Posts Tagged ‘Grazing’
August 31, 2010
When we purchase a South Poll we have a high degree of certainty that the cow or bull will be productive for many years.
Posted in Cattle, Grazing, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle |
Tags: breed, bronze, bulls, calf, calves, cattle, cattle breeders, cow, cows, Florida, gold, grass farming, grass-fed, Grazing, heat tolerant, heifers, herd, Holiday Ranch, livestock, longevity, northwest Florida, pasture, platinum, Sassafras Valley Ranch, silver, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, Star, stars, Teddy Gentry
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August 24, 2010
There apparently are very few documented cases of twin foals both making it.
Posted in Grazing, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle, Uncategorized |
Tags: colts, cutting, Florida, Grazing, Holiday Ranch, horses, pasture, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, survival, twin colts, twins, Vet
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August 16, 2010
In the drive to build a better grazing animal for Missouri extremes in heat and humidity, certain cattle producers say just look to Alabama. Alabama?
Posted in Cattle, Grazing, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle |
Tags: bulls, calf, cattle, cows, Florida, grass, grass-fed, Grazing, Greg Judy, heat tolerant, heifers, Holiday Ranch, Missouri, pasture, Ralph Voss, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, sustainable, Teddy Gentry
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July 24, 2010
Please meet Beulah, Holiday Ranch’s guardian of the Gulf Coast Native sheep and St. Croix sheep.
Posted in Grazing, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle, Uncategorized |
Tags: Beulah, Beulah Land, biblical, burro, donkey, Florida, grass farming, grass-fed, Grazing, Holiday Ranch, name, pasture, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, Southern, St. Croix sheep
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July 23, 2010
For a couple of years we have had wild hogs come through the ranch. This year they have been particularly bad, rooting up the wetlands and tearing up the pastures. Our friend and occasional hired hand, “Slick” (his nick-name; we don’t know his real name), said he could capture the hogs and sell them for […]
Posted in Environment, Grazing, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle, Uncategorized, Wildlife |
Tags: capture, cattle, escape, ferel hogs, Florida, German Shorthair Pointer, grass, grass farming, Grazing, Holiday Ranch, hunt, livestock, pastures, slick, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, swamp, trap door, wetlands, wild hogs
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July 22, 2010
What REALLY makes these sheep from the University special are they are parasite resistant and have not been wormed since 1962, going on 50 years!
Posted in Grazing, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle |
Tags: American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, bulls, cattle, cows, critically endangered, Florida, grass, grass farming, grass-fed, Grazing, Gulf Coast Native Sheep, heat tolerant, heifers, Holiday Ranch, livestock, parasite resistant, pasture, sheep, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, University of Florida, weed control, weeds
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July 21, 2010
Possibly you have heard of weeds that have become Round-Up resistant. Pig Weed is one of those weeds.
Posted in Environment, Grazing, Helpful Information, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle |
Tags: cattle, Florida, goats, grass, grass farming, grass-fed, Grazing, hay, Holiday Ranch, livestock, palmer amaranth, pasture, pig weed, resistant, round-up, sheep, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, spiny amaranth, weeds
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July 20, 2010
Bona Fide is a low birth weight bull that is well balanced and grew into a bull that is wide-based and has thickness from end to end.
Posted in Grazing, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle, Uncategorized |
Tags: Bona Fide, breed, breed leader, bull, bulls, cow, cows, Florida, grass-fed, Grazing, heat tolerant, heifers, Holiday Ranch, livestock, low birth weight, northwest Florida, panhandle, pasture, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Poll Grass Cattle Association, South Polls, well balanced
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June 6, 2010
South Poll Bull 9405 is poised to be a breed-impact sire according to Kay and Cliff White of Holiday Ranch in Florida.
Posted in Grazing, Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle |
Tags: bred, breed, breed-impact, bulls, calf, calving-ease, carcass traits, cattle, cows, docile, fertile, frame, grass, grass farming, grass-fed, Grazing, heat tolerant, heifers, herd sire, Holiday Ranch, livestock, moderation, pasture, Pouth Pole, semen, slick, slick-haired, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, Teddy Gentry
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April 21, 2010
I am so sorry to report to all of you guys that have been following the progress of the premature calf that she had to be put down. She began passing blood and her little abdomen was very distended. She was struggling for breath and was suffering. We did the humane thing and put her […]
Posted in Holiday Ranch, South Poll Grass Cattle, Uncategorized |
Tags: bottle feeding, calf, calving, colostrum, grass, grass farming, grass-fed, Grazing, heifers, Holiday Ranch, livestock, premature, tube feeding
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