Farm & Ranch
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
By Rayford Pullen | [email protected]
I was really worried we would miss spring this year because we missed the rain in February, March, and the biggest part of April, but low and behold, it arrived. Our pastures finally turned green and our cattle started putting the weight back on they had given up over the winter due to the lack of grazing from our planted winter annuals and our native winter pastures. In the not-so-distant past, I recall realizing that we had indeed missed spring because of one of the frequent droughts that seem to pop up from time to time in our part of the world.
Around our place, all the calves have been vaccinated for blackleg, IBR and dewormed with a white wormer. Their mommas and daddies received lepto-vibrio with the mommas and daddies two and under receiving a white dewormer. One thing we did run into was ear ticks on mainly our yearling heifers. There were a lot of them on the backs of the ears and inside the ears. We used an ear tick spray for those inside the ears and a pour-on down the back for those on top of the ears. Now, with the abundance of forage we have been blessed with, it’s time to enjoy watching our cattle bloom and the fruits of our labors pay off.
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By Rayford Pullen, [email protected]
I really hate to mention this, but there are about 75 days until we expect the first freeze here in North Texas, which occurs around November 15. I mention this because if we are going to make any pasture changes, like overseed or disc for winter pasture production, the time is near.
Temperatures normally begin falling the last week or so of this month while at the same time, day length gets progressively shorter. If we want fall and winter grazing, we need to have these crops up and growing as quickly as possible while the rowing conditions are still good.
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