WHY US

Water grows grass, which feeds cattle, which increases water retention, which increases grass… the cycle perpetuates itself. When managed in this way cattle are a great tool that provides many opportunities for improvement of the land and the environment.

• We muster our cattle on foot, using electric braid alleyways and leading them. We don’t ever use a jigger, we don’t even own one! We try to make the cattle’s every experience with us one that ends in joy, which in cow language means nice feed, so that next time around they will be even more willing to comply with what we want them to do.
• We provide free choice mineral licks for the cattle to allow them to take what each individual animal personally needs. These can include, sulphur (to help with parasites and flies), calcium (improves lactation), salt, trace minerals, phosphorous, bentobite, and more. These products can be found on the Olsson’s Premium Livestock Nutrition website.
• We manage our cattle grazing using a grazing plan so we know how long, and when we were last in each paddock. This is subject to change depending on the current conditions of weather, cattle, grass growth, etc.
• We use organic and natural products for parasite control and look to the natural remedies/minerals for improving health (see info on the Farming Secrets Pat Colby website).