Greg and Jan discuss new bull breeding program.

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5 ай бұрын

Greg and Jan discuss new bull breeding program.
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@PremiumSouthPoll 5 ай бұрын

We've been doing this for years and it works really well for us and our operation. 👍

@alterityregenerativeranchi7947 5 ай бұрын

Yessssssss Jan we love these interviews. Thank you!!!!

@user-uh9kn7et6p 5 ай бұрын

We have been doing the same thing for 3 years now it works very well so I think we’ll have to go to 45 days to be able to keep keeping all our heifers

@emilmoldovan1789 5 ай бұрын

I guess this will work the best for you guys! Lovely video,very educational

@runningtfarmsnc 5 ай бұрын

I’ve been following you a long time! Always wondered why you calved for so long. We only do a 45 day breeding season. I think you’re going to love it once you get past the initial culling that happens the first couple of years. I’m sure with your reputation you won’t have any issues selling those fall calvers at a premium, and it’ll move your best genetics forward. Very smart move Mr Judy! Enjoy your content.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher 5 ай бұрын

It’s going to be nice, looking forward to it!

@danielphillips1094 5 ай бұрын

Doesn't that favor the cows with better genetics as far as reproduction? Since they didn't take early on when you put the bulls in. IIRC that is a big point that Jim Elizondo and Johann push.

@charleswalters5284 4 ай бұрын

@@danielphillips1094or epigenetics, which strongly influences fertility.

@marvinbaier3627 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! This will be nice to have them calf in a smaller window and you will know which animals that will have better fertility too.

@tommybounds3220 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video.

@happytomeetyou.3027 5 ай бұрын

You are changing your practice so your best bulls are only breeding the cow heard for 60 days so that the calves are born only in April and May to improve cattle drive effeciency, Is this correct ???? Love your videos and appreciate all you do.

@finbarosullivan4279 5 ай бұрын

U keep doing ur thing m8, love it ☘️👍🇮🇪🇦🇺

@tedbastwock3810 4 ай бұрын

Yes, Greg, seasons are defined by the relative position of the Earth and Sun, not by the past couple of days weather.

@savageairsoft9259 5 ай бұрын

Good brainstorming. It makes sense

@blubac 5 ай бұрын

Like this comment if you want more sheep videos.

@user-kv2pt4lu9y 5 ай бұрын

Goats, too!

@SolarSolaceFarms 5 ай бұрын

What percentage of your herd calve in the fall currently? That could be a big herd reduction… but they say it’s harder and more expensive to get the last 20% of your herd to calve in sync with the 80% that are doing what you want. In nature, they don’t take out the bulls, so a long time ago the fall calving cows were naturally selected by the “wolves” . God, the herd manager of the wild animals doesn’t have bills to pay, just an ecosystem to keep running! You are doing great work, by adapting to your own ecosystem.

@brianhoxworth3881 5 ай бұрын

I've recently seen many babies on the neighbors farms laying in the dirt.I was thinking, that sure is stupid. Luckily for them it's been a mild winter so far.

@joyceboyle3206 5 ай бұрын

Q: Kinda wonder why you haven't done this sooner? A: Because "that's the way we've always done it" 😅 It's gonna be great! Koodos to Isaac for his part in this and to you for trying something a young whipper-snapper suggested. 👍

@vonmajor 5 ай бұрын

Greg has always been open to inputs from his interns. You can always crop easily get locked in yours ways and may never ever get that Eurek🎉 moment that comes from someone else’s perspective. In effect you culture continuous improvement that does just that, improvement. I have found from watching Greg’s videos over the years good ideas some of which came from an inters idea. Some are very simple but significant like setting temp posts at an angle to keep the wire low and not being pulled out by upward tension when fencing in a ditch or depression in the layout of your paddock.

@ctsmith580 5 ай бұрын

Morning Greg!

@brettpayton6286 5 ай бұрын

So just curious Greg. Will the fall calfers ever change their ways an cycle during the summer so they can calf in spring?

@freedomfarmsny 5 ай бұрын

Love that hat!! Thank you!!!

@gregjudyregenerativerancher 5 ай бұрын

Go Freedom Farms in New York!!

@user-kv2pt4lu9y 5 ай бұрын

If you want to know which cattle are serviced vs which are not, tail paint before you put the bulls into the group. The green MarkHer tail paint stayed on best. You could do a weigh-in day and tail paint at the same time. We frequently touched up spray-on paint in our dairy herd. It rubs off when the female is mounted during estrus.

@bks7842 5 ай бұрын

Great idea! That awesome heard is going to get even better!!! How many cows will these six bulls be covering, 200 ish?

@jeaniepartridge6701 5 ай бұрын

Interesting!

@wholemadefarm 5 ай бұрын

I try to have 45 day breeding plan, and anything later I cull. Mainly because if 80% of the cows can breed back 85-120 days from calving, the ones taking longer are not my high fertility cows and I don't want those lower fertility cows in the herd. I managed this even when I ai'ed all my cows (but I've never had more than 50 :) ). One year I had the cows all calve in 10 days - that was a great calving year 😁

@janzetstra7915 5 ай бұрын

Hello mister judy, i have a question for u. If you where to put the bulls in for 60 days during the summer of 2024 like you did in 2023 and you dont put the bulls in december this year, wouldn’t that make the fall cows become spring calving cows? Only skipping a year with now calfs for some cows? Greetings for from the netherlands

@valeriestevens5250 5 ай бұрын

Good morning, Greg and Judy, and Happy New Year's! It seems that you made this video around Thanksgiving 2023, but you uploaded it in January of 2024 so when you say that you are going to sell the Fall calving cows "next year," are you talking about 2024 or 2025? Also, would Fall calving cows be a good fit farther south? Loved the video.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher 5 ай бұрын

They will be sold in June-July 2024. There are a lot of people that prefer fall calving over spring calving. That’s a whole video that I need to do explaining the advantages of each fall and spring calving.

@ReubenBen 5 ай бұрын

How far apart do you keep the bulls from the cows? I would imagine they would go through the wire to get to the cows.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher 5 ай бұрын

The bulls are on a farm 5 miles from the cows.

@flyhigh5056 5 ай бұрын

hmmm🤔 Videos from 4,5,6 years ago made more sense. 😁😁 😉 KZfaq changes everything.

@MrOrcslayer 5 ай бұрын

Would you raise White Park cattle, if you did not raise South Poll cattle?

@gregjudyregenerativerancher 5 ай бұрын

White Park breed is fine, just try to get the moderate frame ones. If you sell them at the sale barn, you may get docked because they don’t match with anything else there.

@MrOrcslayer 5 ай бұрын

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Ok thanks

@eltonmau7412 5 ай бұрын

Greg don’t you worry about line breeding? Turning all the cows in with the bulls couldn’t some moms get bred by their son, etc.?

@charleswalters5284 4 ай бұрын

The odds of any particular cow breeding with her son is over eight hundred to one,(assuming three quarters of the bulls are banded, which also means that three quarters of the cows don't even have a son in the herd), and any unhealthy ones are culled,so it's not an actual problem

@buckeyeranger6438 5 ай бұрын

👍☕️🍳🥓🧇🇺🇸

@user-uh9kn7et6p 5 ай бұрын

We have been doing the same thing for 3 years now it works very well so I think we’ll have to go to 45 days to be able to keep keeping all our heifers

@user-uh9kn7et6p 5 ай бұрын

We have been doing the same thing for 3 years now it works very well so I think we’ll have to go to 45 days to be able to keep keeping all our heifers