Farm & Ranch
Ranching Down Under
By Samantha Hall
In 2006 in the midst of Australia’s worst drought in 100 years, with no feed left on the place and no agistment (grazing) available, my family put all our cattle on “the road chasing feed”. We were not pioneering by doing this but were following an Australian tradition spanning over 200 years. Travelling Stock Routes are areas of crown (government) land reserved for use by stock. Travelling Stock Routes (TSR) are an integral part of rural Australia with the sheep and cattle industries being dependent on them. They are used as supplementary grazing areas in times of drought, flood and fire, and more importantly they also provide an alternative to road transport for moving cattle between ranches or to market. A TSR can be easily distinguished from a normal country road by the fact that the grassed area between the road and the land holder’s fence is very wide, therefore allowing stock to graze on native vegetation safely, as they travel. To read more pick up the November 2015 issue of NTFR.
By Tressa Lawrence
Babies are tucked away in every nook and cranny. Many ranchers across Wyoming have baby animals popping up all over this time of year.
By Lindsey Monk
Another load of grain in to keep feeding the calves until the green grass can really start popping.
By Rayford Pullen | [email protected]
Spring has sprung and hopefully the rains will continue where our country will heal from the previous droughts and our grasses will thrive. We are especially hopeful for the Panhandle of Texas where our neighbors and friends have been dealt a deadly blow to homes, ranges, livestock, and people. Keep them in your prayers as they will not be able to return to normal for many years if at all. Having lost their ability to benefit from this great cattle market is a double whammy for all of them.
Now is the time of year when we need to take care of business as it relates to our new calves that have been hitting the ground this spring. First and foremost is vaccinating for Blackleg followed by deworming with a white wormer and the IBR complex. Blackleg is a soil-born disease and with pastures extremely short this spring our calves have been grazing the green grass as soon as it shows itself, making them even more vulnerable to picking contaminates from the soil.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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