Humane, quick, bloodless, drug-free and EFFECTIVE. These are all adjectives that should come to mind when discussing castration for your beef bulls. As beef cattle producers, castrating your bulls is just another part of the cattle raising process. Unless you are selling your bull calves intact or retaining them, you will need to castrate. Having the right tools for … [Read more...] about Beef Bull Castration: How to Use Castration Banders, including the Callicrate SMART Bander
Is That Cow Going to Calve Soon? – Signs of the Onset of Labor
Here on the farm, calving season is always an exciting time of year. Although we've been doing this for about a decade now, thinking our first calving season, we didn't know what exactly to expect. Of course, we certainly had a "vision" for our first calving season. We were realistic with knowing that it would not be all rainbows and unicorns but we certainly were not … [Read more...] about Is That Cow Going to Calve Soon? – Signs of the Onset of Labor