Archive for the ‘Helpful Information’ Category
November 26, 2011
Learn how Holiday Ranch scores replacement heifers.
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle |
Tags: Bruce Shanks, calf, cattle, condition, cow, cows, disposition, Florida, frame score, girth, grass, hair, Holiday Ranch, livestock, longevity, performance, replacement heifer, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, thickness, udder
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September 9, 2011
Hey everybody. I’m back! It has been a long, hot summer at Holiday Ranch. I have been busy with my vegetable gardening and canning, plus a number of other obligations that kept me from writing. I promise to do better now that things are slowing down a bit. The first item of exciting news is […]
Posted in Agriculture, Animals, Cattle, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, Pasture, South Poll Grass Cattle |
Tags: breed, bull, bulls, cattle, cow, cows, Florida, grass, grass-fed, heat tolerant, heifers, Holiday Ranch, livestock, northwest Florida, pasture, Sassafras Valley Ranch, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle
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February 23, 2011
At Holiday Ranch we decided the time was right to include some milk in our pasture spraying.
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Environment, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, Organic, Pasture, South Poll Grass Cattle |
Tags: cattle, cows, Florida, grass, grass farming, grass-fed, Grazing, Holiday Ranch, livestock, northwest Florida, pasture, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle
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January 13, 2011
Hey Y’all! I’m back! Everyone that knows me understands that I am passionate about the food we eat. I want clean, healthy food. The way I assure the quality of our food is grow or raise much of it myself. This naturally applies to South Poll beef, but also to pork, chicken, and fish. I have an organic-type […]
Posted in Agriculture, Animals, Cattle, Environment, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, Organic, South Poll Grass Cattle |
Tags: beef, chicken, Florida, food, food system, garden, grass-fed, Holiday Ranch, northwest Florida, organic, pork, vegetables
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November 28, 2010
A simple adjustment in latitude can make your hair longer and thicker. It’s true! If you are a South Poll cow… Seriously, consider the case of South Poll cattle, bred to withstand the South’s heat and humidity. At Holiday Ranch in Florida our South Polls are extremely slick-haired. In Northwest Florida, latitude 30.35, it does get cold […]
Posted in Agriculture, Animals, Cattle, Environment, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle, Uncategorized |
Tags: calf, cattle, cows, Florida, hair, hair coat, heat tolerant, heifers, Holiday Ranch, latitude, livestock, northwest Florida, Sassafras Valley Ranch, slick, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls
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October 24, 2010
Every week I learn something new and disturbing about our “industrial” food supply and the unhealthyness of those foods we presume to wholesome and nutritious.
Posted in Cattle, Environment, Grazing, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, Organic, Sheep, South Poll Grass Cattle |
Tags: beef, cattle, chicken, fruits, grass farming, Grazing, heat tolerant, heifers, Holiday Ranch, lamb, livestock, Missouri, northwest Florida, organic, pasture, pork, Sassafras Valley Ranch, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, vegetables
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October 7, 2010
Ask a South Poll breeder who their favorite cow is and you are likely to hear the name B0358.
Posted in Cattle, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle |
Tags: Bent Tree Farms, breed, bull, bulls, cattle, cow, cows, Florida, grass, grass-fed, heat tolerant, heifers, Holiday Ranch, livestock, Missouri, northwest Florida, Sassafras Valley Ranch, slick, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, Teddy Gentry
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September 21, 2010
At Holiday Ranch, our goal is to produce the best of the best beef cattle named South Poll.
Posted in Cattle, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle |
Tags: Bent Tree Farms, breed, bull, cattle, cow, cows, Florida, grass, grass farming, grass-fed, Grazing, heat tolerant, heifers, Holiday Ranch, pasture, Sassafras Valley Ranch, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle, Teddy Gentry
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September 18, 2010
You might ask why did I, a cattle rancher, attend a goat conference?
Posted in Cattle, Goats, Grazing, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, Sheep |
Tags: FAMACHA, FAMU, Florida, goats, grass-fed, Grazing, Holiday Ranch, parasites, pasture, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, Teddy Gentry
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September 18, 2010
Well, they said it couldn’t be done; but we can grow olives in northwest Florida.
Posted in Cattle, Environment, Helpful Information, Sheep, Uncategorized |
Tags: cattle, cows, Don Mueller, Florida, Green Gate Olive Grove, Holiday Ranch, livestock, northwest Florida, olive grove, olives, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls
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