Leading Cattle in Pasture & Rotational Grazing

Learning animal behavior can make it a lot easier for ranchers and animal handlers to guide cattle in the desired pasture areas in a stress-free way. Grazing your cattle in rotations on different pastures will allow your pasture grass to grow and recover. We know from our previous blogs that you have to get familiar with your animals before they can fully trust you, and let you into their...

Recommended Livestock Safety & Handling Tips

Handling livestock safely and keeping them free from stress tends to increase the productivity of any farm. Feeling stress reduces both rumen and immune functions of animals, and also lowers conception rates. Handlers who are experienced and understand animal behavior can reduce stress and increase the productivity of farm animals. The purpose of this article is to inform handlers about...

Top 5 Reasons to Eat Grass-Fed Meat

Do we eat grasses? The truth is, we do. We do eat a bit of grass when we eat corn, rice and wheat, all of which are grasses. But actually, what we eat is their seeds, the dense package of complex carbohydrates that is the specialty of annual grasses. Perennial grasses, which are more common, pack a larger proportion of their energy in their roots, stems and leaves; the building block for these...

Health Benefits of Consuming Pasture- Raised Animals

A truly sustainable livestock farm requires that your animals roam freely and forage on naturally available feed in the pasture. It has also been found through studies that the quality of meat from grass-fed and naturally raised farm fed animals, are higher in nutritional value and contain higher amounts of nutrients. They also have higher levels of unsaturated fats, including Omega-3 and...

Cattle Health – Prevention & Control of Cattle Diseases

Health of cattle is a major factor in successful cattle farming and production. As seasons change, livestock can become more susceptible to diseases. Animals need to adjust to the changing climate, and so, they use more energy than usual, which may weaken their immune systems. If you know what types of diseases are more common during this time of year, you could easily become more aware of them...