad.
Heard from my son and he and his family will be arriving here around the 15th and staying till the end of the month
Will be good to have them all here. He's looking forward to physical farm chores and I'm looking forward to having plenty of them for him So now I have to get this place cleaned up and put in good order before they arrive. 
Also have to do some grocery shopping and get stocked up for the grands. 
Aside from that, things are pretty much status quo. Hope y'all have a great Independence Day celebration, in whatever way you celebrate. Please be careful and don't get hurt!
Heard from my son and he and his family will be arriving here around the 15th and staying till the end of the month
Will be good to have them all here. He's looking forward to physical farm chores and I'm looking forward to having plenty of them for him So now I have to get this place cleaned up and put in good order before they arrive. Also have to do some grocery shopping and get stocked up for the grands. Aside from that, things are pretty much status quo. Hope y'all have a great Independence Day celebration, in whatever way you celebrate. Please be careful and don't get hurt!
Baymule
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That's great news about your son and family! I know you will have fencing material in his hands! 
Tomorrow we are staying home, inviting some neighbors over and staying off the roads. You stay safe too!
Tomorrow we are staying home, inviting some neighbors over and staying off the roads. You stay safe too!
CntryBoy777
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We got .7" of rain yesterday morning here, but nothing after that. Sure glad ya have some help and company for the last half of the month, maybe ya can have some good progress made there to make things a bit easier for the operation. I know ya will enjoy having the grands there. The only plans we have is to avoid the Heat. Hope ya have a good one, too.
Mini Horses
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He's looking forward to physical farm chores and I'm looking forward to having plenty of them for him
Send him HERE!!!!!
You need to share him Today -- I'm home and Soooooo need to clean house & mow fields....right now it's like TX, hot & humid. There's a hard choice here, as I'd rather sweat than clean house. If I could get that darned bushog connected by myself, it would be a decision made! Pasture is great until you can't get it eaten or cut. (LS problem, also)
Went to repair shop about the tiller that won't start (cord won't pull all the way) and he gave me some info on what would be the most likely thing to check based on my explanation --- will try what he suggested. Hope it helps, don't need yet another repair bill and it's always something
Happy 4th to everyone.
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