Low-stress handling does not mean working livestock slow. I call this ‘slow-stressful handling.’
Richard and I put on a four hour Stockmanship presentation to about 132 attendees.
We are watering the cattle out of the drinker in the barn lot (where the corral is located). One of the cows was so relaxed
A while ago I bought a 120 ft flag streamer and told Richard we needed to put them up on the alley and then film
Clyde Leland “Bud” Williams born June 21, 1932; passed on November 25, 2012. I think Wally Olson said it best in an email letting folks
As mentioned in our previous blog post, a wildfire swept to the east of our property and the flankfire moved into our farm. Richard and
Some cattlemen ask us how they can get their cows to keep their calves with them when they move paddocks, how they can stop the
Richard and I presented a 2.5 hour talk on stockmanship to a livestock behavior class at MSU this afternoon. Though there weren't many students, several
Since we have some old hay to use up, we decided to bring the cows up to eat some for the first time this winter.
This afternoon we decided to move our small herd several pastures over. First, Richard started them up correctly getting great movement. He walked beside them