Low Stress Livestock Management of South Poll Cattle

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8 ай бұрын

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@johnchism 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the good information, your channel is a help to me on u little ten-acre homestead.

@cindiwatson5415 8 ай бұрын

So nice to have help like that. Great kids

@cindiwatson5415 8 ай бұрын

I’m new to cattle. Thanks for the info

@denisewilson8367 7 ай бұрын

We raised cattle when I was young. My grandpa must have been a smart man. We never had to doctor any animal that was 1 month old or older. Sometimes but not often, we had to treat them for this or that when we first bought them. But it didn't take long and they were growing fat & happy in proportion to their size/age. I know there were quite a few who would argue or fight to be able to buy grandpa's cattle each season when he had them up for sale. They said, " you can't get better beef than Bill's".

@brucemattes5015 7 ай бұрын

Kentucky 31 tall fescue is the primary grass species on all of the farms in central Missouri that Greg Judy owns or leases for his cattle sheep and now goats operation. I watched hundreds of his videos and, to the best of my recall, he has never had a fescue toxicity issue. If I remember correctly, the reason is that he never grazes too close to the ground as nearly all of the toxic endophytes are concentrated in the first 6" of the plant. I don't remember the exact time of the year *(winter?)(after the first hard frosts?)* but then the toxicity is reduced to negligible levels, and the cattle can eat as much as they desire.

@tickcreekranch 7 ай бұрын

Kentucky 31 is very prevalent throughout this part of the country and yes Greg has a bunch of it. K31 was introduced somewhere in the 40s and has been wreaking havoc with producers ever since. All graziers that run cattle on tall fescue have had fescue toxicity at some point or will. Greg has cattle that are missing their tails due to it and culls animals that don’t have resistance. Greg and I have discussed this matter at length. He was instrumental in helping us to identify the problem. FT is something everyone learns to manage for, we just messed up. The “summer slump” is a time referred to when the grasses slow in growth and animal performance is poor due to an increase in endophyte ergot alkaloids. Daily gain is also dramatically reduced. Fescue toxicity is usually associated with prolonged heat and increases with moisture/ humidity. The levels of toxins are even cyclical on the daily, with an increase with exposure to daylight and reduction in the dark. It causes a myriad of problems from elevated respiration, increased body temperature, salivation, sloughing of tails, ears and hooves, reduced circulation, calving, lactation etc. The goal for us is to learn to identify the symptoms at an early stage and make adjustments to our grazing management. Our issue started with several ingredients that culminated 1) heat and humidity 2) post summer rains 3) grazed new areas that the fescue was expressing itself more. 4) grazed too low At least we we know what to look for now. Seems the only school I learn from is the school of hard knocks:) Greg is a wealth of knowledge and we can all learn a lot from him. Great observations and thanks for the feedback Bruce

@zebwalton979 8 ай бұрын

I used to manage a grass seed company here in MO. We purchased raw KY31 from farmers and cleaned, bagged and sold millions of pounds of it. KY31 is good for waterways... that’s it. I’d never seed that stuff into pastures or use it as hay. Livestock can starve on KY31 and/or develop several issues. We primarily sold it to the SE for yards believe it or not. Most cattlemen know not to seed that stuff, but they also know there’s a market for it in the SE United States. Orchard grass combined with a legume is ideal. Redtop is a grass I would contemplate for waterways if you intend on grazing them. It’s pretty rhizomatous and so it’s durable while negating toxicity issues found in KY31. Don’t use K31 for pasture or hay ground. You’ll have issues.

@tickcreekranch 8 ай бұрын

You know your stuff. Agreed, Tall Fescue definitely comes with its challenges. We don’t and won’t seed with it. The farm we bought already had it established in a majority of the land. This breed of cattle is supposed to have higher tolerance to it, but that’s if we don’t screw up as we did. This is the first issue we’ve had thus far. The fuscue stock piles really well and all the animals have great body condition on it. We are currently managing our land to encourage more native warm season grasses. We just started seeing the first of the Big Blue Stem and Indian Grass. Things are really changing. Thanks for the feedback Zeb

@pennynealeigh6557 8 ай бұрын

Would be a good idea to lo

@zebwalton979 8 ай бұрын

I enjoy your channel... you definitely know your stuff. If you can reestablish native warm season, that’s awesome! We found Big/Little Blue the most challenging, but Indian and Switch were easier. If you intend on seeding to pasture in the future, consider that the pure live seed (PLS) of Big/Little is notoriously low, which is one reason its more expensive and more challenging to establish. There’s A LOT of pastures seeded to K31 in MO. Sounds like you realize this and have taken steps to mitigate any issues.

@tickcreekranch 8 ай бұрын

@@zebwalton979 Oh we don’t know much but we’re trying. We’re still in the early phases of learning and have a long way to go, but I’m really enjoying the process. I hope to continue learning new things the rest of my life, as true wisdom is the everlasting pursuit of knowledge. We might trial some areas with burning and no-till planting some warm seasons, but like you said, they are expensive and difficult to establish especially BBS and LBS. For now we’ll just have to keep managing properly and stop making mistakes:) I love getting feedback from our viewers. Thank you for the input and advice, I’ll take more if you got it👍Thanks again Zeb