For instance, standing in the pen and eating from a feeder verses grazing corn stalks or winter graze can influence their grazing behavior. How you develop your heifers can affect how they perform as a cow. Sure, they need to be managed and taken care of, but the more they work the less I have to.Īnd it starts at weaning. Our theme, Money Makin’ Mamas, was chosen for a reason, we expect our cows to work for a living. The real secret is to buy bulls out of Money Makin’ Mamas to produce daughters who become Money Makin’ Mamas. Many of these cows become recipient cows for embryos from superior donor cows-good enough to raise a calf, not good enough to produce bulls for sale to our valued customers. If she doesn’t pass the test, she is not allowed to pass her genetics along to any bull we sell. Genetics and parentage is only part of the package so Flying H Genetics requires each female to “Prove” herself in a real world working ranch situation. Just because she has the numbers and paperwork doesn’t mean she has the stuff to make a profitable cow. Money Makin’ Mamas start with the best genetics and breeds available, and then have to prove their worth in the real world-like the Flying H Genetics “Heifer Challenge”. Since your cows have such a big impact on profit, they are critical to your success! In the cattle business, profit isn’t everything but it is necessary if you’re to sustain the operation long term. They are sometimes kicked and beaten.Profitable cows are especially important if the cows in question are producing the bulls you buy! Genetics of both your cows and bulls are a big part of whether your calves make you money. Cattle born with horns are dehorned, which is a painful process that targets many nerve endings. Throughout this process, the calves get little to no access to the milk meant for them.
The lactating cows are assigned to spend the rest of their lives being hooked up to machines that suck out their milk, the calves are either bred to become milk producers or are killed for meat, leather and other purposes, while bulls are bred to extract their semen or fattened up for beef.
Right from birth, cattle are segregated according to their commercial use. However, nothing that happens on a cattle farm matches this description of being humane. We are one among a billion species that together are important for the planet to thrive.
This implies that if someone does not consent to their bodies being used to earn profits in the market, then that choice should be respected. At the very least, “humane” behavior implies that one shows compassion and respect for the individuality and existence of another being.
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